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Nov
04

Want fewer power plants? Make outdoor lighting more efficient

New standards for outdoor lighting efficiency could help the US reduce its energy use by the equivalent of the output
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Nov
04

Climate change talks, but oil & gas industry's not listening

Most oil and gas companies are no longer denying the existence of climate change, but they’re doing little to
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Nov
04

Fuel of future could come from ocean-based platforms of algae

Researchers are envisioning a day when we could replace fossil fuels with biofuels from algae grown on large platforms in
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Nov
03

Climate change could affect life even at seas' greatest depths

Climate change could affect life even on the deep abyssal plains of the world’s oceans — the flat, muddy regions
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Nov
03

Jurdy: Bad air day

Jurdy discovers one downside of less-than-ideal air quality …
Nov
03

Snows -- and ice -- of Kilimanjaro could soon be no more

The snows — and ice — of Kilimanjaro could melt away within two decades or less, according to the latest survey of
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Nov
03

Climate Change Index for week ending 1 Nov. 2009

Greenbang’s weekly Climate Change Index tracks research findings and events directly attributable to global warming. Our aim is to
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Nov
02

'Tuneable' energy harvesters could rival batteries for power

In the near future, we might be able to generate electricity from a variety of motions — everything from walking to
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Nov
02

Lessons from peak oil will apply to peak water as well

Water could be “the new oil” in more than one way, as experts are saying we might need to take
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Nov
02

Methane is causing more climate change than thought

Methane and carbon monoxide are worse climate change culprits than we think, according to new research from NASA’s Goddard
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