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UK must take smart meter step to climate goal
London :: United Kingdom | about 4 hours ago
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Smart meters, which encourage consumers to cut energy consumption, are crucial for Britain to limit costs for achieving its ambitious 2050 greenhouse gas reduction target, an executive from National Grid said. Without big curbs on energy use, hitting...
Tags: smart meter, smart grids, Britain, wind farms, billion pounds, United Kingdom, London, Environment, Electricity distribution, Energy economics, Smart grid, Energy policy, Renewable energy, Electric power transmission systems, Renewable-energy economy
Some Vegetables Are Vicious Killers [Killer Tomatoes]
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Suddenly, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes seems just a little bit closer to reality with the news that tomatoes are carnivorous. No, you didn't misread that: Tomatoes are carnivorous... and so are potatoes...The announcement comes from researchers at Royal...
Tags: San Francisco, Environment, Carnivorous plant, Plants, Hospitality Recreation, Tomato, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Human Interest
Climate change is latest problem that's admitted but ignored
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 5 hours ago
Credibility To a psychologist, climate change looks as if it was designed to be ignored. It is a global problem, with no obvious villains and no one-step solutions, whose worst effects seem as if they'll befall somebody else at some other time. In short, if someone...
Tags: environment, climate change, United States, U.S, Washington, Scientific opinion on climate change, Predictably Irrational, Global warming, Action on climate change
Heat For Heating in Helsinki
By Justin Vela Helsinki- “We are quite unique internationally,” says Pietari Paivanen. “There have been smaller implementations of similar systems, such as data centers being used to heat parking lots. No one has conducted the heat towards...
Tags: justin, vela, finland, helsinki, green, energy, climate, change, database centers, Helsingin Energia, heat systems, bomb shelter, District heating, database servers, Environment, Energy efficiency, Justin Vela Provoices
Explosions rock Pakistani market
Lahore :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago
Credibility The attack happened at Moon Market at a time when it was crammed with shoppers...Emergency vehicles and police officers are at the scene of the blast, where television pictures showed smoke rising and cars burning. One official said the blasts happened...
Tags: Lahore, Moon Market, Pakistan, Terrorism in Pakistan, Chronology of terrorist incidents in Pakistan, Islamic terrorism, Disaster Accident, War in North-West Pakistan, Environment, Islamabad, Politics of Pakistan, Waziristan, War Conflict, Taliban, Punjab
About 100 people dispose of electronics during recycling drive
Corbin :: KY :: USA | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Napier said close to 100 people came through steadily Saturday, disposing of electronics ranging from massive typewriters and original IBM computers, to brand new DVD players and monitors.�“Williamsburg Independent Schools came down, and stuff came from...
Tags: recycling drive, Napier, Corbin, Environment, Recyclable materials, Environmentalism, Electronic waste, Design for X, Recycling, Waste management, Recycling industry
In Focus: Richard Branson's Global-Warming Donation Nearly As Much As Cost Of Failed Balloon Trips
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Analysts are predicting that the $3 billion Sir Richard Branson has pledged for developing energy sources to combat global warming could come close to matching the amount the entrepreneur, adventurer, and Virgin CEO has already spent on elaborate balloon-based...
Tags: Richard Branson, New York City, Environment, British brands, Knights Bachelor, Business Finance, Virgin Group, Global warming, Branson, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Indiana among worst for cO2 emissions
Michigan City :: IN :: USA | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Northwest Indiana equal the amount created by roughly 3 million cars, according to a report on America's biggest polluters. Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants, and they contribute to global warming,...
Tags: Indianapolis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Northwest Indiana, power plant, carbon dioxide, Michigan City, MICHIGAN CITY, global warming, Nick Meyer, NIPSCO, Environment, Fossil fuel phase out, Fossil fuel power plant, Clean coal, Carbon finance, Climate change, Coal, Greenhouse gas
Protests Begin Inside Copenhagen Climate Negotiations
By: Josh Lynch More than 30 youth from Australia, Mexico, India, Sweden, the US, Germany, and around the world joined Avaaz to stage a “die-in” today outside the main plenary at COP15 with the message – “The World Wants...
Tags: UNFCCC, UN, climate, climate change, global warming, Copenhagen, COP15, avaaz, youth action, allnews, Denmark, V2G, United Nations Climate Change Conference, 350, European Union, Diplomatic conferences, Josh Lynch More, Action on climate change, Environment, Real Deal&
Republicans Slam EPA Over CO2 Finding, as Envoy Calls E-Mail Flap 'Small Blip'
New York :: NY :: USA | about 5 hours ago
Credibility Despite GOP objections, the EPA is expected to announce Monday that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
Tags: New York, Environment, Air pollution, Climate change in the United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Carbon finance, Social Issues, Emission standards, California Air Resources Board, Greenhouse gas, Energy in the United States
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