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Living Fossil Tree Shows Scientists How Rain Forests Respond to Climate Change

A "living fossil" tree species is helping a University of Michigan researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the future

2 Nov 2008

Chinese Economy Being Burnt by The Cost of Coal

A new report, The True Cost of Coal, outlines the external costs to China of using coal by including the costs of air and water pollution, ecosystem degradation, damage to infrastructure, human injuries and loss of life, and takes into account the distortion of government regulation

2 Nov 2008

Coca-Cola Commits to Reducing Water Use and Cutting CO2 Emissions

Coca-Cola has announced environmental changes to their business practices that will reduce annual water use by 50 billion litres and 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide

2 Nov 2008

Prince Charles' Visit Spotlights Forests and the Oil Industry Working Hand in Hand in Borneo

You cannot produce liquid natural gas without water. In Brunei the peat forests filter water that would otherwise be unmanageable. Without this water supply from the forest, the oil and gas industry in this part of the world would stop within 24 hours

2 Nov 2008

Bioplastic Resins from Metabolix Get Biodegradability Certification

Metabolix has announced that Mirel bioplastic resins produced by Telles have received the European conformity certification of OK Biodegradable Soil for natural soil biodegradability and OK Biodegradable Water& for fresh water biodegradability

30 Oct 2008

Prototype Device to Turn CO2 Emissions into Gasoline and Other Fuels

Carbon Sciences, the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, today announced that it anticipates the completion of a prototype that will demonstrate its innovative biocatalytic CO2 to fuel process

30 Oct 2008