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Tropical Biofuel Plantations Bad for the Climate and Biodiversity

Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations

2 Dec 2008

New Desalination Process Needs Less Energy and Has Lower Environmental Impact

Centriforce Technology Corp.'s (Pink Sheets: CNFO) new desalination technology is designed to reduce the amount of energy needed to produce fresh water and reduce the environmental impact compared to existing technologies

2 Dec 2008

Big Impact By BRE Green Building Guide

Since the launch of the revised and updated version of BRE's Green Guide in June 2008, it has become clear that it has made much more impact in the marketplace than its predecessors

2 Dec 2008

Largest Single Solar Photovoltaic Installation Now Powering Southern California

Southern California Edison (SCE) today announced completion of the first of its proposed 150 solar photovoltaic installations on Southern California commercial rooftops. The project could eventually cover two square miles of existing commercial roofs with 250 million watts of peak generating capacity

2 Dec 2008

Deforestation of the Amazon Increasing

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon forests has flipped from a decreasing to an increasing trend, according to new annual figures released yesterday

1 Dec 2008

Scientists Use Salts to Turn Carbohydrates into Biofuels

Scientists have used imidazolium salts (IMSs) to convert carbohydrates into versatile chemical compounds for biofuel production

1 Dec 2008

Threat to Wilkins Ice Shelf

New rifts have developed on the Wilkins Ice Shelf that could lead to the opening of the ice bridge that has been preventing the ice shelf from disintegrating and breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula

30 Nov 2008

Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Saved Ancient Earth From Becoming Ice Ball

The planet's present day greenhouse scourge, carbon dioxide, may have played a vital role in helping ancient Earth to escape from complete glaciation, say scientists

30 Nov 2008

Counting and Cutting CO2 Emissions With WWF Travel Helper

WWF and Swiss firm routeRANK have launched an online European travel planner designed to help fight climate change

27 Nov 2008

Forests and People at Risk From Climate Change Crisis

Unless immediate action is taken, climate change could have a devastating effect on the world's forests and the nearly 1 billion people who depend on them for their livelihoods, warned a leading group of forest scientists in a report to be released next week

27 Nov 2008