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$45 Trillion is Needed to Prevent Energy Shortages and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (Mantra) releases its latest information on the on-going commercialization of its ERC technology.

12 Jun 2008

How Forests Impact Global Climate

There are roughly 42 million square kilometers of forest on Earth, a swath that covers almost a third of the land surface, and those wooded environments play a key role in both mitigating and enhancing global warming.

12 Jun 2008

Greenland Ice Sheet is Melting Faster than Previously Calculated

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated according to a recently released scientific paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Sebastian H. Mernild.

12 Jun 2008

Flexible Fuel Capability Reduces Plug-in Hybrid's Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions

Ford Motor Company broke new ground by delivering its first-ever flexible fuel capable plug-in hybrid SUV to the U.S. Department of Energy.

11 Jun 2008

CNX Gas Announces Registration of Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets with CCX

CNX Gas Corporation today announced the company's registration of greenhouse gas emission offsets with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX(R)). Governor Timothy M. Kaine joined the company and recognized CNX Gas Corporation for the significant impact its coalbed methane capture project in southwest Virginia is having on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Virginia.

11 Jun 2008

Climate Models Produce Too Much Global Warming

Climate experts agree that the seriousness of manmade global warming depends greatly upon how clouds in the climate system respond to the small warming tendency from the extra carbon dioxide mankind produces.

11 Jun 2008

EU "Cap-and-Trade" System has No Negative Impact on EU Economy

In a bid to control greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, the European Union has been operating the world's first system to limit and to trade carbon dioxide. Despite its hasty adoption and somewhat rock...

11 Jun 2008

Network Aims to Inspire Consumers to Learn and Take Action to Lighten Environmental Footprint

Today The Timberland Company announced the global launch of the Earthkeeper campaign, a movement to recruit one million people to become part of an online network designed to inspire real environmental behavior change.

10 Jun 2008

New Research Shows Animals are Moving Uphill

New research from the American Museum of Natural History provides the first detailed study showing that global warming forces species to move up tropical mountains as their habitats shift upward.

9 Jun 2008

Point Carbon Announces Opening of Boston Office

Point Carbon, a world-leading provider of independent analysis and consulting services for governments and companies in the global power, gas and carbon markets, today announced the opening of a Boston office to be headed by Dr. Jurgen Weiss, Managing Director of Advisory Services North America.

9 Jun 2008