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S. America Takes Most Urgent View of Copenhagen Talks

Posted by Environmental Leader on 20/11/2009

People in South America view a global climate deal as having more urgency than people in other parts of the world.About 99 percent of South Americans surveyed by World Wide Views on Global Warming.That compares to about 93 percent of those in Europe, 92 percent of those Oceana, 91 percent of thos ...

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Papua New Guinea: Ursula Rakova Leads Relocation Efforts

Posted by Eduardo Avila on 18/11/2009

Activist Ursula Rakova has been leading efforts to relocate the residents from the Cataret Islands in Papua New Guinea, where it is estimated that by 2015 all of the islands will be completely submerged because of climate change.

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MIT researchers set to defy Carnot Limit in reusing 90% of waste-energy

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/11/2009

Peter Hagelstein, an associate professor of electrical engineering at MIT, suggests how close realistic technology could achieve the theoretical limits for energy conversion efficiency called the Carnot Limit. Since the surplus energy from gadgets...

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The knives are out for Mark Littlewood

Posted by Alex Singleton on 15/11/2009

The backbiting has already started. When Mark Littlewood was named as the new boss of the Institute of Economic Affairs, I was among those who sighed with relief. The IEA had totally lost direction and politicians had stopped listening to it. As a fan of the organisation, I was relieved that such a ...

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Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 3

Posted by Environmental Leader on 13/11/2009

As the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wraps up, more than 30,000 attendees are estimated to have attended the job fair or any one of more than 100 educational seminars, 800 exhibitors’ booths or green building tours of Phoenix, reports The Independent. Here are some more highl ...

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