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Environment: How To Gather Data On It
Mar 19 2012 09:15 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Web access to global data and models to help monitor the environment, . . . Faster, Better and Cheaper . . . anywhere in the world. Source: eurogeoss
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Pollution: Ganges River
May 06 2012 01:00 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
The river has caused the spread of infections and diseases.
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Coal-Mercury Pollution. Are We Heading For A Fall?
May 20 2012 12:00 AM | Shortpoet-GTD in Non-Renewable
"Mass extinctions during catastrophic climate change were caused by huge mercury levels, Canadian scientists say. Now, researchers at the University of Calgary have published a paper in the Geology journal, which blames massive mercury levels from...
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Green Energy Vs Nuclear And Fossil-Fuel Generators
Jun 04 2012 12:45 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
Nuclear and Fossil-Fueled generating units vulnerable . . . to climate change in Europe and US, . . . due to lower summer river flows and . . . higher river water temperatures. Source: nature
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Picture Of Climate Change
Dec 19 2012 01:35 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Since 1991, there have been peer-reviewed articles on global warming . . . 13,950 say it's human-caused, . . . 24 rejected it. Source: warning-this-picture-may-cause-climate-change
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Gas Generator Prices
Jan 06 2013 07:50 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
1000 Watts, 8 Amps = $1,000 Resistive loads are pretty simple: . . . they require the same amount of power to both start and run the equipment. . . . Many resistive loads are involved in heating or making heat of some kind. . . . Examples of resi...
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Pure Water, Bicycle
Jan 11 2013 07:25 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Bike 2.0, is cheaper to maintain, than existing systems of . . . water acquisition, . . . sanitation and . . . transportation. Source: cost-effective-water-bicycle Bike Stand Pumping Filtration Transportation
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Texas Invaded By Crazy Ants
Jun 30 2013 02:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
They're called crazy because of their unpredictable movements and . . . swarming populations. The bug is reddish-brown, about an 1/8 of an inch long and . . . has a hankering for honey dew — with a side of electronics. The insects nest anywhere a...
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Fukushima Delays Restarting Other Nuclear's
Sep 02 2013 10:20 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Public concern over Fukushima, . . . revived by the news of leaks of radiated water at the plant, . . . have threatened to further delay the restart of other off-line reactors, . . . a key part of the Government's plan for economic revival and . ....
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Us Nuclear: Declining
Sep 10 2013 11:40 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Falling more than 4% over the last 2 years, and . . . projections for 2013 show a further 1%. Reactors are being retired early and . . . proposed new projects, are being abandoned. 253 reactors that were ordered by 1978, . . . 121 were canceled eith...
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America's Dirtiest Power Plants
Sep 15 2013 01:10 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
Here are America's top polluting power plants. 2013-09-13 Source: List.PDF MotleyFool
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1St Floating Nuclear Power Plant
Nov 05 2013 10:10 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The Russians announced the grand opening of the . . . 1st ever floating nuclear power plant to be held in 2019. 2013-11-05 Source: Russia
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The "carbon" Bathtub
Nov 06 2013 01:00 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
The "Carbon" Bathtub. It’s simple, really: . . . As long as we pour CO2; into the atmosphere, . . . faster than nature drains it out, . . . the planet warms. And that extra carbon takes a long time to drain out of the tub. Plants, oceans, and...
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Ocean Acidification
Nov 17 2013 12:50 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
When it comes to climate change, . . . the invisible elephant in the room is ocean acidification. . . . Climate scientists have long considered it a legitimate concern, . . . but only recently has it been found, that the rate increase and . . . ecologi...
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Fukushima Nuclear Fuel Rods To Be Moved
Nov 18 2013 12:40 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
Highly Radioactive Nuclear Fuel Rods To Be Moved From Fukushima. While things may go as smoothly as TEPCO portrays in its . . . sanitary animated video, if the rods break, collide, overheat, and go critical: The nuclear pile might ignite without a sp...
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Toronto Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power
Dec 23 2013 09:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Walking is pretty much the only sure form of transportation in Toronto today. . . . An ice storm took down thousands of trees and power lines, . . . . . . leaving roads blocked, . . . . . . 300,000 customers and up to a . . . . . . million people wit...
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Solar Power Reduce's Pesticide Use In India
Jan 06 2014 11:45 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Consisting of a tray on which a paste of castor oil and shampoo mix is smeared; . . . . . . two 5 watt bulbs, . . . . . . small solar panel, and . . . . . . battery, the device attracts fruit borer and whitefly then traps them in the sticky mix. The r...
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Coal Plants Shut-Down
Feb 20 2014 02:25 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Coal-fired power plants are subject to the . . . Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which require significant reductions . . . in emissions of mercury, acid gases, and toxic metals, . . . scheduled to take effect in April 2015. 90% of the coal-fi...
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Exon Ceo: Wow! Not In My Back Yard!
Feb 22 2014 06:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
As ExxonMobil’s CEO, it’s Rex Tillerson’s job, . . . to promote the hydraulic fracturing enabling the recent oil and gas boom, and . . . fight regulatory oversight. The oil company is the biggest natural gas producer in the U.S., . . . relying on the c...
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Rocky Mountain Power Vs Solar Users
Apr 20 2014 06:30 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Rocky Mountain Power, wants to levy a fee of $4.25 per month on, . . . it's solar power producing customers. 2014-04-20 Source: Rocky Mountain Power VS Solar users
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China: Ending The Coal Boom
Apr 21 2014 04:40 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Greenpeace has published a short report on, . . . recent trends in Chinese coal consumption, titled . . . “The End of China’s Coal Boom.PDF“. 2014-04-21 Source: China: Ending the Coal Boom
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What Co2 Emissions?
Jul 07 2014 03:40 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
What accounts for the global fossil-fuel-related CO2 emissions? . . . 44% Coal, (mainly used for electricity generation) . . . 36% Oil, (mainly used for transportation) . . . 20% Natural gas, (mainly used for electricity and heating) Crop ecologists h...
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Fukushima Experiences Another Earthquake
Jul 11 2014 09:30 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
6.8-magnitude earthquake early Saturday. . . . struck offshore not far from Fukushima, Japan, . . . the epicenter of a nuclear crisis following a massive . . . 2011 earthquake and tsunami, . . . the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. The casing of...
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Standard & Poor’S "warning"
Jul 23 2014 01:10 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
US-based credit ratings group Standard & Poor’s has become the . . . latest financial market heavyweight to lend its voice to growing concern . . . that the majority of the world’s remaining coal assets could end up stranded, . . . risking billions...
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Ontario Completely Off Coal
Jul 25 2014 12:35 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
The Canadian province of Ontario, . . . has officially shut down its last coal burning power plant. Power for the province now comes from "emission-free electricity sources like: . . . . . . Wind, . . . . . . Solar, . . . . . . Nuclear and . . . ....
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