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Nuclear Energy Hot Topic Once Again (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-02-2007 at 09:01:25
| Thanks to global warming, nuclear energy is hot again. Its promise of abundant, carbon emissions-free power is being pushed by the president and newly considered by environmentalists. But any expansion won't come cheap or easy. |
WHO Estimates Smoking Could Kill One Billion this Century (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-02-2007 at 09:01:25
| One billion people will die of tobacco-related diseases this century unless governments in rich and poor countries alike get serious about preventing smoking, top World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Monday. |
Texas Begins Desalinating Sea Water (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-02-2007 at 09:01:25
| On a one-acre site alongside a string of shrimp boats docked on the Brownsville ship channel stands a $2.2 million assembly of pipes, sheds, and humming machinery -- Texas' entree into global efforts to make sea water suitable to drink. |
EU Paper Shows Options on Warming Europe (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-02-2007 at 09:01:25
| Water shortages in the Mediterranean, flash floods along the Rhine and summers so hot that nuclear power stations can't cool down. This is what Europe can expect as its climate warms over the next decades. |
Search for 'Lonesome George' Mate Is Long Shot (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-02-2007 at 09:01:25
| While scientists search for a mate for "Lonesome George" -- the last known survivor of a species of Galapagos tortoise -- some say the effort to fend off extinction may be in vain. |
China Bans Production and Import of Two Ozone-Depleting Substances (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-02-2007 at 09:01:25
| China has banned the production and import of two ozone-depleting substances, honoring an international commitment to phase them out by 2010, state media reported Monday. |
Climate Deals Turn up Heat in Indonesia's Dark Peatlands (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-02-2007 at 09:01:25
| Investors around the world are dreaming of the billions the festering carbon-rich bogs could bring in as the world battles global warming. Peat bogs are the new black gold, some say. |
How Can Carbon Trading Save Peatlands and Rainforests? (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 07-02-2007 at 09:01:25
| The U.N. is due to report on proposed carbon-trading schemes that would make it more rewarding for countries to preserve their forests rather than cut them down. The report on "Reduced Emissions from Deforestation" (RED) will be presented at a climate change meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in Dec. 2007. |
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