Archive | October, 2007

Cute Fluffy Lambs Sentenced to Death

30. October 2007

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A quarter of a million Welsh hill lambs will be burned or turned into biofuel.

An extremely low market price for lamb meat, coupled with high prices for feed, has left farmers with little option but

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Indonesia Demands Cash To Save Forests

29. October 2007

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The Indonesian government is recruiting other developing nations in an attempt to pressure richer governments to provide incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pleaded with 40 environmental

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Top Scientist Says We’re Screwed

29. October 2007

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It’s too late to prevent disasters caused by climate change, according to one of the world’s top environmental minds.

Professor James Lovelock, inventor of the Gaia theory which suggests the planet acts

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Berkeley’s Solar Revolution

29. October 2007

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By new contributor Marguerite Manteau Rao. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email!

Berkeley has always been known for its progressive policies.

This time, Berkeley has decided to make it possible for all its citizens to

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Monkey Business Kills Delhi Deputy Mayor

29. October 2007

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By new South Asia correspondent Vikhar Sayeed. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email!

When I was a graduate student in Delhi a few years ago I was told to be careful of the city’s Rhesus monkeys, notorious for their violent attacks.

While I was lucky to get through my education without being attacked, S. S. Bajwa wasn’t so

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France and U.K. to Propose Lower Taxes on Green Goods

29. October 2007

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Simmons blogs at Thoughts on Global Warming. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email!

France and Britain will propose a reduced rate value added tax (VAT) on green goods, the European Commission said on Friday.

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“Discussions haven’t started yet on a political level. It’s going to start during this

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Science? What’s That?

28. October 2007

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By new contributor Marguerite Manteau Rao. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email!

California children are clueless about science.

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What is it? What do they like best about it? They don’t

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Greenland is Green Again

28. October 2007

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Rising temperatures in Greenland are resulting in an unexpected occurrence, growth.

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Greenland is a country the size of Europe, yet it has only 51 farms (all of them sheep

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5 Ways Environmentalists Can Be Less Annoying

28. October 2007

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Obviously, we’re not against environmentalism and environmentalists, we are of course environmentalists ourselves. But if you go to many environmental meetings or rallies, you’re bound to come across some really annoying

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Who is Killing the Canadian Electric Car?

28. October 2007

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By new contributor Brian Gordon. Brian is a Canadian Green Party candidate and is trained by Al Gore to present “An Inconvenient Truth”. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email!

There are two electric car manufacturers in Canada – and the government is killing them both.

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One in British Columbia has already shut down operations

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