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• Rahul Bose slams developed nations for climate change

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Bollywood actor-activist Rahul Bose has slammed developed countries for preaching to developing nations to reduce “the use of energy sources” in order to cut down on “greenhouse gases (GHG) and carbon emissions” without practising the same.“Developed nations have enjoyed unbridled ...
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• Carbon dioxide emissions up by 29 percent: Report

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  London, Nov 21 (IANS) Carbon dioxide emissions are up by 29 percent since 2000, far beyond the capacity of the global “sinks” to absorb such volumes, says a report.The use of coal as a fuel has now surpassed oil and developing countries now emit more greenhouse gases than developed countries - with a quarter of ...
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• Crush Global Warming: Declare Your Independence From Fossil Fuels

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Music videos don’t typically address climate change, nor do the musicians usually give you a shout-out in the video, but the Alliance for Climate Education (A.C.E.) is giving you the chance to declare your independence from fossil fuels by creating your own personalized Crush Global Warming video.  The clever ...
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• Green lifestyle statement: Bangalore kids cycle to school

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  By Maitreyee BoruahBangalore, Nov 21 (IANS) A group of girls near the busy Old Airport Road in India’s tech hub Bangalore bicycle to school every day as a lifestyle statement — green transport is cool.“Eight of my friends and I ride our bicycles to school every day. We don’t use public transport. We ride ...
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• Al Gore Visits 30 Rock, Cleans Up Environment

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  As I pointed out yesterday, last night Al Gore was on a special green episode of 30 Rock !  His cameo comes late in the show but as usual the entire show is funny and it is totally worth it to wait a little while to see Al Gore interact with Kenneth. Beyond the Gore cameo the show showcased (and admittedly made fun ...
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• NetRight Daily: NY 23 Vote Now in Question

  
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  NY 23 Vote Now in Question :  A new vote or a paper recount may be needed in New Yorks 23 rd Congressional District, ALG President Bill Wilson said today, citing erroneous computerized voting machines. How Not to Win Elections :  The ten Senate Republicans who broke the filibuster Tuesday against ...
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• Peat — ‘the big elephant in the room’

  
  EarthNews — Authority: 435
  Greenwire : Indonesia’s degraded peatlands have made the country the world’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, right after China and the United States. When peat , formed over thousands of years from decomposed vegetation, dries and disintegrates, it leaks CO2 — and the stream fast becomes a ...
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• Control Through Climate Change: Everyone in UK could be given a personal ‘carbon allowance’

  
  Command the Raven — Authority: 150
  From Telegraph UKLord Smith of Finsbury believes that implementing individual carbon allowances for every person will be the most effective way of meeting the targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.It would involve people being issued with a unique number which they would hand over when purchasing products that ...
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• Polar bears plummet from the sky in brutal and bloody cinema advert

  
  The Wanderer — Authority: 562
  A new TV advert showing polar bears hurtling from the sky and smacking the ground in bloody heaps is expected to generate plenty of controversy for climate change activist group Plane Stupid.According to The Telegraph newspaper, Plane Stupid hopes that the advert, which is to be flighted in UK cinemas from Friday ...
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• Deforestation emissions should be shared between producer and consumer, argues study

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 141
  Under the Kyoto Protocol the nation that produces carbon emission takes responsibility for them, but what about when the country is producing carbon-intensive goods for consumer demand beyond its borders? For example while China is now the worlds highest carbon emitter, 50 percent of its growth over the last year was ...
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• Al Gore to Appear on 30 Rock Tonight

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  I love 30 Rock and I love Al Gore so news that Al Gore has a cameo on the comedy program tonight has love just gushing out of me. The cameo is set to align with NBC’s Green Week and if the preview clip below (no Gore, but some good environmental commentary) is any indication the episode should be hilarious. ...
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• On warming, peat is the ‘elephant in the room’

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 156
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• The Truth About Global Warming: Part 2: Greenhouse Gases and Effect

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 550
      Greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide and other gases that apparently contribute to the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are also known as global warming gases. Some greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, while other come from human activities. Obviously, occurring greenhouse ...
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• Berkeley Lab lends expertise to India to promote energy efficiency

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Washington, November 19 (ANI): Experts from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US are lending their expertise to India to promote energy efficiency.“We’re not there preaching they should emulate the United States and our experience,” said Ashok Gadgil, acting director of the Environmental Energy ...
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• GreenBeat: Accenture’s Allan also says U.S. needs to play catch-up in cleantech

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 153
  Sharon Allan, leader of Accenture’s North America Smart Grid practice, took the stage at GreenBeat2009 to present results to the firm’s survey on attitudes toward and responses to climate change and initiatives to battle global warming. Unsurprisingly, her major points also pointed to the U.S. falling behind other ...
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• Oil Rigs Hidden In Plain Sight In Los Angeles (Video)

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  I’ve lived in Los Angeles for a little over a year now, and while I’ve noticed the small oil rigs on the way to LAX, I did not realize that their are other rigs located all over the city , some hidden within fake office buildings and others that you’d only notice if you were looking for them.  The city ...
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• People are catching on

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 446
  "Less than half the population believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to an exclusive poll for The Times. The revelation that ministers have failed in their campaign to persuade the public that the greenhouse effect is a serious threat requiring urgent action will make uncomfortable ...
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• Senate Pushes Climate Change Bill to Next Spring

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Well, we kinda knew this day was coming, but it’s sad to report nonetheless: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced that said Senate will not tackle the climate change bill until next Spring, in 2010. Which, to spell it out, means absolutely definitely no deal in the United States before the Copenhagen ...
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• Artic Warming Manifests in the Form of Methane Gas Release

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 428
  It was long feared that methane gas stored in the submarine sediments in the artic may be released in the event of artic warming. Methane gas released in this way has been determined to contribute to climate change. Over thirty years of artic current warming has finally resulted in the release of the methane gas [...]
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• Oceans ability to sequester carbon diminishing

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 141
  A new study—the first of its kind—has completed an annual accounting of the oceans intake of carbon over the past 250 years, and the news is troubling. According to the study, published in Nature , the oceans ability to sequester carbon is struggling to keep-up with mankinds ever-growing emissions. Since 2000 ...
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