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Vague land ownership a factor in Amazon deforestation
submitted by hocket2 64 days ago (via enn.com)
A “fragile” land tenure system and “a scarce presence” by the State were identified as key factors in rising Amazon deforestation last week.The diagnosis was delivered to the 3rd International Congress on Bioenergy last week by WWF-Brazil forest engineer Ana Euler, who said there was a need to re-discuss the Brazilian development model.
 
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Drivers on Canadian West Coast paying carbon tax
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
North America's first comprehensive carbon tax is now in effect in the Canadian West Coast province of British Columbia, greeted with complaints that some gasoline stations have used the tax as cover to raise prices more than necessary.
 
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New Car Engine Could Double Fuel Economy
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
A new engine from Revetec is half the size and weight of a traditional engine, and has 50 percent fewer emissions.
 
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Tackling Qingdao's invading algae
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
Young recruits from the People's Liberation Army threw off their shoes and stood knee-deep in the thick green algae that has overwhelmed the Qingdao coastline. Locals say the algae has never been so thick here - agricultural and industrial pollution are thought to be responsible.
 
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Freeze lifted on solar applications in West
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday said it reversed an earlier decision freezing solar project applications in six Western states and would accept new applications.
 
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Poaching gangs blamed for tiger density tumble in Nepal park
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
A Nepal wildlife reserve that boasted the highest density of tigers in the world is just half a decade later struggling to hold a few remaining tigers.
 
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Tissue manufacturer buys wind power to counterbalance plants' CO2 emissions
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
Cascades Tissue Group in Waterford has offset its carbon dioxide emissions by buying 11 million kilowatt hours of wind power. The commercial tissue manufacturer, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Cascades Inc., will use the credits to offset the emissions from its plants in Waterford and Mechanicville, which produce the North River line of paper products.
 
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Beetle attack
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
OVER the past 14 years, a tiny insect no bigger than a grain of rice has laid waste a swathe of British Columbia’s forests so vast that the rust-red wasteland is visible from space. The mountain pine beetle has infested and killed over half the lodgepole pine forest in the centre of the province—an area larger than England.
 
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Massive wildfires threaten two California towns
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
California firefighters made a desperate stand as darkness fell on Thursday to save more than 4,000 homes and other structures from a pair of out-of-control wildfires burning about 170 miles apart along the California coast. The most imminent danger was to homes around Goleta, near Santa Barbara, where flames were fast approaching 2,600 homes and transmission lines supplying power to 1
 
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Australian adviser unveils carbon trading scheme
submitted by hocket2 65 days ago (via enn.com)
Australia's leading climate guru on Friday laid out a draft carbon trading scheme to rein in rising emissions in the world's top per-capita greenhouse gas polluter. Economist Ross Garnaut, appointed by the government to design what will be the world's most extensive emissions regime from 2010, said Australia was critically at risk from climate change and urged deep cuts in emissions fr
 
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