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CUTTING CO2 EMISSIONS 80% BY 2020 TO AVOID DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE
submitted by pink2008 22 days ago (via enn.com)
The alternative to business as usual, Plan B calls for cutting net carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by 2020. This will allow us to prevent the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, already at 384 parts per million (ppm), from exceeding 400 ppm, thus keeping future global temperature rise to a minimum.
 
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Green Beer
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
Once reserved for St. Patrick's Day, green beer is now available year round in the form of more ecologically sound beers. Companies across the globe are crafting beers for taste and sustainability. They have found innovative ways to consume less power, conserve water, recycle materials, and utilize brewing byproducts. Although an industry-wide green revolution is still years away, companies are lo
 
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McCain and Obama's Plans to Combat Climate Change
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
Regardless of who is elected next November, both candidates agree that climate change is a fact and not a theory. John McCain and Barack Obama however vary widely in their response to this issue, leaving the American people with a choice of approaches when choosing the next president. McCain’s primary tools include implementing a cap and trade system for emissions and utilizing greater amoun
 
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Most state workers in Utah shifting to 4-day week
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
Utah this summer will become what experts say is the first state to institute a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees, joining local governments across the nation that are altering schedules to save money, energy and resources. Gov. Jon Huntsman, a first-term Republican, says he's making the change to reduce the state's carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency, improve customer
 
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Some 1.5 bln people may starve due to land erosion
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
Rising land degradation reduces crop yields and may threaten food security of about a quarter of the world' population, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Wednesday.
 
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Sanitation 'crucial' for tackling water-borne disease
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
Effective and affordable interventions that provide the global population with access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation are needed if water-borne diseases are ever to be controlled, says a WHO report entitled 'Safe Water, Better Health', released last week (26 June).
 
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Science communicators rise to climate challenge
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
Science communicators from around the world have devised recommendations to put forward to the UN for better communicating climate change impacts and mitigation methods.
 
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Motorists brave Mexico border violence for fuel
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
U.S. motorists are risking rampant drug violence in Mexico to drive over the border and fill their tanks with cheap Mexican fuel, some even coming to blows over gas shortages and long queues. The gap between Mexico's subsidized gasoline and record U.S. prices has made it well worth making the trip.
 
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State workers in Utah shifting to 4-day week
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
Utah this summer will become what experts say is the first state to institute a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees, joining local governments across the nation that are altering schedules to save money, energy and resources. Gov. Jon Huntsman, a first-term Republican, says he's making the change to reduce the state's carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency, improve customer
 
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Condemned to single-sex life by climate change
submitted by hocket2 23 days ago (via enn.com)
All tuatara could be born male — and thus doomed to extinction — within decades.
 
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