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Redwood forests of the Pacific Northwest and Conservation Issues

Less than 4 percent of the original extent of virgin redwood forests remain, and only 2.5 percent of this is protected. Read more about this amazing part of our historical heritage...... More

rylan submitted 348 Days Ago, www.eoearth.org
0 comments, Tags: Earth, forests, redwoods, (More)

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Cheap solar power poised to undercut oil and gas by half

Within five years, solar power will be cheap enough to compete with carbon-generated electricity, even in Britain, Scandinavia or upper Siberia. The secret? A piece of dark polymer foil, as thin a sheet of paper. It is 200 times lighter ... More

rylan submitted 334 Days Ago, www.telegraph.co.uk
3 comments, Tags: energy, global warming, solar, (More)

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Start the New Year off righ! Go Zero This Year

Start a new year's tradition. Offset travel and shipping from the old year or get started early and offset the new. The Conservation Fund’s Go Zero climate program can help you calculate and offset your carbon emissions by planting ... More

tluvv submitted 311 Days Ago, www.conservationfund.org
1 comments, Tags: environment, global warming, conservation, (More)

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Delay Drilling in the Alaskan Chukchi Sea - Threatens the Polars Bears

Please print out the form letter and mail it! It is so helpful! The polar bear's existence is increasingly threatened by the impact of climate change-induced loss of sea ice," said Margaret Williams, managing director of WWF's Kamchatka ... More

madhvi submitted 308 Days Ago, wwf.worldwildlife.org
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The Other Carbon: Reducing Black Carbon's Role in Global Warming

This article discusses Project Surya, an attempt to create a smokeless village in India using currently available technologies that mitigate the smoke coming off of cooking fires.... More

rylan submitted 275 Days Ago, blog.wired.com
0 comments, Tags: conservation, sustainability, India, (More)

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