May 2012
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Bright future for solar power in space
Solar power gathered in space could be set to provide the renewable energy of the future thanks to innovative research being carried out by engineers at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Researchers at the University have already tested equipment in space that would provide a platform for solar panels to collect the energy and allow it to be transferred back to earth through microwaves or...
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Gimme shelter: Mick Jagger asked to help save...
Rolling Stones frontman asked to help stop Camisea gas exploration project that threatens Peru’s last uncontacted tribes
Jonathan Watts, Latin America correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 31 May 2012 16.46 BST
Indigenous people of the Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti reserve in Peru, who are threatened by the Camisea project. Mick Jagger has been asked to use his influence to help stop the...
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International Climate Negotiations: Cutting the... →
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Blue Carbon
In the entire climate change debate the impacts to air have dominated, with water not having featured as a critical medium of impact. Albeit air takes the brunt of the release but destruction of the terrestrial forests and aquatic habitats should also feature on the top 10 climate protection list. The oceanic flora/vegetation like the terrestrial forests are carbon sequesters, that is, they...
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President Rousseff vetoes some controversial...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday revealed the details of her line-item veto to proposed changes to the country’s Forest Code, which governs how much forest landowners are required to preserve. Rousseff vetoed a dozen clauses of the revised Forest Code and modified several others. The bill now goes back to the Chamber of Deputies, followed by the Senate and House, before...
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The Future We Want →
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Another record in global carbon emissions puts...

Surface coal mining in Bihar, India. Around 40 percent of India’s power is currently provided by coal, the most carbon intensive fuel source.
Last year global carbon dioxide emissions rose 3.2 percent to a new record of 31.6 gigatons, keeping the planet on track to suffer dangerous climate change, which could propel global crop failures, sea level rise, worsening extreme weather, and mass...
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Farming endangered species to save them –...
When we talk of conserving an animal species what do we actually mean? We are likely to have in mind a vision of a rhinoceros (or any other species, for that matter) being given the opportunity to pursue its natural way of life in its native environment, perhaps in a reserve or national park. And why should we want to conserve species? Our thinking may not go much beyond the idealistic position...
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WWF Helps Industry More than Environment
The WWF is the most powerful environmental organization in the world and campaigns internationally on issues such as saving tigers and rain forests. But a closer look at its work leads to a sobering conclusion: Many of its activities benefit industry more than the environment or endangered species.
Want to protect the rainforest? All it takes is €5 ($6.30) to get started. Save the gorillas?...
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New study dispels myth blaming climate change...
A new study has dispelled the myth that the public are divided about climate change because they don’t understand the science behind it.
And the Yale research published today reveals that if Americans knew more basic science and were more proficient in technical reasoning it would still result in a gap between public and scientific consensus. Indeed, as members of the public become more...
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Robert L. Cavnar: Dirty Business: How... →
Dirty Business: How Unaccountable Bureaucrats Kill Clean Technology
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The truth about Germany's nuclear phase-out
Ditching nuclear power has ripples in terms of carbon emissions, politics and culture that we can’t ignore

View of the Boxberg lignite-fired power station and the Nochten open pit lignite (brown coal) mine (below) in Germany taken on January 14, 2011. The plant is run by Swedish energy giant Vattenfall. Photograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images
There’s been plenty of debate and...
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New Google Earth tool maps deforestation,...
The new Sumatra map. Click image to visit the interactive version of the map.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and a coalition of Indonesian environmental groups known as Eyes on the Forest have released a new Google Earth-based tool (maps.eyesontheforest.or.id)that maps forests, land use, carbon stocks, and biodiversity across the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The project is based on a...
A BEAUTIFUL LIE: Efforts Launched to Protect... →
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Over the next few months thousands of humpback whales are expected to pass along Australia’s east coast during their annual migration, and although they are a curiosity, efforts are being taken again this year to protect them from human activities.
After a successful campaign last…
A BEAUTIFUL LIE: Trees: Why You Should Care →
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The maple, pine or oak tree that you regularly take for granted deserves another look. Trees are the Earth’s lungs and air purifiers. They supply housing for countless creatures, provide shade, increase real estate value and are correlated with significant health and emotional benefits. And, as we humans continue to spew out more and more CO2 into the atmosphere, a tree’s job has...
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Global Scarcity: Scramble for Dwindling Natural... →
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Indigenous group paid $0.65/ha for forest worth...

Aerial view of jungle and delta in Indonesian Papua. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler.
A palm oil company has paid indigenous Moi landowners in Indonesian Papua a paltry $0.65 per hectare for land that will be worth $5,000 a hectare once cultivated, according to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Indonesian NGO, Telepak. The report outlines similar disadvantageous...
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Apocalypse Soon: Has Civilization Passed the... →
A BEAUTIFUL LIE: 110 Sucesses of The Endangered... →
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The Center for Biological Diversity has launched a groundbreaking report, On Time, On Target: How the Endangered Species Act Is Saving America’s Wildlife, a powerful new review of the effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act.
The report provides an in-depth look at 110…
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Nations need food security goals
The biggest environmental summit for a decade must make meaningful progress on global food security and sustainable agriculture, say researchers.
Researchers are calling for a concerted approach to agricultural policy, based on science
CGIAR, the world’s largest publicly funded research body, has published a seven-point “call to action” plan.
Ahead of the Rio gathering,...
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Over half of world's tiger reserves lack minimum...
A year-and-a-half after a landmark summit that pledged to double the world’s number of tigers by 2022, and still 65 percent of tiger reserves lack minimum standards of protection for the world’s largest cat, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Reporting at the first meeting of all 13 tiger-range countries since the 2010 summit, WWF said that 41 tiger reserves of 63 did...
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Germany Stalled on the Expressway to a Green...
Energy Revolution Interruptus
Germany’s energy revolution has hardly begun, but it’s already running out of steam. There is a lack of political decisiveness and companies are complaining of a dearth of incentives to invest billions in necessary infrastructure. Progress or no progress, taxpayers continue footing the bill.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the leader of the...
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