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Not all renewables are created equal
2013-05-06 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Can we all agree that the current energy economy is fundamentally toxic to nature and people? Can we agree that there is no more important task than building a new energy economy, one that supports flourishing human and natural communities? Can we agree that the future energy economy should be powered by renewable sources, not fossil fuels? One would think that every reasonable person (Im looking at you, members of Congress) would agree with these propositions. Virtually every energy and climate...
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Meteor shower created by Halley's Comet to peak Sunday
2013-05-05 21:23:52| CNET News.com
NASA will provide live video of the event, as well as a live chat with Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. [Read more]
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Companies never created thousands of high-wage jobs after...
2013-05-05 03:06:38| Trucking - Topix.net
It's the kind of announcement that gets applause at Chamber of Commerce luncheons, smiles at City Hall, and attention from job-seekers moving up the career ladder.
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Worlds toughest material created by tying slip knots into weak, commercial thread
2013-04-29 19:57:42| Extremetech
Nicola Pugno, at the University of Trento in Italy, has succeeded in making by far the toughest material in the world -- by taking a conventional piece of fiber... and tying it in a slip knot. This method seems (and is) so simple that the inventor is calling it the Egg of Columbus, which refers to a discovery that has eluded mankind forever -- but seems incredibly obvious and easy after the fact.
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The 'sunshades' created by plants that are helping to slow climate change
2013-04-29 12:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: Plants help to slow climate change by emitting gases that form of clouds, creating a 'sunshade' over the planet, scientists have discovered. The tiny sun-dimming effect could offset about one percent of warming worldwide and up to 30 percent locally such as over vast northern forests in Siberia, Canada or the Nordic nations, they wrote in the journal Nature Geoscience. While proportionally small, some scientists said the study provided further evidence of the importance of protecting forests,...
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