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Study: 13 Gigatonnes Of CO2 Cuts Nets $14 Billion Savings

Steve on 10 8, 2009 | No Comments

Study: 13 Gigatonnes Of CO2 Cuts Nets $14 Billion Savings

The United Nations Foundation and the Center for American Progress have presented an analysis of the core elements needed to combat climate change, and while their recommendations span many countr

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Calculating the cost of fixing the planet

Steve on 10 2, 2006 | No Comments

Calculating the cost of fixing the planet

Consultants from the economics group PricewaterhouseCoopers have released a 40 year plan to reduce the threat of climate change, using a mix of energy efficiency, greater use of renewables and car

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Sustainable urban aquaculture

Steve on 09 13, 2006 | No Comments

Sustainable urban aquaculture

Entrepreneur Martin Schreibman is raising thousands of tilapia in tanks residing in a Brooklyn warehouse, in an attempt to create a sustainable fish farming business. Raising fish in the inner cit

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The environmental costs of green energy: Biofuels

Steve on 08 17, 2006 | No Comments

The environmental costs of green energy: Biofuels

In a previous article, I wrote about the environmental costs of solar and wind power, in this article I'm going to look at a few of the issues surrounding another 'green' energy source: biofuels.

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The environmental costs of green energy

Steve on 07 27, 2006 | No Comments

The environmental costs of green energy

Recently I wrote about the abundance of solar energy available to us, and the small fraction of it we would need to capture to meet all of our energy needs. I received a comment questioning the valu

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