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Warning as biggest rivers decline – MSN Environment UK
The world’s largest rivers have declined over the last 50 years, with significant changes found in about a third of them, scientists said.
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Climate change means shortfalls in Colorado River water deliveries
The Colorado River system supplies water to tens of millions of people and millions of acres of farmland, and has never experienced a delivery shortage. But if human-caused climate change continues to make the region drier, scheduled deliveries will be missed 60-90 percent of the time by the middle of this century, according to a pair of climate researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
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We Must Seize the Energy Opportunity or Slip Further Behind
nearly 40 percent of China’s proposed $586 billion stimulus plan—$221 billion over two years—is going toward public investment in renewable energy, low-carbon vehicles, high-speed rail, an advanced electric grid, efficiency improvements, and other water-treatment and pollution controls.
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China’s wind-power boom to outpace nuclear by 2020 | Markets | Reuters
China will have 100 gigawatts of wind-power capacity by 2020, a senior energy official said on Monday, more than three times the 30 GW target the government laid down in an energy strategy drawn up just 18 months ago.
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Climate change will overload humanitarian system, warns Oxfam report | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Emergency organisations could be overwhelmed within seven years by the rising number of people in poor countries affected by floods, droughts, heatwaves, wild fires, storms, landslides and other climate hazards.
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Seoul’s huge (£23bn) financial stimulus package pledges 81% for a swath of environmental projects. But activists fear a wave of construction may increase the country’s carbon footprint
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Switch to renewable energy could save £13bn a year | Environment | The Guardian
Britain could save up to £12.6bn a year in imports of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal by 2020 if it embarks on a large- scale programme of energy efficiency and renewable technologies including wind power and biomass
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The Green Issue – Batteries Not Included – NYTimes.com
An interesting article about Better Place and Shai Agassi
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Amazing new windfarms of the future – Science and Health Blog – Mirror.co.uk
The next generation of windfarms may not look like anything we have seen so far.
Turbines of the future could have vertical wings like giant washing lines spinning high above the ocean.
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REpower Systems AG: Press Release
German wind turbine manufacturer now has the most powerful wind turbine in the world in its portfolio with the further development of the model series to the REpower 6M
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More motorway lights to be turned off to cut carbon footprint
The UK Highways Agency is trying to cut its carbon footprint by turning off selected motorway lights around the country
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Major study into the demise of bees is announced | stv News
The number of bees in the UK has fallen between 10 and 15 per cent over the past two years. A new study hopes to help stop the decline.
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Your Industry News – Giant windfarm could be England’s biggest onshore windfarm
AN area of land near Fakenham appears to be in line for what could be the largest onshore windfarm in England.
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