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Global warming causing mass migration – UPI.com
Global warming will submerge island states, destroy farmland and force millions of people into migration by 2050, according to a report unveiled at climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany.
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* Nissan aiming for mass-market lead in electric cars
* First zero emission cars on sale in Japan, U.S. next year
* Tennessee plant seen starting assembly in 2011 or 2012
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Birth defects show human price of coal | International | Reuters
coal mining and processing has given Shanxi a rate of birth defects six times higher than China’s national average, which is already high by global standards
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Technology Review: Blogs: Potential Energy: Tesla Receives Key Funding for Electric Sedan
The plan at Tesla Motors has always been to go beyond its first vehicle, the $100,000 electric Roadster, to make more-affordable electric cars–a plan that had come to depend on the startup receiving a hefty loan from the government. Today, the Department of Energy announced that it has approved that loan–in the amount of $465 million. The money could allow Tesla to bring its Model S electric sedan to market, as planned, by 2011.
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Scotland agrees world’s toughest 2020 climate goal | Green Business | Reuters
Scottish lawmakers Wednesday backed a binding goal to cut greenhouse gases by 42 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, edging Germany into second place in a ranking of the most ambitious developed world targets.
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Eco Cars: U.S.-based Oil Company Debuts 100% Electric Car, EV Sharing Program – Ecofriend
ExxonMobil, a U.S.-based oil company, has stunned the auto world with the launch of a fully electric car – the Maya 300
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Car Exhaust Associated With Premature Births in Southern California: Scientific American
Women exposed to air pollution from freeways and congested roads are much more likely to give birth to premature babies and suffer from preeclampsia, according to a study by University of California scientists published Wednesday.
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You’ve heard of a ship in a bottle. How about a ship made of plastic bottles? That would be the Plastiki, designed to sail the Pacific on an 11,000-mile voyage highlighting the dangers of living in a throwaway world.
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I like the Plastiki article. Nice one.