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Paint your roofs white to prevent global warming
Paint your roofs white to slow global warming, says US energy secretary Steven Chu
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Topics : Education Constructions Climate
7 Wedges to Prevent Global Warming
7 wedges to chose from to prevent global warming: ?Replace 1,400 large coal-fired plants with gas-fired plants; increase fuel economy of two billion cars from 30 to 60 mpg; add twice today?s nuclear output to displace coal; drive two billion cars on ethanol, using 1/6th world?s cropland; increase solar power 700-fold to displace coal; cut electricity use in homes, offices and stores by 25 %; install carbon capture and sequestration capacity at 800 large coal-fired plants.? - Read More
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Topics : Climate
Bangladesh Climate Change Action Plan
Bangladesh is one of the countries that could be affected badly if climate change and global warming lead to rise in sea levels - most of its area could simply go under the sea! In order to tackle this, the government has come up with a detailed action plan. The link (PDF) provides more details on the plan - Read More
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Bangladesh to be worst affected by global warming?
Low-lying Bangladesh is often cited as one of the countries likely to be worst hit by climate change, particularly due to sea-level rise. - Read More
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Topics : Climate
We are at least a decade away from CCS
We?re a decade away from seeing even just a small number of large-scale CCS projects in operation, so talk today of coal plants or oil-sand operations being ?CCS-ready? is nothing more than greenwashing. - Read More
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Topics : Coal
Wildfires contribute a lot of carbon emissions
wildfires, which contribute about a third as much carbon to the atmosphere as burning fossil fuels - Read More
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Topics : Pollutions