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		<title>Algae Biofuel Grown in Bioreactors Has 3.7x the Carbon Footprint of Petro-Diesel: Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Algae biofuels are probably the most touted future hope to replace large amounts of petroleum-based liquid fuels with a renewable source. However, a new study in Energy and Fuels shows that when you grow that algae in bior...]]></description>
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		<title>Not Waiting For National Action, Western Climate Initiative Carbon Trading Scheme Moves Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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photo: Franco Folini via flickr

Even though it often seems that even mentioning climate change or pricing carbon on a national basis is an utter nonstarter, here's another example of how states aren't waiting for the Feds to get their act together: T...]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Refutes Challenges to its Ability to Regulate Carbon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo via Celsias

A total of 10 petitions, including one from the US Chamber of Commerce, were sent to the EPA challenging its 2009 ruling that it can regulate greenhouse gases as a harmful pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Today, those 10 petitions...]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Acidification Changing Polar Waters Fastest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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The impact of ocean acidification on sea life is becoming better understood in areas like coral reefs, where impacts like bleaching, altered shells of crustaceans, and even a ]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Acidification Changing Fishes&#8217; Sense of Smell, Predators&#8217; Scent Becomes Irresistible</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo via National Marine Sanctuaries

As the ocean absorbs more of the carbon dioxide we're pumping into the atmosphere, its chemistry changes and it is becoming much more acidic. This ocean acidification is causing problems from bleaching coral reef...]]></description>
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		<title>Are Mini &quot;Teacup Cattle&quot; the Answer to Sustainable Meat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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The connection between beef and climate change is already well documented. And while some may tout grass-fed cattle as a partial solution to cattle-related greenhouse gas emissions, there's no doubt that the laws of entropy...]]></description>
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		<title>Moscow Engulfed in Peat Smoke As City&#8217;s Record-Breaking Heat Sets Off Fires</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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photo: AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel

If you're sweating through a heatwave right now, take comfort knowing that you don't have massive peat-fires sending smoke across your town too, like in Moscow: The Russian capital experienced a record high of 99°F, on...]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Cargo Ships Now Traveling Slower Than 19th Century Clippers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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<em>photo: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ships" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ships?referer=');">Glen</a> via flickr</em> 

Thinking about ways we can really start transitioning off oil has led me lately to thinking about how we're going to ship goods across oceans--which I'll delve into more in some future posts--but there's some interesting shipping information worth passing on (via <a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/slow-boat-to-china-big-fuel-savings/?partner=rss&#38;emc=rss" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/slow-boat-to-china-big-fuel-savings/?partner=rss_38_emc=rss&amp;referer=');">Dot Earth</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/25/slow-ships-cut-greenhouse-emissions%22" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/25/slow-ships-cut-greenhouse-emissions_22?referer=');">The Guardian</a>) to start you think...<a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/modern-cargo-ships-traveling-slower-than-19th-century-clippers.php?campaign=th_rss" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/modern-cargo-ships-traveling-slower-than-19th-century-clippers.php?campaign=th_rss&amp;referer=');">Read the full story on TreeHugger</a><br />	<a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/modern-cargo-ships-traveling-slower-than-19th-century-clippers.php&#38;service=bit.ly" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http_//www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/modern-cargo-ships-traveling-slower-than-19th-century-clippers.php_38_service=bit.ly&amp;referer=');"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/modern-cargo-ships-traveling-slower-than-19th-century-clippers.php" height="61" width="51" /></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/modern-cargo-ships-traveling-slower-than-19th-century-clippers.php&#38;t=Modern%20Cargo%20Ships%20Now%20Traveling%20Slower%20Than%2019th%20Century%20Clippers" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http_//www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/modern-cargo-ships-traveling-slower-than-19th-century-clippers.php_38_t=Modern_20Cargo_20Ships_20Now_20Traveling_20Slower_20Than_2019th_20Century_20Clippers&amp;referer=');"><img src="http://www.treehugger.com/images/rss-fb-share.gif" height="61" width="70" /></a><div>
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		<title>Use Natural Gas &amp; Carbon Tax, Forget Carbon Capture, To Help Transition Off Coal: Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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The carbon intensity of coal is so high that CCS technology will only slightly reduce emissions, the report authors say. Photo: Joost J Bakker via flickr.

Another take on the how to transition from coal-based electricity and its huge carbon emissions...]]></description>
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		<title>Setting a Price on Carbon Will Help US End Oil Addiction &#8211; Not Just Combat Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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photo: Carina via flickr

There's lots of overlap between ending our oil addiction in the United States and combatting climate change, with setting a price on carbon (regardless of the mechanism used, be it cap and trade, a carbon tax, or something el...]]></description>
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