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Documents Reveal Shell Paid Nigerian Military to Suppress Protests

October 4, 2011

Image: Lee Jordan via flickr

Interesting news from The Guardian this week: oil giant Shell worked with the Nigerian military and with mobile police to suppress protests against its oil activities in the 1990s, according to court documents that were h…

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Reducing Shipping Emissions at Ports: A No-Brainer? (Infographic)

October 4, 2011

Ships create emissions even while in port: they run their engines while docked to keep electrical systems running. Energy giant ABB has a straightforward solution to this problem.

Harvard Professor Builds Carbon-Sucking Machine

September 30, 2011

Harvard applied physics professor David Keith is building a machine that can suck carbon dioxide from the air. Keith has started a company called Carbon Engineering that has attracted venture capitalists that see a future for this technology. The machine uses a three-step process to filter the air and separate and sequester the carbon dioxide. First, a fan sucks air into the machine where it enters…

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World Contraception Day is For Women’s Rights, But It’s For the Environment, Too

September 28, 2011

Image: Lars Plougmann via flickr

The connection between increased access to family planning and greenhouse gas emissions has been covered here before, but since World Contraception Day was this week and we’re still

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China’s Per Capita Emissions May Overtake Those in US by 2017 – Now Same As Italy’s

September 28, 2011

photo: Saad Akhtar/CC BY

China became the largest national carbon emitter in 2007, overtaking the US. Last summer China also became the world’s largest consumer of energy. Currently its per capita carbon footprint (6.8 tons) is roughly similar to tha…

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Creating 1 Million Energy Efficiency Jobs is "a No-Brainer": Bill Clinton

September 26, 2011

Photo: Paul Morse, Clinton Global Initiative via Flickr

Retrofitting old buildings to make them more energy efficient is often described as the least sexy item on greens’ to-do list. True, insulating buildings and installing new windows may seem less…

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Good May Be Practical But Is It Good Enough? James Hansen Pitches Fee-and-Dividend Carbon Pricing

September 23, 2011

photo: Mrs. Gemstone/CC BY SA

With Climate Week NYC drawing to a close (there’s still the global Moving Planet action, organized by 350.org, on Saturday though…) I headed over to the New School to hear Dr James Hansen from NASA’s Goddard Institute …

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How Can This Island Nation Go 100% Carbon Neutral by 2020? (Video)

September 23, 2011

Photo: nattu via Flickr/CC BY

Interview with Dr. Waheed, Vice President of the Maldives
Yesterday, the island nation of Maldives announced that it had mandated that 60% of its energy be produced by solar power as part of its bid to go carbon neutral …

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No Impact Week is Sept 18-25 – Go On A Weekly Carbon & Waste Cleanse With YES! Magazine

September 16, 2011

In case you weren’t aware, next week starts No Impact Week–which not so coincidentally is at the same time as Climate Week NYC and ends with 350.org’s Moving Planet event on Saturday the 24th. So join YES! Magazine and the No Impact Project in going…

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Two-Thirds of World’s Biggest Businesses Now Put Climate Change at Heart of Strategy

September 14, 2011

The Carbon Disclosure Project has released its latest report on the what the world’s largest public corporations are doing to reduce carbon emissions and report them. Accelerating Low Carbon Growth looked at the carbon disclosure from 396 companies a…

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