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October 31, 2008 - Steve Connor, Science Editor - Climate change at the poles IS man-made - Changes to the climate due to human activity can now be detected on every continent, following a study showing that temperature rises in the Antarctic as well as the Arctic are the result of man-made emissions of greenhouse gases. It is the first time scientists have been able to prove the link between the temperature changes in both polar regions are down to - More |
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October 29, 2008 Nichola Groom, U.S. Alternative Energy Correspondent - Wind power wants a place on your roof, too! - Putting solar panels on your roof may be all the rage in California, but what’s a green homeowner to do in less sundrenched parts of North America? How about powering your home or business with wind, for starters. And no, that doesn’t mean planting a 100-foot-tall wind tower in your backyard. - More |
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October 19, 2008 - Independant - Rapid Drying System reduces flood damage drying times. -The PLC Company formed by Trevor Baylis the inventor of the Clockwork Radio has helped launch the Direct Air Dryer developed by Jack and David Elliott can reduced overall drying times by up to 50%. - More |
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October, 2008 - Cisco launched The 1 Million Acts of Green Project - The objectives include showing that individual, organizational, and community acts of green add up to something significant. More |
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September 23, 2008 - Steve Connor, Science Editor - Arctic scientists discover new global warming threat as melting permafrost releases millions of tons of a gas 20 times more damaging than carbon dioxide - The first evidence that millions of tons of a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere from beneath the Arctic Seabed has been discovered by scientists. - More |
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September 12, 2008 - Media Release - Vehicle fuel efficiency report released for public comment - Joint media release, 12 September 2008 - More |
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Aug 1st 2008 - Shannon Arvizu - Blade Your Ride: cut emissions and save gas - While much of the green car field is devoted to developing technology of new vehicles, what about e 800 million vehicles already on the road today? What if the technology existed to green your existing vehicle at a low cost and minimal effort to you? - More |
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July 9, 2008 - Rupert Neate - Cow farts collected in plastic tank for global warming study - Scientists are examining cow farts and burps in a novel bid to combat global warming. Experts said the slow digestive system of cows makes them a key producer of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that gets far less public attention than carbon dioxide. In a bid to understand the impact of the wind produced by cows on global warming, scientists collected gas from - More |
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June 30, 2008 - Libuse Binder - The Do-It-Yourself Car Owner - The idea of tinkering with one’s motor vehicle is as old as the idea of driving one. While there are many of us who are perfectly content with the simple knowledge of how to fill our gas tank or change a tire, there are other auto enthusiasts who can’t wait to play with their cars. Known as Do-It-Yourselfers or DIYers, this trend has been gaining more and more speed as of late. More |
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December 3, 2007 - Peter Garrett appointed Australias Minister for the Environment - More |
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August 4, 2007 - 1st Black Footprint Award Proposed - Related link See below |
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August 4, 2007 - Steve Doughty and Emily Andrews - 33,000 fines in war of the wheelie bins. - 'Bin police' have intensified their activity in checking householders are complying with the strict rules on putting out rubbish. The number of householders fined for breaking draconian rules on rubbish has risen nearly 15-fold in five years, the Daily Mail can reveal. This boom in on-the-spot fines has accompanied the creeping introduction of fortnightly waste collections. More |
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March 22, 2007 - The Importance of Used Motor Oil Recycling - In today’s world, automobiles are an important and necessary part of everyday life. Most automobiles require motor oil and other fluids like transmission and brake fluid to run properly. To keep a vehicle running well, an owner should change the vehicle’s motor oil and fluids regularly as defined by the manufacturer. With regular maintenance comes a responsibility to know how and where to - More |
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October 5, 2006 - Awareness Outstrips Corporate Action On Climate Change - Awareness of the risks and opportunities of climate change has not translated into widespread planning and action by Canada’s largest corporations, according to the findings of the Carbon Disclosure Project Report Canada 280, released yesterday by The Conference Board of Canada. Only 36 percent of respondents have a greenhouse gas reduction plan - More |
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Monday 11 September 2006 - Virgin pumps £214m into 'green' fuel initiatives - Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group has moved into "green fuels" with the launch of an investment fund that plans to pump up to $400m (£214m) into renewable energy initiatives over the next three years. - In its first deal, it is backing the California-based company Cilion, which makes bio-ethanol from corn. It plans to build seven plants by 2009 - the first three are expected to be in California - More |
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Sept. 21, 2006 - msnbc.com staff - New York - British business mogul Richard Branson pledged to commit all profits from his transportation businesses over 10 years to combat global warming, profits that he estimated would reach $3 billion. Branson, the billionaire behind Virgin Atlantic Airways and the multi-platform Virgin brand, announced the pledge at the Clinton Global Initiative, a conference being hosted by former President Clinton. More |
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January 30, 2006 - Interview by Nelson D. Schwartz - Virgin in the Oil Patch - Richard Branson doesn't claim to be an energy guru. But he's bullish on ethanol. And once upon a time, he didn't know much about airlines or records or phones, either. - Why are you so interested in ethanol? - Our company uses a lot of jet fuel. With oil at $60 a barrel, we've taken on a team of 40 or 50 to explore alternatives from an environmental and economic point of view - More |
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October 2003 - Exemption of European antitrust legislation - Revision of the European block exemption that protects automotive manufacturers from European antitrust legislation is causing drastic changes to the car sales and services processes. The former rules created a system in which car dealers were dependent on manufacturers. Car dealers had to offer post-sales services such as repairs - More |
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May 1st, 2003 - Launch date - Deron Beal sent out the first e-mail announcing The Freecycle Network to about 30 or 40 friends and a handful of nonprofits in Tucson, Arizona. At the time Deron founded The Freecycle Network, he worked with a small nonprofit organization, RISE, which provides recycling services to downtown businesses and transitional employment to Tucsonans in need - More |
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