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IEA Report: Recession Recovery Could Spark Energy Crisis - TIME

Sonicsuns — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:47:04 GMT

Quoted: Now that the world appears to be climbing out of the economic doldrums, it may have to deal with tighter fossil-fuel supplies and skyrocketing prices, an energy watchdog warns

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Better world: Take Friday off… forever - 15 September 2009 - New Scientist

Sonicsuns — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:57:43 GMT

Quoted: The four-day week could boost employment, save energy and make us happier

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Cash For Clunkers: The Data On Why It's Working - GreenCarReports.com

Sonicsuns — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:26:23 GMT

Quoted: Who knew? Turns out Americans just needed a little nudge to visit their car dealers, but the promise of an extra $3,500 or more in incentives was enough to push car buyers over the hump and get them to trade in their clunkers. And how. As we reported Friday on our sister site TheCarConnection.com,

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Telecommuting, the ultimate green job? | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Sonicsuns — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:43:44 GMT

Quoted: Green jobs. You hear all about them lately, but what are they, exactly? This is where the problem lies; there is no concrete definition of a green job and if you ask five different people to define it, you’ll likely get five different answers.

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Severn tidal power scheme should not go ahead, warns Environment Agency | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Sonicsuns — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:35:12 GMT

tricky things

Quoted: The contentious Weston barrage would be the largest renewable energy project in Europe but comes with a huge ecological cost

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Cooking With Sound: Bio-Mass Burning Stove Also Converts Heat Into Sound Then Electricity

Sonicsuns — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:54:09 GMT

Quoted: f bringing small scale electrical generation to households in the developing world,” he said. “We plan to field test 20 units in Tajikistan when funding ...

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Sea level rise: It's worse than we thought - environment - 01 July 2009 - New Scientist

Sonicsuns — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:45:36 GMT

Quoted: As more and more ice slides into the ocean, sea levels are rising faster and faster – but just how high will they get?

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Bigfoot's likely haunts 'revealed' - environment - 06 July 2009 - New Scientist

Sonicsuns — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:17:08 GMT

Quoted: A tongue-in-cheek study based on sightings of the mythical Sasquatch is a warning to ecologists that they shouldn't make too many assumptions about species

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Op-Ed Contributor - The Dirty War Against Clean Coal - NYTimes.com

Sonicsuns — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:54:39 GMT

Quoted: Advanced-technology coal power exists, but regulators are waiting to see what happens with FutureGen, a project that may be just an expensive boondoggle.

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Africa alone could feed the world - environment - 27 June 2009 - New Scientist

Sonicsuns — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:51:57 GMT

well that's good news

Quoted: The doom-mongers may have got it wrong, there is enough land to produce the food needed to feed a growing population, reports say – and most of it is

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