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UK's Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Could Switch To Biomass Within 10 Years

The Guardian, Tim Webb, edited by Silva Tree

The Guardian reports on UK energy giant Drax's announcement regarding its objective to convert its coal-fired factories to produce biomass within the ...

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BP Oil Spill Re-emphasizes Need for Alternative Energy Sources

Silva Tree

This summer's unfortunate accident in the Gulf of Mexico re-iterates to the world that alternative energy is not only about climate change.

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Renewables in Electricity Generation Continue to Rise

renewable energy focus, edited by Silva Tree

The "Renewable Energy Snapshots" report, published by the EU Joint Research Centre's Institute for Energy (IE), shows that renewable energy sources ac...

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Silva Tree Pleased About Carbon Survey Results

Climatebiz staff

A news article from Ireland has confirmed that forestry Carbon credits are growing in desirability, a discovery which is hugely reassuring to Silva Tr...

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Forest Carbon Markets Grew in 2009 Despite Recession

Steve Zwick

Companies that rescue and restore forests to earn money by capturing carbon in trees likely expanded their operations in 2009, despite the global rece...

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Interest in voluntary carbon credits picks up

Carbon offset retailers and brokers have seen increased interest in and demand for voluntary carbon credits this month, particularly from the United S...

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Copenhagen Climate Accord Now Accepted By Nine Nations, UN Says

Alex Morales

Australia, France and Canada are among nine countries that have told the United Nations they’ll accept the Copenhagen Accord, the non-binding climat...

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Rainforests Still in Trouble

Earth Talk

According to researcher and writer Rhett Butler, who runs the critically acclaimed website, Mongabay.com, tropical rainforests are incredibly rich eco...

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How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued From the Brink

Jane Goodall & Diane Ackerman

The frogs are dying. From Canada to Panama, swamps have gone still and rivers silent; insects the amphibians would have devoured proliferate. Creature...

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Holdren: Ice age will kill 1 billion

WND.com

White House science czar John Holdren has predicted 1 billion people will die in “carbon-dioxide induced famines” in a coming new ice age by 2020.

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Panama butterfly migrations linked to climate change

Beth King

Research permits were provided by Panama's National Environmental Authority, ANAM, and meteorological data by the Panama Canal Authority, ACP. For 16...