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Solar Energy: New Sunflower-Inspired Pattern Increases Concentrated Solar Efficiency
Just outside Seville, in the desert region of Andalucia, Spain, sits an oasis-like sight: a 100-meter-high pillar surrounded by rows of giant mirrors rippling outward. More than 600 of these mirrors,
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Power Generation Is Blowing in the Wind
By looking at the stability of the atmosphere, wind farm operators could gain greater insight into the amount of power generated at any given time.Power generated by a wind turbine largely depends on
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Renewable-Energy Growth to Outpace Oil, Gas Through 2030, BP Says
Wind power, solar electricity and biofuels consumption will grow at a faster pace than demand for fossil fuels in the next 20 years as nations seek to meet rising energy needs without adding to carbon
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Rainwater Harvesting System at Ananda Balika Vidyalaya
Opening of the Rainwater Harvesting System at Ananda Balika Vidyalaya, Kotte was held recently.
More pictures of this event are at:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.305738039462978.63887.
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Water Pollution Causes
The causes of water pollution vary and may be both natural and anthropogenic. However, the most common causes of water pollution are the anthropogenic ones including:
Agriculture runoff - carry
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Effects Of Water Pollution
Extent of contamination of the seas and oceans are so large that in many countries set health standards in the content of these or other harmful substances. It is interesting to note that when the con
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Disposing of electronic waste: A social responsibility calendar must
Q: What is Think Green\'s objective?
A: e-waste ends in land filling, which accounts for 70% of toxic waste. We want companies to be more corporate socially responsible with regard to electronic wast
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Does Congestion Pricing Reduce Traffic Congestion and Pollution?
Dear EarthTalk: How does congestion toll pricing, used in some cities around the world, cut down on vehicle traffic and promote green-friendly public transit?
-- Bill Higley, via e-mail
Despite in
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Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
Full Submission
On behalf of the Partnership for Sustainable Low Carbon Transport1 and various undersigned agencies, multilateral development banks, non-governmental organizations, associations, an
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Three tractor load of Garbage cleared from Horton Plains
By Ifham Nizam
A staggering three tractor loads of garbage, was collected in close vicinity to one of the country\'s most income generating parks, the Horton Plains National Park.
The programme
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Food Pollution Risks
Food pollution risks depend on a variety of factors, including:
Type of pollutant - while any pollutant present in food may pose a health risk, the pollutants that are persistent and bioaccumul
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Common Food Pollution Pollutants
Pesticides (e.g., organophosphates, organoarsenicals, and other pesticides) - get into the food due to common agricultural practices of spreading pesticides. While pesticides may prevent destruction o
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Food Pollution
Food pollution means the presence in food or associated with food of toxic chemicals (elements or compounds) and/or biological contaminants which are not naturally present in food or are above their n
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$4 Billion for Energy Efficient Buildings and Green Jobs
The list of President Obama\'s We Can\'t Wait initiatives now includes a major new investment program for upgrading the energy efficiency of buildings. Announced last week, the program consists of $4
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Climate change
Our climate is changing, largely due to the observed increases in human produced carbon pollution. These changes we have seen over the 20th century include increases in global average air and ocean te
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What is energy efficiency?
Energy efficiency is \"using less energy to provide the same service\".
There are other definitions, but this is a good operational one.
The best way to understand this idea is through examples:
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Haycarb trades Carbon Credits under Kyoto Protocol
Haycarb PLC, the world\'s largest coconut shell based activated carbon producer, has become one of the first companies in Sri Lanka to successfully register and trade-in carbon credits under the Kyoto
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Facts about water pollution
Water pollution is broad term that includes contamination of different water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater.
Water pollution is caused by pollutants, mostly in form of differ
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SPECIAL REPORT: ENERGY; Researchers Work to Ease Effects of Oil Sand Extraction By HENRY FOUNTAIN Published: November 18, 2011
Several years ago, Paul Painter, a professor of polymer science at Pennsylvania State University, saw a news report about the deaths of hundreds of ducks that landed on a tailings pond near an oil san
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Climate change and security: What is the future that awaits us?
As South Africa and Durban get ready to host the 17th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 17) from 28 November-9 December, 2011, a key question is p
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