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UN climate official: do more to cut emissions

Submitted by jason on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 16:18

FILE - In this July 29, 2010 file photo, Moscow's St. Bazil's Cathedral, background, is seen through a smog covering Moscow during a heat wave. The mausoleum of Vladimir Lenin  is at right. The excessive amount of extreme weather that dominated 2010 is a classic sign of man-made global warming that climate scientists have long warned about. They calculate that the killer Russian heat wave, setting a national record of 111F (nearly 44 C), would happen once every 100,000 years without global warming. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)AP - The agreements reached at a global conference this month to help poor countries cope with climate change exceeded expectations but need to be followed up, the U.N.'s top climate official said Monday.


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Do Posh Bees Make Better Honey?

Submitted by jason on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 10:38

posh bees photo
Photo: fortnumandmason

Do posh bees make better honey? These bees, living in the heart of Mayfair, only forage in the best places such as St. James Park and Buckingham Palace.

They live on the roof of the oh-so-grand department store, Fortnum & Mason, in architecturally designed hives with golden turrets. But what about the honey...

...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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British Angler Catches an Elusive Giant Piranha

Submitted by jason on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 20:45

goliath tigerfish photo Photos via River Monsters

British fisherman Jeremy Wade, host of Animal Planet's River Monsters, made quite a rare catch on a remote stretch of the River Congo. As one might expect from looking at this prehistoric-looking goliath tigerfish, measuring in at around 5 feet in length with 32 razor-sharp teeth...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Alternative Energy Solutions

Submitted by jason on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 08:49

Alternative Energy

The future of our planet depends on how we start to deal with global warming. Alternative Energy is going to become the only way we can continue to fuel our cars, trucks, and homes as the effects of inflation, price gouging by money hungry corporations, and the continuing effects of global warming.

There are cleaner and more environmentally friendly fuels out there, but it is more cost effective to require emissions testing and fuel taxes instead. Some day money might become less relevant and the future of the planet might actually become a serious issue that people don't just blow off like crazy idea.

Alternative Fuel Information

Submitted by jason on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 05:02

Alternative Fuel Information

Check us out for the latest information about the top alternative fuels used by the green fuel movement in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. We hope to provide many great resources on biofuels and green fuel alternatives to use instead of your usual fuel from the pump.

The information we provide should allow you to free your car or home from the burden of overpriced conventional fuels.

We also hope to bring you conversion kits for some of the most popular diesel engines soon. Stay tuned for our many upcoming projects including an SVO (Straight Vegetable Oil) Conversion project on a VW Rabbit with full coverage of the project on our website. You will be able to follow along and learn the basics of how these alternative fuel systems work with our how-to articles and descriptive pictures.

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