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Diving for Coral-bots to repair the world's dying reefs
2013-04-17 23:39:05| CNET News.com
A new Kickstarter campaign hopes to fund autonomous underwater robots that will navigate the depths to repair threatened coral reefs. [Read more]
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Seiko Watch CEO Hattori Presents World's First GPS Solar Watch
2013-04-17 21:36:18| Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone
None of the worlds top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use
2013-04-17 20:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The notion of "externalities" has become familiar in environmental circles. It refers to costs imposed by businesses that are not paid for by those businesses. For instance, industrial processes can put pollutants in the air that increase public health costs, but the public, not the polluting businesses, picks up the tab. In this way, businesses privatize profits and publicize costs. While the notion is incredibly useful, especially in folding ecological concerns into economics, I`ve always had...
Stalling on a Burning Planet: World's Energy as Dirty as it Was 20 Years Ago
2013-04-17 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Common Dreams: The world's lack of progress on low-carbon energy should be "a wake-up call" to avoid a path towards catastrophic global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a grim assessment on Wednesday. Despite much talk by world leaders, and despite a boom in renewable energy over the last decade, the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago, stated IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven. IEA gave its sobering findings in its annual report...
World’s Gene Pool Crucial for Survival
2013-04-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Conserving and making the most of the planet's wealth of genetic resources will be crucial for survival, as people will need to produce sufficient and nutritious food for a growing population, FAO Deputy Director-General Dan Gustafson said, addressing the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
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