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Plan Bay Area: Controversy Swirls Around Ambitious California Attempt To Combat Climate Change
2013-05-26 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Marin Independent: The Bay Area will be spewing an additional 1.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually by 2040 if opponents of a new long-range land-use blueprint for the Bay Area get their way. That estimate -- the equivalent of burning 20,456 tanker trucks of gasoline or 6,664 rail cars of coal -- comes from the environmental impact report for Plan Bay Area, a long-range housing blueprint that has ignited controversy in Marin. A collaboration of four regional government agencies, Plan Bay Area was...
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NASA funds 3D food printer, to combat hunger in space and on Earth
2013-05-21 17:10:02| Extremetech
The space agency recently awarded a $125,000 grant to a project aimed at 3D printing food for astronauts, and while the space agency's main concern is efficient food storage for long-haul space flights, creator Anjan Contractor hopes his technology could help people here on Earth get access to the volume and variety of food they need.
Pacific islands look for model to combat changes due to global warming
2013-05-07 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With islands and atolls scattered across the ocean, the small Pacific island states are among those most exposed to the effects of global warming: increasing acidity and rising sea level, more frequent natural disasters and damage to coral reefs. These micro-states, home to about 10 million people, are already paying for the environmental irresponsibility of the great powers. "Pacific islands are the victims of industrial countries unable to control their carbon dioxide emissions. The truth of...
Philippine government must scale up action to combat climate change, campaigners urge
2013-04-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Mirror: Climate campaigners hailed the government on Thursday for its exemplary effort in combating the effects of climate change and making communities ready to face its impacts. But theres still a lot to be done, said Renato Redentor Constantino, executive director of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC). Constantino, former climate campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Greenpeace SEA), said the Aquino administration is on the right track when it allocated P13 billion...
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UPDATE 2-Paper firm Stora Enso cuts costs to combat demand drop
2013-04-24 06:59:05| Paper - Topix.net
Finnish paper maker Stora Enso on Tuesday revealed plans to save 200 million euros a year, taking more radical action than in the past to cope with falling paper demand due to a shift in the print media to online publishing.
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