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Preserving the Congo basins trees
2013-06-01 14:35:06| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: A program called REDD could be the fastest, least expensive way to stall global warming. REDD is a scheme that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation by preserving trees. Award-winning correspondent Alex Chadwick and producer Christopher Johnson travel to the Congo Basin to investigate the high stakes of protecting the carbon-rich forest, the wildlife, and people who live there. Transcript ANNOUNCER: Support for Living on Earth comes from the National Science Foundation,...
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U.S. trees burned in British coal plants count as renewable energy. WTF?
2013-05-29 12:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Follow this if you can: Wood from U.S. trees is being shipped over to the U.K., where coal power plants burn it, producing more greenhouse gas emissions than when those same plants generate an equivalent amount of electricity by burning coal. The weirdest part? This doubly destructive practice is being subsidized in the U.K. to help the country meet its renewable energy targets. WTF? The BBC explains that when pine trees are grown in America, the best trunks are cut up for wood planks and sold...
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VIDEO: Why burn US trees in UK power stations?
2013-05-27 21:57:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The BBC's environment analyst, Roger Harrabin, explains why millions of American trees are being shipped to the UK for burning in power stations.
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What Trees Cause Service Interruptions
2013-05-14 17:33:00| Transmission & Distribution World
If we are to manage tree-related service interruptions we need to examine tree failures. read more
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Tropical trees keep turbines turning
2013-05-14 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Deforestation in the Amazon region could significantly reduce the amount of electricity produced from hydropower, says a new study. Scientists say the rainforest is critical in generating the streams and rivers that ultimately turn turbines. If trees continue to be felled, the energy produced by one of the world's biggest dams could be cut by a third. The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Many countries in tropical regions are turning to hydropower...
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