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The world's latest data for atmospheric CO2 as measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. 350 ppm is the safe upper limit of CO2.
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Toyota Develops 1000 km Electric Car Battery Toyota Motor has developed a secondary electric car battery that can last up to 1,000 km per charge. The new battery is based on a solid core and its simplified structure means it … Continue reading
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Texas Drought May Have Killed 500 Million Trees According to the Texas Forest Service, as many as 500 million trees in the state — roughly 10 percent of the forests there — have been killed within the last year alone … Continue reading
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People fund it Everyone likes a good idea. Peoplefund.it is a new crowd-sourcing website from the makers of River Cottage, Hugh’s Fish Fight and Chicken Out! which brings together individuals with fresh ideas within fledgling community projects. The success of … Continue reading
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How Many Innocent People Are in Prison? Extrapolating from the 281 known DNA exonerations in the US since the late 1980s, a conservative estimate is that 1 percent of the US prison population, approximately 20,000 people, are falsely convicted. In … Continue reading
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High-level cesium logged A recent government survey showed a reading of 154,000 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram in soil in the village of Iitate near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the highest level yet recorded, the Environment … Continue reading
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Solar power increasing in Germany The German Solar Industry Association (BSW) has announced that German solar power producers have increased electricity output this year by 60 percent over 2010 to 18 billion kWh. This is more than three percent of … Continue reading
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Cleanup should be the responsibility of local municipalities says court This week, lawyers for Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) argued that “radioactive materials (such as cesium) that scattered and fell from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant belong to individual landowners … Continue reading
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France to Impose Financial Transaction Tax French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced plans to unilaterally impose a 0.1 percent tax on financial transactions in France starting in August, a move strongly opposed by the nations financial sector. Sarkozy said, “Theres … Continue reading
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Three atoms thick transistor The Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures (LANES) has made a chip, or integrated circuit, confirming that molybdenite can surpass the physical limits of silicon in terms of miniaturization, electricity consumption, and mechanical flexibility. In early … Continue reading
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Cambodian Workers for U.S. Brands Stage Strike Workers at a Cambodian garment factory that produces clothing for major U.S. retailers have gone on strike over the suspension of their union representatives. The Workers Friendship Union Federation says the strike will … Continue reading
