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Pope Francis Isn't the Only Religious Leader Calling for Action on Climate Change

Islamic leaders from twenty countries announced on Tuesday a declaration urging governments around the world to secure an international agreement on combating climate chang...

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Environment

Food Production Shocks 'Will Happen More Often Because Of Extreme Weather'

Major ?shocks? to global food production will be three times more likely within 25 years because of an increase in extreme weather brought about by global warming, warns a ...

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Sustainable Development

Can High-Tech Photosynthesis Turn CO2 Into Fuel For Your Car?

Imagine having a fuel pump in your driveway that uses photosynthesis, the same process plants use to feed themselves, to turn carbon dioxide into fuel for your car. It&rsqu...

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Environment

How Will Climate Change Affect Business?

Is climate change speeding up? A new study by James Hansen, perhaps the world?s foremost climate scientist, and 16 co-authors suggests that ice shelves and glaciers in Gree...

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Environment

Why Clean Energy, Not Coal, Is The Solution To Poverty

It is the development conundrum of our era. Extremely poor people cannot lift themselves out of poverty without access to reliable energy. More than a billion people live w...

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Environment

A Huge Algae Bloom Off The Pacific Coast Is Poisoning Shellfish And Sea Lions.

A poisonous algae that could sicken humans if they consume infected seafood is spreading in the Pacific Ocean, stretching from Southern California north to Alaska. The mass...

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Environment

Obama’s Clean Power Plan, And Lessons For India’s Own Climate Change Strategy

?The biggest, most important step we have ever taken to combat climate change?. ?That is how President Barack Obama described the Clean Power Plan he unveiled last week. Th...

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Environment

Obama’s Steep New Emissions Rules Praised As ‘Great Advance,’ Scorned As ‘Power Grab’

President Obama's introduction of the final draft of his Clean Power Plan on Monday was met with mixed responses, as the White House hailed the proposal as their "biggest a...

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Environment

Greenpeace Temporarily Blockades A Shell Vessel, As The Oil Major Begins Drilling In The Arctic.

The icebreaker that's key to Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic is heading back north after authorities broke a dramatic blockade on Friday by environmentalists i...

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Environment

These Scientists Think Genetically Modified Rice Can Help Solve The Climate Crisis

A new kind of genetically modified rice with a higher starch content could produce more food while at the same time reducing the methane, a greenhouse gas, that's emitted w...

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