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Big one-year jump in CO2 brings climate catastrophe closer
NOAA says atmospheric CO2 underwent one of its biggest single-year jumps ever in 2012, making it more unlikely global warming can be limited to 2C.
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Mar 7, 2013

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‘Drill, baby, drill’ fails: US petrol prices still high, despite oil boom
That increased oil production will bring down gas prices is one of the most reliable Republican canards when it comes to energy, so what gives?
Jeff Spross

Feb 14, 2013

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Do sea urchins hold the key to affordable carbon capture?
UK researchers may have stumbled on a solution to the problems that have bedeviled carbon capture and storage – by studying sea urchins.
Jeff Spross

Feb 6, 2013

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New Mexico utility to buy solar power at lower price than coal
The latest evidence of solar power’s rise; a New Mexico utility has agreed to buy electricity from a new solar project for just $69/MWh.
Jeff Spross

Feb 4, 2013

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Wind beats gas to become top source of new US capacity in 2012
Wind has pulled ahead of natural gas to become the leading installer of new capacity in 2012 in the US.
Jeff Spross

Jan 24, 2013

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Solar could power entire world with less than 1% of land mass
New report says solar arrays necessary to meet all the world’s projected energy needs in 2050 would cover under one percent of land area.
Jeff Spross

Jan 19, 2013

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World wastes half its food, struggles to produce more
The world wastes up to one-half of the four billion tons of food it produces each year, yet natural disasters will cause prices to soar.
Jeff Spross

Jan 16, 2013

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Humanity has overshot the Earth’s capacity
A new report on China’s ecological footprint says that humanity, as a whole, overshot the Earth’s sustainability threshold back in the early 1970s.
Jeff Spross

Dec 17, 2012

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