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Environmental Organizations

The Carbon Conundrum

William Pentland 10.07.08, 6:00 AM ET CO2 capture and sequestration could help save the world, if anyone's got the stomach to risk it. Minutes before midnight on Aug. 21, 1986, roughly one cubic kilometer of gaseous carbon...

Economic woes may give planet a breather

NICOSIA (Reuters) - A slowdown in the world economy may give the planet a breather from the excessively high carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions responsible for climate change, a Nobel Prize winning scientist said on Tuesday.

Why the price of disposing of an old PC may be higher than you think

When your PC starts acting as though it has attention deficit disorder, staring back at you blankly whenever you try to do anything, the natural instinct is to dial IT and demand a new computer. The last thing you want is for...

Malaysian ’sustainable’ palm oil claims challenged

NEW REPORT: MALAYSIAN PALM OIL: GREEN GOLD OR GREEN WASH? Friends of the Earth Challenges 'Green' Claims of Malaysian Palm Oil PENANG (MALAYSIA) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), October 7, 2008 – Malaysian palm oil exported for use in...

Greenpeace activists board coal ship off Spanish coast (AFP)

MADRID (AFP) - Greenpeace activists boarded a cargo ship carrying Colombian coal at a port in northern Spain on Monday in protest at Spain's reliance on the highly polluting energy source. The four activists painted "Quit Coal"...

One in Four Mammal Species at Risk of Extinction, Report Shows

World Wildlife Fund said today that governments must double their efforts to save endangered species, as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List revealed that one in four of the world's 5,487...

WWF: Italy flouting bluefin tuna rules

Italy is greatly overshooting fishing quotas for bluefin tuna, flouting international agreements and further threatening the endangered species, the World Wildlife Fund said Tuesday. A report commissioned by WWF says Italian...

Global Threat 'Worse Than Feared'

Catherine Jacob, environment correspondent Gordon Brown should strengthen the UK's greenhouse gas emissions reduction target from 60% to 80% by 2050, experts have argued. Greenhouse gas emission targets need to be higher The...

The Physical Science behind Climate Change

Editor's note: This story was originally posted in the July 2008 issue, and has been reposted to highlight the long history of Nobelists publishing in Scientific American.For a scientist studying climate change, “eureka”...

Greenpeace Launches New Earth Balloon

In typical Greenpeace fashion, we crashed this past weekend’s Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta with our new Earth-shaped hot air balloon. Greenpeace used the balloon all weekend to deliver a strong message on global warming to...

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