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- Study: Earth Is Warming
Study disputes skeptics of global warming.
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- Willow Harvest Promises Cheap Biomass Fuel
Middlebury College used to heat its buildings with oil, then switched to wood chips. Now it has planted a sustainable and relatively cheap fuel source — willow shrubs _that could help cut demand on the state's forests.
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- Feds Award $2.7M for Wolverine Carbon Project
An electric power co-op that wants to build a coal-fired plant in northern Michigan has received a $2.7 million federal grant for a project designed to prevent industrial carbon dioxide from contributing to climate change.
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- Governors On Energy
Midwestern governors group to hold Detroit forum - World leaders stress unity to fight crises
Global leaders warned colleagues that coordinated international action to end the worldwide recession and reverse climate change must not fall victim to routine political divisions and pitfalls.
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- Obama To World: Don't Expect America To Fix It All
President Barack Obama challenged world leaders to shoulder more of the globe's critical burdens, promising a newly cooperative partner in America.
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- Obama Speaks On Climate Change
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao each vowed urgent action to cool an overheating planet, even as prospects dimmed for a full treaty by the end of the year.
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- Doctors Warn Climate Change Will Threaten Public Health
More than 100 doctors across the state of Michigan are calling on the U.S. Senate to combat climate change by passing Clean Energy Legislation.
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- Brazil Proposes Banning Sugarcane In Amazon
Brazil will prohibit sugarcane-ethanol plantations in the Amazon and other ecologically sensitive areas of Latin America's largest nation.
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- Doctors Tell Politicians to Fight Climate Change
A weak response to climate change could be catastrophic for international health.
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- House Considers Funding Green Vehicle Research
Rep. Gary Peters sponsors bill; House to vote today.
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- Car Dealers Appeal Ruling on California Emissions
Auto dealers and business leaders have appealed a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to allow California to establish the nation's first greenhouse gas standards for cars and trucks.
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- Effects of Arctic Warming Seen as Widespread
Arctic warming is affecting plants, birds, animals and insects as ice melts and the growing season changes, scientists report in a new review of the many impacts climate change is having on the far north.
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- MSU Goes Green While Making Green
The MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center will allow the university to triple the amount of materials they recycle.
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- Post-Wildfire Worries: Floods, Damaged Ecosystem
Southern California's huge wildfire has turned nearly a quarter of the 1,000-square-mile Angeles National Forest into a moonscape of barren mountains looming above thousands of homes that now face the threat of flash floods and mudslides.
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- Federal Survey Finds Coal Ash Sites in 35 States
The toxic leftovers from burning coal for power are sitting in nearly 600 sites in 35 states, according to a federal survey.
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- Federal Agency Won't List Butterfly as Endangered
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ruled the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly does not warrant listing as an endangered species and protection of its habitat.
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- US Wants to Fill Need For Climate Forecasts
The global need to cope with climate change is fueling a desire to make climate forecasts as common as weather forecasts.
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- Trash Helps The Bottom Line
Business turning trash into usable products.
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- "Green Teams" Helping Homes, Businesses
Groups offer motivation to be environmentally concious.
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- Getting Your Kids Ready For School
Common sense can keep your kids safe, healthy. - Companies Mixed On Helping The Environment
Interest is high, but actions are low.
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- Energy Companies Want to Buy Closed Ford Plant
Two alternative energy companies planning to buy a closed Ford Motor Co. factory near Detroit want to convert it into the country's largest renewable energy park.
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- Companies Offer Green Options
Conservation doesn't need to die during a recession.
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- Wind Turbine Roadblocks in Recession
An Eaton Rapids company that invested millions in green technology isn't seeing the demand it had hoped for.
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- Explaining "Cap And Trade"
Study shows this won't scare companies out of America.
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- Sparrow Goes Paperless; Patients Benefit
Officials say Sparrow Hospital's new Electronic Medical Record System will improve patient care.
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- LEED Is The Answer
Government has new strategy to expand use of efficient appliances.
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- Climate Champions
Ordinary people can work to save energy.
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- New Technology For Birds
Will help wind farms.
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- Making Plastic From Plants
Future plastics may go in the compost bin, not in the trash.
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- Natural Gas For Cars
This could be a cheaper source of fuel.
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- MSU: Rutabagas = Fuel?
Michigan State University researchers look at rutabagas for biofuel.
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- Oceans Are Getting Saltier
Climate change is affecting the oceans, which then accelerates climate change.
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- Frito Lay Turns To Solar Power
Plant uses sun power to create steam.
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- Device To Help Wind Turbines
"Wind Energizer" can increase turbine's output.
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- Poll: Americans Support CO2 Regulation
People want the government to get involved.
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- Internet Vs. The Environment?
The carbon footprint from online users is growing.
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- Use Food For Fertilizer
Composting is an easy, cheap way to make your own fertilizer.
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- Climate Talks Resume with New Emissions Pledges
Wealthy countries are not going far enough to control greenhouse gas emissions, activists said Monday as delegates from 180 nations resumed talks on a global climate change pact.
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- Calling For Help From Uncle Sam
Some say incentives needed to grow green jobs.
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- Drive More "Green"
Forget "The Fast & The Furious" if you want to help your car, and the environment.
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- Space Age Insulation To The Rescue
New insulation far superior to fiberglass.
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- Pacific states seek urgent climate change action
The Pacific Islands Forum called on all nations Thursday to pledge a 50 percent cut in their emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.
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- Brazil forest group: Go green — go in the shower
New TV ads are encouraging Brazilians to save water — by urinating in the shower.
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- Florida Bay's Ecology on the Brink of Collapse
Boat captain Tad Burke looks out over Florida Bay and sees an ecosystem that's dying as politicians, land owners and environmentalists bicker.
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- `Cash For Clunkers' Effect on Pollution? A Blip
"Cash for clunkers" could have the same effect on global warming pollution as shutting down the entire country — every automobile, every factory, every power plant — for an hour per year. That could rise to three hours if the program is extended by Congress and remains as popular as it is now.
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- Insurers Must Think About Climate Change
Study says climate change could hurt insurance companies.
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- Trees Can Help Your Business
Trees can also boost employee performance.
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- Carbon Pricing: Helpful Or Harmful?
Opinions mixed on whether this benefits the economy.
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