positive Environment news
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Norwegian government boycotts Malaysian timber giantThe Norwegian government has excluded the Malaysian timber giant Samling from its pension fund on ethical grounds. |
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100MW solar power plant to be built in the UAEWhat does it say that one of the largest producers of oil, The United Arab Emirates, is aggressively developing renewable energy? Clearly the country is thinking about a world beyond fossil energies. |
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New road concrete developed that actually cleans the airWouldn’t it be great if cars put out less pollution? You can breathe a sigh of relief, because researchers have discovered a breakthrough that will lead to reduced pollution and cleaner air. |
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Russia and China vow to protect Siberian tigersChina and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for rare Siberian tigers. |
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Cannabis electric car to be made in CanadaAn electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation. |
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Fortune 500 Companies Flex Market Muscle, Reject Tar SandsMajor US corporations are adding market pressure to the growing wave of opposition against tar sands expansion, giving tar sands producers a fresh reason to consider the consequences of their poor environmental street cred. |
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New Study Shows Americans Used Less Energy and More Renewables in 2009U.S. energy use fell in 2009 and Americans used more wind and solar power and less electricity generated by burning coal and natural gas, according to a survey by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Smallest frog in Asia discovered in BorneoResearchers on an expedition in Borneo have found a new and very tiny species of frog. |
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Scientists hope to collect electricity from the airPowering homes with electricity collected from the air may be possible after scientists report solving a centuries old riddle about how moisture in the atmosphere becomes electrically charged. |
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White House crackdown on dirty trucks gathers paceTough new US rules governing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large trucks and buses edged forward last week when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent draft proposals to the White House. |
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