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Geo-engineering a last-ditch solution for Climate Change?

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Judith Layzer says there’s no easy way out when it comes to climate change — but that geo-engineering might be a last-ditch solution.

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Badass Anti-Whaling Stealth Boat [PICS]

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Earthrace, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's new high-tech anti-whaling powerboat, rests in Auckland Harbor head of its imminent deployment for Perth, and then the Southern Ocean. The 24-meter trimaran has paint which deflects radar waves, so can approach Japanese whaling vessels almost unseen.

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Dow Chemical finally agrees to clean up dioxin pollution

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U.S. EPA and Dow announced a deal they contend will finally address dioxin contamination from the company's chemical complex in Midland, about 200 miles from Chicago. Records show Dow has known since at least the mid-1960s that dioxins could sicken or even kill people, but the company insists the contamination does not pose health risks.

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Portrait of a Polluted Land: Huge Smog Bank Covers China

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NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of a massive smog bank smothering huge portions of China today. This blanket of pollution has been hovering over the country for over a week now, exacerbated by cool air and smoke from fires.

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Digital TV Switch Causes 70% Rise in e-Waste

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This year, the council has recycled 50,000 analogue TVs thrown away by households, of which 30,000 could have been upgraded to receive digital TV signals

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Family Wind Turbines Gain Momentum (Vid)

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Part of a growing trend, a Danish family of seven has installed its own wind turbine to produce all the electricity the family needs while reducing its carbon footprint.

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Morning Glory Pool

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I am not sure what this is but it looks real cool.

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Mass Extinction Blamed on Fiery Fountains of Coal

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FOSSIL fuels have a new crime to live down. A frenzy of hydrocarbon burning at the end of the Permian period may have led to the most devastating mass extinction Earth has ever seen, as explosive encounters between magma and coal released more carbon dioxide in the course of a few years than in all of human history.

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10 Most Surprising Places in Your Life to Find Petroleum

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About one quarter of the oil consumed in this country is used for industrial purposes. Plastic production is the most obvious example, but oil has permeated more of our lives than most people realize. Here, the most surprising places you'll find oil, in some form, as a key ingredient:

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Prius Voted One of "Fifty Ugliest Cars of the Past 50 Years"

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Is the Prius really that ugly? BusinessWeek's list of the "50 ugliest cars of the past 50 years" claims that Toyota's famous hybrid has "all the style of a soybean."

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The World's 200 Dirtiest Power Plants [Interactive Map]

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Sixty percent of the world's electricity comes from plants burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon. The world's 200 biggest carbon offenders among power plants. Roll over any plant for more information.

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Stunning Satellite Views of Earth from Space (PHOTOS)

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These amazing images show super typhoons, dust plumes and calderas and are among the images captured by Esa and Nasa's satellites last month

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U.S. Uses Less Water Now Than 35 Years Ago

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The decline, according to the study, is attributable to alternative cooling methods at power plants and to more efficient irrigation systems.

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Incredible Iceberg Photography [SLIDESHOW]

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David Burdeny's iceberg series shows that these frozen giants are far more than platforms for penguins: They are floating sculptures that are becoming increasingly endangered.

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Evolution in the Deepest River in the World

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The number of species known to live in the lower Congo now exceeds 300 and the river contains one of the highest concentrations of "endemism," or species found nowhere else in the world. Scientists believe the river’s power is shaping evolution in the Congo.

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