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Carbon dioxide super-scrubber? Potential good news in global warming fight.

Carbon capture is a process that removes CO2 from the air.  it’s a way to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in the air other than by using less fossil fuels.  The process is controversial, and there’s not much buzz about carbon capture.  It’s expensive with current technologies.  Critics say deploying capture could delay weaning economies

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Haiti: Expanding access to electricity, without the grid

The President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, has recently unveiled a plan to bring electricity to residents of rural Haiti. He hopes within two years to have twice the number of residents who currently have a power source. Rather than try and expand an unreliable grid network largely driven by fossil fuels, the idea is to

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Climate proposal puts practicality ahead of sacrifice

A recent proposal outlined in Science Magazine suggests an alternative to cutting fossil fuel consumption in reducing the impacts of climate change. The focus here would be on reducing the sources of black carbon, or soot commonly emitted from diesel engines and many cooking stoves and kilns. A substantial portion of the recent warming in

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Rain collecting sky scraper cuts water usage

Today the population feels the need to protect our planet as much as possible. Architecture and technology enable us to come up with new ways to protect our home Earth. Imagine the combination of beauty and innovation in a skyscraper. A design that allows the capture of rain, stores it in the roof and on

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Mongolia bids to keep city cool with ‘ice shield’ experiment

Later this month, Mongolia’s capital, Ulan Batar, will implement a strategy to combat the urban heat island effect that occurs during the summer months while also supplying the community with fresh water.  A Mongolian engineering firm, ECOS & EMI, will artificially make naleds, ultra-thick ice sheets that form over frozen streams and rivers, to develop ice shields

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