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How well will General Motors' Chevrolet Volt drive once it gets past its 40 mile all-electric driving range and starts to rely on power generated by its gasoline engine? That's been a question for both critics and fans of the Volt.
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Tomorrow morning, General Motors will take a significant step in furthering the country's EV industry. It will start operations at the nation's first battery pack plant run by a U.S. automaker. The plant in Brownstown Township, MI will assemble the battery packs for the Chevy Volt.
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Australia's government came under pressure from lawmakers on Wednesday to block "spy flights" launched by Japanese whalers from Australian airports to foil hardline anti-whaling activists in the Southern Ocean.
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The EPA has released a map of all facilities it took enforcement actions against in 2009, including incidents of air and water pollution and illegal dumping of hazardous waste.
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"Before, we plant rice without salt water. Now we plant with more technology. Before, it's easier," says a local farmer. Many coastal areas are already adapting to the changes of rising sea waters and salt intrusion. Some of these adaptations are shrimp breeding and salt resistant rice. According to some scientists the sea waters may rise as much as 25 centimeters by 2040 in some parts of Asia.
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An inspiring non-profit organization is giving teachers the chance to find out more about the earth and environment. At no cost to these lucky teachers they learn about the areas they get to visit such as Alaska Colorado Hawaii and Costa Rica."It was a hands-on approach that I wish all my students could experience.It far surpassed my expectations. It was truly a trip of a lifetime," said one of t
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Have you ever heard of "buy nothing day"? what is your initial gut reaction to this concept? The idea of having the day on the day after Thanksgiving puts a deeper spin on it. If it feels like you are being told and it has the opposite effect maybe you should try the Consumerholics Anonymous.
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Dubai is a city built in the burning desert, where everything shrivels up and blows away if it is not kept artificially cold all the time. They have the highest per capita carbon emissions on earth – some 250 percent higher even than America's. The lack of freshwater requires the city to ship in desalinated water. Which it turns out to cost more than oil.
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Crimes against the environment are being highlighted at malls in Asia only blocks away from where you can sit down to a steaming bowl of shark fin soup. Indeed a great opportunity to reach a wide audience these boards are being erected just in time on a range of environmental issues.
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Even In the heart of a deep recession us Americans are still waking up in droves. Once you go green its hard to go back and the manufactures are taking notice with more products and labeling. Even among the confusion many people still understand the issues and scandals over food tainting and greenwashing.

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