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Climate scientists accused of 'manipulating data'

Posted by Root69 913 days ago (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

Lord Lawson has called for an independent inquiry into claims that leading climate change scientists manipulated data to strengthen the case for man-made global warming.

Florida Nuclear Reactor Shows Its Age

Posted by ARmarker 913 days ago (http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com)

During scheduled maintenance workers found a gap inside the thick concrete of a containment dome at a nuclear reactor in Crystal River, Florida. The plant will stay shutdown until engineers figure out how to fix it, according to Progress Energy.

New Way to Cut an Open Refrigerator's Energy Usage

Posted by HermanK 913 days ago (http://www.foxnews.com)

In a classic less is more approach, researchers have found that by reducing the air velocity in open refrigerators (the kind found at grocery stores) not only do you save energy it cools the products more. They claim to have 10 to 15 percent improvement in energy efficiency.

Animal parts used to create synthetic diesel

Posted by selmaV 913 days ago (http://www.upi.com)

Top meat producers are finding new uses for the parts of animals that are not sold in U.S. supermarkets. Among those companies finding new uses for spare animal parts is Tyson Foods, which uses the keratin protein in feathers to help develop adhesives, plastics and non-woven materials. The company is also working to create a synthetic diesel fuel from items such as beef tallow, pork lard and chic

16 ships can create as much pollution as all the cars in the world

Posted by Bosque 914 days ago (http://www.dailymail.co.uk)

An environmental consultant reveals that the super ships that keep the West stocked with everything from Christmas gifts to computers pump out killer chemicals linked to thousands of deaths because of the filthy fuel they use.

22% of Death from disease due to Pollution

Posted by simodo 914 days ago (http://www.thedailystar.net)

In Bangladesh despite phasing out petrol rickshaws "Dhaka's air quality is among the worst in the world," said Dr. Zia Wadud, According to the world bank reducing pollution could increase the nations income as much as 3.5% not to mention what it could do for the death tolls.