Europcar has launched a competition to win a Fiat 500 following a win as the European Leader for CO2 Emissions for the second year running
The competition is running until October 15, 2009 and can be played on the ‘Fiat Green’ dedicated Europcar micro site. Entry is restricted to those living within Italy, France, Germany, Spain, [...]

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An innovative student tree planting company ‘Touch of green’ from Estonia has won a European competition for the best student company of 2009.   32 countries held individual competitions to find their best student company’s and then these were presented at the final which was held on Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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Scientists have issued a new warning about climate change after discovering a sudden and dramatic collapse in the amount of carbon emissions absorbed by the Sea of Japan.
The shift has alarmed experts, who blame global warming.
The world’s oceans soak up about 11bn tonnes of human carbon dioxide pollution each year, about a quarter of all [...]

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The US space agency is set to launch a satellite that can map in detail where carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere.
Nasa’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) will pinpoint the key locations on the Earth’s surface where CO2 is being emitted and absorbed.
CO2 from human activities is thought to be driving climate changes, but important facts [...]

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Chickens need love, too. And, these days, they are getting lots of attention. Meet the rock that rocks. It can capture CO2 emissions from the air.

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A new study of Australian soils has indicated that as the climate warns, soils may not release as much carbon dioxide (CO2) as predictions have suggested.
According to a report in Discovery News, the study was done by Johannes Lehmann of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Dirt releases the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide when microbes in [...]

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An apparent rapid upswing in ocean acidity in recent years is wiping out coastal species like mussels, a new study has found.
We’re seeing dramatic changes,” said Timothy Wootton of the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, lead author of the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of [...]

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The Greenmeter, recently released by Hunter Research and Technologies, is an iPhone application with a mission: to keep track of your car’s carbon footprint and fuel efficiency . The program uses a variety of variables to make its calculations, including weather conditions, cost of fuel, and vehicle weight.
More advanced measurements such as drag coefficient, vehicle [...]

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You might have thought that recycling was limited to paper, plastics and glass. Well, think again. A Californian company is developing a new technique for recycling CO2 and turning it back into fuel. Carbon Sciences think that they have made a breakthrough with their technology which they say can transform CO2 back into basic fuel [...]

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Developed by Dr. Klaus Lackner these synthetic trees could be used as CO2 scrubbers cleaning our air. Using a chemical reaction to pull carbon dioxide from the air this technology could buy the world time to development and implement alternative energy sources.

The idea is that air would flow through the vanes of these structures. Flowing [...]

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