Seattle Times: Valerie Hilt’s yard brims with hollyhocks, hellebores and hyacinths. But it’s her lilac…
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Math gaffe could mean new life for power plant
Associated Press: The Energy Department failed to prepare a proper analysis and made a $500…
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Sweden unveils ‘ambitious’ clean energy strategy
Agence France-Presse: Sweden’s government on Wednesday presented what it described as Europe’s “most ambitious” strategy…
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India: The sad tale of a sinking island foretold
Hindu: The screen came to life with a bearded middle-aged man named Lalmohan Sheikh aboard…
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US senators attack cap-and-trade for climate change
Agence France-Presse: The United States should not impose a cap-and-trade system to battle climate change…
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Scientists think they are on to a battery that ‘charges in seconds’
BBC: A new manufacturing method for lithium-ion batteries could lead to smaller, lighter batteries that…
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Netherlands: Rising sea levels to impact low areas
United Press International: Scientists at a Denmark conference say rising sea levels will have a…
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From AC to DC: Going green with supergrids
New Scientist: THOMAS EDISON might have relished the irony. Just as his most famous legacy,…
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Insect Fumigant Identified as Potent Greenhouse Gas
Environment News Service: Sulfuryl fluoride, a gas used for insect control, has the potential to…
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Sea level rise ‘will surpass worst-case scenario’
SciDev.Net: Global sea levels will rise much higher than predicted by the end of this…