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Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Communism for Capitalists: Trade Deals Limit Enviro Policies	31.1.2008	AlterNet
Many of the "green economy" plans are illegal according to the WTO.
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UN: Climate Change May Cost $20 Trillion	31.1.2008	Common Dreams: Headlines
UNITED NATIONS - Global warming could cost the world up to $20 trillion over two decades for cleaner energy sources and do the most harm to people who can least afford to adapt, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns in a new report. Ban’s report provides an overview of U.N. climate efforts to help the 192-nation General [...]
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UK greenhouse gases down	31.1.2008	The Guardian -- Front Page
Science & environment: New figures released by Defra show slight fall in total emissions in 2006
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TierneyLab: Polar Bears and Seer Suckers	31.1.2008	NYT: Home Page
A new contrarian report on polar bears and global warming in the Arctic has been released by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. As you'd expect, it's a selective hodgepodge of science and politics. There are useful summaries and links of research challenging some of the media hype about the Arctic, but some [...].
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Q&A: £25 congestion charge	31.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, wants drivers of the highest-polluting cars to pay £25 to drive in the capital. Giulio Sica explains
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UK greenhouse gases down by 0.5%, figures show	31.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
Figures released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have shown a slight fall in total emissions in 2006
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Thermoelectrics blows hot and cold	31.1.2008	The Guardian -- Front Page
Science & environment: The technology could prove a greener way to power cars - if only it could get research funding here
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Climate on Agenda of Candidates	31.1.2008	Wall St. Journal: World
The narrowed field of presidential candidates increases the likelihood that the winner will favor stepped-up efforts to fight global warming.
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It's really not that easy being green	31.1.2008	SFGate: Business & Technology
Despite the increased hype about companies going green, American business isn't making much of a dent in major environmental problems, according to a new report card on the state of corporate environmental initiatives. American companies as a whole are ...
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Blowing hot and cold on thermoelectrics	31.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
The technology could prove a greener way to power cars - if only it could get research funding here
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A gentler capitalism	31.1.2008	LA Times: Opinion
A sea change may be afoot in how American business views its role in society. Every few decades, America's business leaders change their minds about what obligations corporations and the wealthy have to society. This happened 100 years ago, when ex-robber barons like Andrew Carnegie invented modern philanthropy to address social ills, and in the mid-20th century, when leading executives stopped fighting unions and backed more generous wages and benefits. It also happened in the 1970s, when big business rejected that compact with labor, leading to the harsher free-market ethos of the 1980s and 1990s. ...
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A gentler capitalism	31.1.2008	LA Times: Commentary
A sea change may be afoot in how American business views its role in society. Every few decades, America's business leaders change their minds about what obligations corporations and the wealthy have to society. This happened 100 years ago, when ex-robber barons like Andrew Carnegie invented modern philanthropy to address social ills, and in the mid-20th century, when leading executives stopped fighting unions and backed more generous wages and benefits. It also happened in the 1970s, when big business rejected that compact with labor, leading to the harsher free-market ethos of the 1980s and 1990s. ...
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50,000 trees planted in Trinity River wildlife refuge	31.1.2008	Houston Chronicle: Texas
In return, the restored forest will remove carbon dioxide a potent greenhouse gas linked to global warming.
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Our View: Pure science should be the goal	31.1.2008	Mankato Free Press: Editorials
Devising new K-12 science standards will not an easy task, as it will inevitably get into the debate over evolution versus intelligent design.
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Warmer Atlantic 'fuels hurricanes'	31.1.2008	The Guardian -- Front Page
Science & environment: Warmer waters in the north Atlantic have made hurricanes stronger, according to British scientists
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Peat bogs leaking CO2 emissions	31.1.2008	The Guardian -- Front Page
Science & environment: Scientists drop heather on peat bogs to halt dangerous emitter of carbon dioxide
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Blowing hot and cold on thermoelectrics	31.1.2008	Guardian: Science
The technology could prove a greener way to power cars - if only it could get research funding here
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Peat bogs pelted with heather to slow CO2 emissions	31.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
Bales of heather fell from the sky onto a peat plateau in the Peak District yesterday, in the latest attempt to halt what scientists believe is a dangerous emitter of carbon dioxide
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Warmer Atlantic fuels hurricanes, UK study finds	31.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
Warmer waters in the north Atlantic have made hurricanes stronger and more frequent in the past decade, according to a study by British scientists
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'You buy our cheap goods. Don't blame us'	31.1.2008	Guardian: Environment
China is often branded the planet's worst polluter. Jonathan Watts asks some of Beijing's citizens how they are trying to do their bit for the environment - and how they view their 'dirty man' tag
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