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ZENquest: Can individual action save the day?
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The search for clean and sustainable energy, an Enzen initiative. Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Can individual action save the day? At a major United Nations climate summit in Warsaw. This week, a plan is being hammered out (in the 19. Annual effort) for negotiations on a new climate treaty to be finalized in Paris in two years’ time. Delegates from 195 nations are also seeking to obtain commitments from countries to limit their greenhouse-gas emissions between now and 2020. To a target of 2. A return to...
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ZENquest: July 2013
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The search for clean and sustainable energy, an Enzen initiative. Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Demand response set to grow. Demand response, or demand side management, one of the biggest potential solutions to manage surging power needs across the grid, is set to double worldwide by 2020. According to a recent report “Market Data: Demand Response”. Generally speaking, DR is any kind of agreement between an electrical utility and its customer where the customer agrees to reduce power consumption by a pre-deter...
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ZENquest: Upping sea level rise
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The search for clean and sustainable energy, an Enzen initiative. Monday, November 25, 2013. Upping sea level rise. Sea-level rise in this century is likely to be 70-120 centimeters if greenhouse-gas emissions are not mitigated, a broad assessment of the most active scientific publishers on that topic has revealed. The 90 experts participating in the survey anticipate a median sea-level rise of 200-300 centimeters by the year 2300 for a scenario with unmitigated emissions. View my complete profile. Can w...
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ZENquest: December 2013
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The search for clean and sustainable energy, an Enzen initiative. Monday, December 9, 2013. Reverse engineering for fuel. Making carbon dioxide by burning hydrocarbons is easy. A pair of novel catalysts recently made by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago could make it far more practical to do the reverse, converting carbon dioxide and water into fuel. The new work, described this week in the journal. Monday, December 2, 2013. The piggy box is never full! The world is losing its forests ...
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ZENquest: Aluminum to the rescue
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The search for clean and sustainable energy, an Enzen initiative. Friday, November 8, 2013. Aluminum to the rescue. When it comes ot fuel cells , the challenge of storing the hydrogen has been vexing. Lightweight interstitial hydrides - compounds in which hydrogen atoms occupy the interstices (spaces) between metal atoms - have now been proposed as a safe and efficient means for storing hydrogen. For fuel cell vehicles. And fuel cells are what many see as the future. 8220;Although its synthesis requires ...
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matt | The Coffee House
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Debating today's environment and possible solutions. About The Coffee House. Fields in Trust – portal offering resources for open spaces. September 7, 2012. Fields in Trust the new operating name for the National Playing Fields Association, offers a one stop shop for resources to help with the success and sustainability of our outdoor spaces. Their Toolkit provides PDF downloads, signposting to other … Continue reading →. December 26, 2009. Guyana’s plan to preserve its rain forest. December 20, 2009.
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keithsc | The Coffee House
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Debating today's environment and possible solutions. About The Coffee House. North Carolina Legislates on Level of Sea Level Rise. June 11, 2012. Source: Scientific American Blog A group of legislators from 20 coastal NC counties whose economies will be most affected by rising seas have legislated on how future predictions should be calculated. In House Bill 819 2011 section 2, paragraph e, … Continue reading →. People and the Planet: a Royal Society Report. May 28, 2012. Ship Breaking in Bangladesh.
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Shell Sues Environmentalists to Avert Alaska Arctic Drilling Delays | The Coffee House
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Debating today's environment and possible solutions. About The Coffee House. Toronto’s Green Roof Bylaw. Ship Breaking in Bangladesh →. Shell Sues Environmentalists to Avert Alaska Arctic Drilling Delays. May 15, 2012. Source: http:/ magblog.audubon.org/files/magazine/u134/Chukchi Sea ice 2004 opt.jpg. Royal Dutch Shell PLC is suing in federal court. Shell said it already has invested more than $4 billion purchasing leases in the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea, in 2005 and 2008, respectively, without being...
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Ship Breaking in Bangladesh | The Coffee House
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Debating today's environment and possible solutions. About The Coffee House. Shell Sues Environmentalists to Avert Alaska Arctic Drilling Delays. People and the Planet: a Royal Society Report →. Ship Breaking in Bangladesh. May 24, 2012. Source: http:/ www.edwardburtynsky.com/WORKS/Ships/Shipbreaking/Shipbreaking 11.jpg. The Observer on 6/5/12. An NGO working to improve the conditions of workers in the Chittagong ship breaking yards. This entry was posted in Pollution. Dr Laurie’s Geog Blog. Join 27 othe...