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Kyoto Protocol and What it Means
- By Dilip Dahanukar
- Published 08/29/2008
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The UN member countries in a convention held on climate change in Japan, in 1997, agreed to a treaty for controlling the emissions It was named the ‘Kyoto Protocol’ from the name of the place where it was signed
Global Warming Can Not Melt the Polar Ice Caps From Below
- By Dilip Dahanukar
- Published 08/27/2008
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The Earth is being heated by the Sun every day Almost 174,000 Terawatts of energy hits the Earth
Turkey to Northern Cyprus Water Pipeline by 2012
- By Linda Cartwright
- Published 08/27/2008
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A Multi-million-dollar undersea pipeline designed to bring water to North Cyprus from Turkey could be up and running by 2012
As there has been a period of water shortage, President Demetris Christofias, the internationally-recognised Greek Cypriot leader, is presently trying to supply the southern part of the divided island through tankers bringing water from Greece
How the E.U Plans to Combat Global Warming
- By Chris Woolfrey
- Published 08/16/2008
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Climate change and global warming - indeed, how to control them - are becoming more central to politics with every new development Sustainable energy is the method of our times, and government's across the globe are under pressure - from each other, from environmental groups, and from individuals - to implement genuine and successful 'green' policy
The Solar Decathlon - Giving Solar Power a Makeover
- By Chris Woolfrey
- Published 08/16/2008
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In the Autumn of next year, the third 'Solar Decathlon' will take place in Washington, DC
There's Nothing Like Good Neighbours
- By Johnny Summerton
- Published 08/16/2008
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And if the case of the recent discovery of the body of a 70-year-old man in his apartment in the town of Aix-les-Bains in southeastern France is anything to go by, he had anything but "good neighbours"
While there's nothing too unusual perhaps in the report of an elderly person's death going unnoticed, especially when he or she lives alone, there must be more than a little cause for concern in cases such as this one
How Could Parents Forget?
- By Johnny Summerton
- Published 08/16/2008
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It's a question that has preoccupied many here in France over the past month, and sadly made the headlines far too often It's also one to which it's difficult to provide an answer
Edgar Mitchell’s Roswell Revelations and Pentagon Briefing
- By Bill Knell
- Published 08/16/2008
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When former Astronaut Edgar Mitchell recently told the world that he had been briefed on Aliens and UFOs by the US
French Power EDF Ready to Take Over British Energy
- By Ryan Whatley
- Published 08/15/2008
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After the nuclear power company British Energy announced that it was thinking about takeover approaches earlier this year, and then subsequently held talks and meetings with EDF of France, EON and RWE of Germany, and Iberdrola of Spain
The Needles UFO Crash: What Really Happened?
- By Bill Knell
- Published 08/14/2008
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On May 14, 2008, an oval object with a turquoise glow fell out of the sky around three o’clock in the morning and crashed west of the Colorado River near Needles, California The crash was almost immediately followed by the appearance of unmarked vehicles with government license plates manned by non-uniformed personnel, a small fleet of transport aircrafts and helicopters including a sky crane which later removed the object
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