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Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

Green Car Congress

The results weaken the applicability of the simplest version of the Iron Hypothesis as a geo-engineering approach to climate change. Just adding iron to the ocean hasn’t been demonstrated as a good plan for storing atmospheric carbon. Tags: Climate Change Geoengineering. —Jim Bishop.

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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

Green Car Congress

Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. Increasing industrialization has made Asia the main source region of mercury emissions to air, with East and Southeast Asia accounting for about 40% of the global total, and South Asia for a further 8%. Source: UNEP.

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It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Creative Greenius

We already gave the Killer Coal Family a chance to stop disrespecting us and make things right - but what did those climate-changing con artists do instead? They aimed more smokestacks at us and dumped toxic waste in our neighborhoods while they paid off the cops and the justice system to get away with it. That just ain’t right.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. BYD currently exports gasoline-powered cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East, but they compete on price, not quality. Electric cars will be one answer.

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