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Cassini image confirms liquid on Saturn moon:

A flash of sunlight reflecting off a hydrocarbon lake on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan has been spotted by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, confirming the presence of liquid on a part of the surface of the hazy satellite with many lake-shaped basins.

The image taken by Cassini is the first that shows such a glint of light off liquid from another world.
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S.Korean Firms To Spend Over 4 Trillion Won In Clean Tech

The investments include spending on clean technology research and development and manufacturing facilities for solar cells, wind power and hydro-fuel cells, a government official said, adding that the data was gathered from a survey of Korean companies.
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Earth's upper atmosphere cooling dramatically

New research shows that the outermost layer of the atmosphere will lose 3 percent of its density over the coming decade, a sign of the far-reaching impacts of greenhouse gas emissions. As the density declines, orbiting satellites experience less drag.
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Data to expose 'ghost mountains' :

An international team spent two months in 2008/9 surveying the Gamburtsevs in Antarctica - a series of peaks totally buried under the ice cap. The group has told a major conference in the US that the hidden mountains are more jagged than previously thought. They are also more linear in shape than the sparse data collected in the past had suggested. This latter finding hints at a possible origin for the mountains whose existence has perplexed scientists for 50 years.

"If you have a linear structure it makes them more like the Alps or the Appalachians," explained Dr Michael Studinger from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University, New York.
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Cosmic Log: Koreans plan space tours

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: XCOR Aerospace and Yecheon Astro Space Center announce a deal that would eventually provide rides to the edge of outer space from South Korea, in a rocket plane made in the U.S.A.
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U.S., China make up, but still no climate deal

COPENHAGEN - China on Thursday welcomed a U.S. move aimed at reviving the flagging U.N. climate talks, but even as the two giants of greenhouse gases moved closer, other nations warned a global consensus still looked out of reach.
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Australian PM urges parliament to approve carbon cuts

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.
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India's Cabinet Approves Solar Power Programme

The cabinet gave its approval for launching of the Jawaharlal Nehru national solar mission, Solar India... and has given in principle approval," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters on Thursday.
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Russian Offer Deepens Rich Nations' CO2 Cuts

A Russian plan to toughen curbs on greenhouse gas emissions deepens combined cuts offered by industrialized nations to at most 17 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, Reuters calculations show.
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Jakarta halts deforestation in Sumatra's Kampar Peninsula

Environmentalists claimed a small victory on Thursday after Indonesia ordered one of the country's biggest pulp and paper companies to halt forest clearing in the Kampar Peninsula.
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A golden opportunity for solar

Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley and Switzerland-based NLV Solar are developing solar cells based on one of the most widely available minerals on the planet, pyrite, that could one day be as efficient as today's popular silicon panels, but much thinner and much cheaper. Story continues:

Winemakers face climate change with dread

With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain's Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry's top concern.
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US & Japan: Summit to focus on nuclear-free world & cooperation in fighting climate change

The two topics are expected to figure prominently while no major breakthrough is seen likely in a row over the relocation of a US military base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
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Solar power goes underground:

Scientists in Georgia and New Jersey are taking solar panels off the roofs of homes and cars, and moving them into basements and walls. The new panels could unobtrusively provide solar power while simultaneously protecting the delicate photovoltaics.
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Kenya's wind power project snagged

A Kenyan wind power project aiming to be the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa suffered a setback Tuesday after talks with one of the key investors foundered, an official said.
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India blocks break-up of 'toxic' US ship:

India has refused entry to a former US naval ship heading for a scrap yard on its west coast, citing environmental and pollution concerns, a local official said.
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Amazon deforestation slows - Brazil:

Brazil lost 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) of Amazon jungle in September, but deforestation slowed by a third compared with the same month last year, according to official data released Wednesday.
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Leading Scientist to Tell Senate Panel: Urgent Action Needed, Adaptation Funding Essential

Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that the Senate climate and energy bill must include funding to help the United States and developing countries adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change.
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Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction

GENEVA - A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday.
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China, India could shame rich nations - UN scientist :

BEIJING (AFP) - China and India could use their growing clout to shame developed countries into committing to a climate change deal in Copenhagen in December, the UN's top climate scientist said on Friday.
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EarthTalk Q&A: cleaner cars, dying plankton

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Poland To Sign CO2 Deal With Spain And Ireland

Poland will soon sign a deal to sell a total 40 million euros ($60 million) of surplus greenhouse gas emission rights to Spain and Ireland, the country's first such government-to-government deal under the Kyoto Protocol, its environment minister said. Read more:

Big Oil Goes Green for Real

Remember back in 2001 when BP went "Beyond Petroleum"? It was a brilliant marketing campaign, but it had less to do with changing the company's business model than positioning Lord John Browne as the Teflon oil executive.
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Super hub for renewable energy planned:

A proposed "Tres Amigas Super Station" in Clovis, N.M., would do just that, routing energy from isolated wind and solar installations to urban centers and other places that consume the most power.
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Israelis bring green power to West Bank:

SUSYA, West Bank - Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors — a group of Israelis who installed solar panels and wind turbines to illuminate the Palestinians' makeshift homes.

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Is small business getting left out of the energy efficiency boom sweeping the United States?

Still, we hear small business often say it gets the shaft when it comes to public policy; it just doesn’t have the political clout of big business.

What’s this got to do with energy efficiency? I’ve been wondering – suspecting actually – that small business is getting left out of the energy efficiency boom sweeping the United States.
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The coming energy revolution:

The secret behind this money-saving plan lies in what's known as the smart grid—a wholesale revamp of the system that distributes energy to homes and businesses around the country.
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Africa wants polluters to pay for climate change:

With just two months to go before the UN summit in Copenhagen, officials met at a special forum in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou where they underscored the need for compensation for the natural disasters caused by climate change.
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IATA - New fuel efficiency goals:

The world's airlines have agreed to new fuel efficiency and carbon emission targets which go much further than the levels required through regulation, an industry group said on Saturday.

Mangroves are a natural buffer

Students plant mangroves at a conservation area in Jakarta, Indonesia. Native to many coastlines, mangroves are a natural buffer against storm surges and even rising seas.

For a cause - around the world in thirty days:

Children at MICS School in Zambia, Africa, help Greg Krause train for the New York City Marathon, September 2008.

Weed killer to be reviewed for health रिस्क

Weed killer has been found in drinking water supplies in the US: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33211240/ns/us_news-environment/

“The cost of addressing climate change is manageable. The cost of not doing so is unaffordable. Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC”