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Using Solar Power in an Apartment or Rental
Posted: December 17, 2015Solar panels are great—if you own a home. For those still tied to the rental racket, though, the dream of going solar seems like just that: a distant dream. It’s…
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Greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater higher than thought
Posted: December 17, 2015Do not underestimate the babbling brook. When it comes to greenhouse gases, these bucolic water bodies have the potential to create a lot of hot air. According to a new analysis in the…
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Push for more hydrogen fueling stations for fuel cell cars in California
Posted: December 17, 2015Drivers are seeing more hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) on the road, but refueling stations for those vehicles are still few and far between. This is about to change,…
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A million years ago, Greenland was ice free
Posted: December 16, 2015As the Arctic warms, Greenland’s fringe of glaciers is thinning and melting—but the future of the Greenland ice sheet remains a giant question mark. Until recently, that was also true…
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African nations to phase out lead in paint by 2020
Posted: December 16, 2015African countries have agreed to cooperate in setting limits for use of lead in paints with a view to phasing it out by 2020. This is because of its dangers to…
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Earth is Losing Farmland at an Alarming Rate
Posted: December 16, 20152015 has marked the International Year of Soils, an event that many members of the public missed — but they shouldn’t have, because soil is vitally important for human survival. Ominously, a…
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NASA finds the “missing” water on some Exoplanets!
Posted: December 15, 2015A survey of 10 hot, Jupiter-sized exoplanets conducted with NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has led a team to solve a long-standing mystery — why some of these worlds…
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Top 10 Renewable Energy Producing States
Posted: December 14, 2015The U.S. has a chance to be a leader in renewable energy deployment given its sheer size and resources. And some states are leading the way. Olivet Nazarene University’s engineering…
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Epson paper-recycling printer coming soon
Posted: December 14, 2015Printing boarding passes is sooooo 2005. Seriously, does anyone still print? My handy HP all-in-one printer collects more dust than print jobs. While it is true that most paper comes from managed…
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COP21 ends with agreement to limit and reduce emissions – will it work?
Posted: December 13, 2015Climate negotiators meeting here in Paris have achieved a deal that could change the world. Conference chair and French foreign minister Laurent Fabius crowed that he had presided over a "historical turning…
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