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Beyond Blunderdome
Secret plan would put U.K. nuke waste in 'interim' domes for 1,000 years |
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14 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Beyond Blunderdome Secret plan would put U.K. nuke waste in "interim" domes for 1,000 years The U.K.'s government-owned British Nuclear Fuels has developed an innovative solution to the nuclear-waste problem: procrastinate! The company wants to dump waste from nuclear power plants into giant domes designed to last up to 1,000 years -- at which point, presumably, f ... |
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| Topics: environmental planning, news, nuclear power, pollution and waste, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Cities on a Hill
Fifty mayors from around world sign environmental accord |
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06 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Cities on a Hill Fifty mayors from around world sign environmental accord Marking the culmination of World Environment Day festivities in San Francisco, 50 mayors from cities the world over yesterday signed a set of environmental accords some are calling a "municipal Kyoto." Among the 21 commitments therein are increasing clean-energy use, reducing waste sent to landfills, adding affordable public transport ... |
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Olympic Heights
Green-roof project aims to clean up Beijing for Olympics |
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23 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Olympic Heights Green-roof project aims to clean up Beijing for Olympics With the 2008 Olympics in Beijing inching closer, the Chinese are hard at work cleaning up the notoriously smog-ridden city. Polluting factories are being relocated, new pipelines are bringing in natural gas to replace dirty coal, and higher emissions standards are being applied to the city's millions of cars. A green-rooftop ... |
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| Topics: China, environmental planning, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Platform Shoos
Abandoned oil rigs host thriving ecosystems, stir debate |
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12 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Platform Shoos Abandoned oil rigs host thriving ecosystems, stir debate Discovery of thriving ecosystems on some abandoned oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico is refueling a debate over what to do with old rigs once their oil-drilling life is over. Some conservationists have been advocating a "Rigs to Reefs" program whereby old platforms are tipped over, cut down below the water's surfa ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental planning, Gulf of Mexico, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Diamonds Are Forever
Swiss glacier to be wrapped up, saved for later |
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05 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Diamonds Are Forever Swiss glacier to be wrapped up, saved for later A Swiss ski resort worried about global warming's ill effects on its future is taking matters into its own mittened hands. At the ski season's end in May, the Andermatt resort will cover some 32,200 square feet of the Gurschen glacier with an insulating PVC foam in hopes of keeping its black diamonds from melting in ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental planning, news, outdoor recreation, Switzerland (all these topics) |
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The Country Above Us
Canadian government unveils green budget |
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24 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Country Above Us Canadian government unveils green budget Ottawa -- that's where the Canadian federal government lives, people -- unveiled a budget yesterday with some $2.4 billion in new environmental spending. At the center of the eco-money is an $805 million Clean Fund that will dole out cash for private-sector projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, as well as municipal or private initiatives that produ ... |
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| Topics: Canada, environmental planning, news (all these topics) |
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Cloudy Day, Sweeping the Doom Away
Artificially enhanced clouds may ease global warming, scientists say |
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11 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Cloudy Day, Sweeping the Doom Away Artificially enhanced clouds may ease global warming, scientists say With gloomy scientific report after gloomy scientific report warning about our globally warmed future, finally one group of scientists is offering a ray of sunshine -- in the unlikely form of clouds. Low-altitude, lumpy gray clouds, called stratocumulus, have the desirable quality of being especially reflective at ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental planning, news (all these topics) |
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The Three Marketeers
Emily Gertz watches the suits pitch to the T-shirt crowd at Verdopolis |
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11 Feb 2005 |
Dispatches |
| Emily Gertz is a regular contributor to WorldChanging.com, and an internet content and strategy consultant for nonprofits. She has written on environmental policy for BushGreenwatch, and on the intersections of environment, culture, art, and activism for The Bear Deluxe and other independent alternative publications. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Friday, 11 Feb 2005 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. How do we pay for the energy ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, environmental planning, hydrogen, New York, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Next and the City
At Verdopolis, Emily Gertz learns how to make cities more like zoos |
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10 Feb 2005 |
Dispatches |
| Emily Gertz is a regular contributor to WorldChanging.com, and an internet content and strategy consultant for nonprofits. She has written on environmental policy for BushGreenwatch, and on the intersections of environment, culture, art, and activism for The Bear Deluxe and other independent alternative publications. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Thursday, 10 Feb 2005 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. One fact is being repeated by sp ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, environmental planning, hydrogen, New York, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Chillin' Verde
Emily Gertz sends dispatches from Verdopolis, a confab on future green cities |
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09 Feb 2005 |
Dispatches |
| Emily Gertz is a regular contributor to WorldChanging.com, and an internet content and strategy consultant for nonprofits. She has written on environmental policy for BushGreenwatch, and on the intersections of environment, culture, art, and activism for The Bear Deluxe and other independent alternative publications. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Wednesday, 09 Feb 2005 NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. This morning, taking in ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, environmental planning, hydrogen, New York, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Let It LEED
Green Skyscraper Underway in NYC |
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25 Aug 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Read more about: environmental planning Let It LEED Green Skyscraper Underway in NYC Since the United States Green Building Council, a nonprofit industry group, published its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building standards in 2000, the field of environmentally friendly construction has become broader and more ambitious. Now the Durst Organization and the Bank of America have broken ground on one of the boldest projects yet: the first high-rise office building in t ... |
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