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China named as world's top CO2 polluter

Thursday, 21 June 2007
China's has already overtaken the US as the top emitter of carbon dioxide, thanks to the energy used to fuel its economic boom, a Dutch government-funded agency says.
Subjects: business-economics-and-finance, environment, climate-change, pollution, government-and-politics Locations: china, united-states

Charred farm waste could gobble up carbon

Friday, 8 June 2007Article has photo slideshow
Burning agricultural waste without oxygen could provide a way to lock up massive amounts of greenhouse gas, stimulate plant growth and produce renewable energy all at the same time, a new Australian trial suggests.
Subjects: pollution, chemistry Locations: australia, nsw

Climate change appears on budget radar

Wednesday, 9 May 2007
News Analysis Funding to tackle climate change in this year's Australian budget is welcome but modest at best, say sustainable energy industry and environment groups.
Subjects: alternative-energy, environmental-management, pollution, solar-energy, newsanalysis Locations: australia

'Smart' cars as fuel-efficient as hybrids

Wednesday, 9 May 2007
'Intelligent' cars fitted with sensors to predict traffic flow can deliver the same fuel efficiency as hybrid vehicles, a new study shows.
Subjects: pollution, engineering, inventions Locations: university-of-melbourne-3010

By switching to accredited greenpower, you're forcing electricity companies to get more power from renewable sources and less from burning coal.It's easy being greener

Thursday, 19 October 2006
Science feature Climate change is big news at the moment. If you're inspired to do something about it then making a few simple changes where it counts can have a big impact.
Subjects: environment, climate-change, conservation, environmental-management, pollution, recycling-and-waste-management, environmental-impact, indepthfeature

Recycling Reality

Thursday, 2 February 2006
Ever wondered what good you're actually doing as a kerbside recycler? You've been filling up your recycling crates with the detritus of a modern consumption lifestyle, but are your efforts making a difference to the level of rubbish ending up in landfill?
Subjects: environment, conservation, environmental-management, pollution, recycling-and-waste-management, environmental-impact, land-management, idepthfeature

Each year tens of thousands of plastic bags are dumped as landfill, or litter.The indestructibles

Thursday, 27 January 2005
Feature A convenient carrier or a marine killer? Why bags should no longer be tossed out with the garbage.
Subjects: environment, land-clearing, pollution, land-pollution, recycling-and-waste-management, land-management, indepthfeature

Greenhouse Gas Grave

Thursday, 23 September 2004Article has photo slideshow
Is burying hundreds of tonnes of carbon dioxide underground a novel way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or a large-scale attempt at sweeping them under the rug?
Subjects: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, pollution, greenhouse-gas, energy Locations: nsw, nt, qld, sa

Renewable energy would reduce our dependence on coal.Greenhouse Gas Grave

Thursday, 23 September 2004
Science feature Is burying hundreds of tonnes of carbon dioxide underground a novel way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or a large-scale attempt at sweeping them under the rug?
Subjects: environment, alternative-energy, climate-change, conservation, environmental-management, pollution, environmental-impact, environmental-technology, land-management, indepthfeature

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