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Good news about climate change

Published October 12, 2008, 1:33 am, Times of Malta

Urban landscape warms to solar energy in St Joseph High Street, Hamrun. Melting ice may be seen as a stroke of luck for oil companies who want oil exploration to take place in the Arctic. But then it was the burning of fossil fuels that tipped us into climate meltdown in the first place.

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The IoS Green List: Britain's top 100 environmentalists

Published October 11, 2008, 4:43 pm, Independent

Britain's most successful transport campaigner has come top of the first comprehensive list of the country's most effective greens, compiled by The Independent on Sunday .

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Briefly in Tompkins

Published October 11, 2008, 2:39 am, The Ithaca Journal

Due to the construction of an addition to Statler Hall, the short section of Campus Road between East Avenue and Hoy Road (between the two all-way stop signs) will be closed to vehicular traffic through Monday, Nov. 17.

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NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 10 October 2008

Published October 10, 2008, 6:24 pm, SpaceRef

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

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Highlights Of Frontiers In Optics Meeting In Rochester, Oct. 19-23

Published October 9, 2008, 9:08 am, Medical News Today

Frontiers in Optics 2008 (FiO), the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Optical Society (OSA), will be held from Oct. 19-23 at the Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, N.Y. FiO 2008 will take place alongside Laser Science XXIV, the annual meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Laser Science.

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Adopt a Scientist: Geology of Other Worlds

Published October 9, 2008, 4:15 am, SPACE.com via Yahoo! News

While we yearn to walk on other worlds, SETI Institute scientist Cynthia Phillips strolls the surfaces of distant planets each day at her computer. She's a planetary geologist on a quest to understand how liquids change the surfaces of other worlds. She studies Mars and the icy moons of the outer solar system, mapping the evolution of their surfaces. It's all part of the search for life beyond ...

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Alternative energy, virtual reality, innovative approaches to medicine

Published October 8, 2008, 8:01 am, EurekAlert!

( Optical Society of America ) Following are a few of the many technical highlights to be discussed at Frontiers in Optics: OSA's Annual Meeting.

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Storm study to model warming effects

Published October 8, 2008, 6:28 am, New Orleans Times-Picayune

A new study announced today will attempt to predict whether the number and intensity of future hurricanes will increase in the Gulf of Mexico as a result of global warming....

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The True Costs of Renewable Energy

Published October 6, 2008, 6:22 am, LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News

As utility costs mount ever higher, Americans now have real options to take home energy matters into their own hands with "green" systems that can pay for themselves in as little as a few years.

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Man builds solar bike to get out of the house

Published October 6, 2008, 12:06 am, The Olympian

It's hard to ignore Jerry Budelman when he's pedaling up Harrison Avenue on Olympia's west side.

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  • Solar Solutions: Good overview of passive and active solar designs and systems. Includes sample pricing for housold sized solar hot water heating systems and for Solar PV electrical systems.

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  • SOLAR TODAY - Home: solar today is a bi-monthly magazine that covers all solar technologies, from photovoltaics to climate-respon sive building to wind power

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