You can almost guarantee when we short cut nature for convenience somewhere down the line nature pays the price. The micro fibres of easy wash, quick drying, low iron synthetic clothes go down the gurgler and eventually end up squatting in coastal marine habitats.
In a paper published in Environmental Research & Technology, marine biologists from [...]
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The typically conservative International Energy Agency announces rising fossil fuels-heavy energy consumption will lead to an alarming 8 degrees centigrade rise by 2100. http://tinyurl.com/bvarbsq
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It’s long been the ugly stepsister of the alternative energy world.
With its high capital costs, high development risk, and limited public visibility, geothermal can sometimes look like more trouble than it’s worth.
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With cost of solar energy expected to be driven down by technological advances to $1 per watt by 2020, the return on investment for solar power is better than for any other source of renewable energy.
The present 7 to 10 years typical payback period will plunge to 3 to [...]
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