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Tax on carbon: The only way to save our planet?

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London, (Pal Telegraph) - Professor James Hansen's last formal engagement was delivering a keynote paper to the American Geophysical Union Autumn meeting. After that, he spent the holidays not enjoying wintry walks or taking advantage of the [ … ]

Lead spills spark Fremantle Port export ban

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London, (Pal Telegraph) - THE company at the centre of the Esperance lead poisoning scandal has been suspended from exporting the toxic heavy metal through Fremantle.

EPA and Congress Headed for Showdowns over Carbon Regulations in 2011

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London, (Pal Telegraph) - WASHINGTON—Rep. Fred Upton recently suggested that EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson would soon be testifying at oversight hearings so often that she should reserve a personal parking place on Capitol Hill.

global-warming U.S. EPA Sets Timeline for Regulating Global Warming Pollution

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London, (Pal Telegraph) - With climate policy gridlock in the U.S. Senate, the Obama administration is slowly and steadily moving forward with regulations the limit greenhouse gas pollution from stationary sources, something that strikes fear in the hearts of oil and coal industry executives [ … ]

Bacteria clean up metal waste, then serve as catalysts

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London, 27 December, Pal Telegrah) - A group of Danish scientists has developed a method to recycle valuable metals that would ordinarily have to be mined and refined before ending up in chemists’ hands. Their discovery means that the metals could be sourced instead from electronic was [ … ]