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Graphic Series: Earthly Ideas, CCS
Andy Lubershane, 17 Nov 09 Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a proposed (and controversial) solution to powerplant pollution that captures carbon from smokestacks and stores those emissions underground. Although some believe this idea would help provide the amount of power currently demanded while reducing...
Editing the Shadow Volume
Geoff Manaugh, 10 Nov 09 Spotted via New Scientist is an amazing new computer model that allows designers to create objects based on the multiple and highly specific shadows that those objects will cast when lit from different angles. Seen above is one, relatively...
The Pursuit of New Ways to Boost Solar Development
Yale Environment 360, 9 Nov 09 by Jon R. Luoma The solar power boom in Germany, Spain, and parts of the United States has been fueled by government subsidies. But now some U.S. states — led by New Jersey, of all places — are pioneering a...
Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Will Do Best?
Yale Environment 360, 2 Nov 09 By Gaia Vince As the world warms, how different societies fare in dealing with rising seas and changing weather patterns will have as much to do with political, social, and economic factors as with a changing climate. Following the disastrous...
The Cleantech Revolution Sweeps Through America
Green Futures, 2 Nov 09 By Peter Madden and Polly Ghazi The wind of change is sweeping America – literally. Take Texas. Synonymous with the nation’s oil boom era, for the past century its wealth has been powered by gushing geysers and giant oil companies...
