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7-Oct-08

End use of fossil fuels in 20 years, UK warned

"The independent Climate Change Committee will publish its advice to the government that the UK should set a 2050 target of cutting all greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% - including the emissions from aviation and...


6-Oct-08

Unilever comes out against worldwide rush to biofuels

"Unilever, the food and consumer goods group, has thrown its weight behind moves to scrap mandatory biofuel targets and subsidies. It is backing recommendations being made today to Commonwealth finance ministers at their annual...

Category: Energy sources

6-Oct-08

'Intelligent' computers put to the test'

"Can machines think? That was the question posed by the great mathematician Alan Turing. Half a century later six computers are about to converse with human interrogators in an experiment that will attempt to prove that the...

Category: Robotics

6-Oct-08

New charges on shipping could help climate

"Billions of dollars could be raised to help the poorest countries cope with and tackle climate change under proposals to be floated in London this week for new charges on international shipping."


6-Oct-08

Seas turn to acid as they soak up CO2

"Scientists calculate that the seas are absorbing so much carbon dioxide that they are 30 per cent more acidic than they were at the start of the Industrial Revolution."

Category: Climate Change

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