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Gore shares Nobel win with U.N. climate panel

OSLO (Reuters) - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their part in galvanizing international action against global warming before it "moves beyond man's control".

Keewatin, Sky Harvest boost size of proposed windfarm

The Matador site in Saskatchewan is now expected to be 150 megawatts, up from 50 MW.
Vancouver, British Columbia's, Keewatin Windpower (OTC: KWPW) said today that the size of a proposed windfarm in Saskatchewan would be raised to 150 megawatts, three times the originally planned size.

As an energy-saver, the clothesline makes a comeback

A 'Right to Dry' movement is growing, with some states introducing legislation to override clothesline bans.

By Caitlin Carpenter | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

It started out innocently enough. Concerned about global warming and her family's energy consumption, Michelle Baker wanted to hang her wash outside. She scoured stores for a clothesline durable enough to withstand Vermont winters and classy enough for her Waterbury backyard. She came back empty-handed every time.

Green Doesn't Mean Sacrificing Lifestyle

MIAMI - Americans do not need to pare back their lifestyles to help protect the global environment but may need to use sugar or orange peel to power their energy-guzzling Hummers and Cigarette boats, Florida's governor said on Tuesday.

7 Tips for Living Simply

The lazy days of summer are behind us, but that doesn’t mean we have to be swamped by school schedules or overwhelmed by other obligations. Take the following tips to live simply all year long.

U.S. insists it supports U.N. effort on climate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States insisted on Thursday it was serious about global warming and tried to reassure skeptics that President George W. Bush's gathering of major polluting nations would not undermine U.N. efforts.

World Energy Revolution Needed For Climate - Says Condoleezza Rice

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday the world needs a revolution on energy that transcends oil, gas and coal to prevent problems from climate change.

Global Warming Action Heroes

UN Photo/Mark Garten
Al Gore, former United States Vice-President, speaks during a special climate event, at UN Headquarters in New York, yesterday.

Al Gore, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ban Ki-moon: The Axis of Action

Former Vice President Al Gore, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had a unifying message for the largest summit on global warming ever convened: Do something. And do it now.

SOS for Fading Ocean Life

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Creating “national parks of the sea” may be the only effective way to reverse trends that have left 76 percent of world fish stocks fully- or over-exploited and marine biodiversity at severe risk, according to the new report, Oceans in Peril: Protecting Marine Biodiversity, released today by the Worldwatch Institute.

Scientists hopeful despite climate signs

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
Sun Sep 23, 2:35 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Climate scientist Michael Mann runs down the list of bad global warming news: The world is spewing greenhouse gases at a faster rate. Summer Arctic sea ice is at record lows. The ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica are melting quicker than expected.

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