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Church bells will toll up and down New Zealand on Saturday, October 24 – but not to signal a civil defence emergency. They’ll be ringing support for ‘350 Day’ – a global pointer to the need to cut carbon dioxide concentration in our atmosphere …

Secretaries Chu and Salazar and Sen. Hagan Tour Solar Farm in North Carolina | R&D Mag

"This is a company whose mission is to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to climate change and to build a sustainable, triple-bottom-line that values people, the planet and profit," Salazar said during his visit. "Its employees have installed more than 11,000 solar panels, producing about 2.8 million kilowatt hours of clean energy.

If the company succeeds in its mission, how many microdegrees will the Earth be cooled? Also, why do we want that to happen?

Inuit angry over U.S. proposal to eliminate all trade in polar bears

Canadian Inuit are outraged over a U.S. plan to use an international treaty to eliminate all trade in polar bears anywhere in the world.

They say it would cripple one of their few industries and they're calling on the federal government to step in.

"We're fighting with Goliath here," said Gabriel Nirlungyak, director of wildlife with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., which oversees the Nunavut land claim.
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Nirlungyak said there's no evidence the animals are currently endangered and added that Canadian populations are well-managed. Canada has about two-thirds of the world's 25,000 bears.

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