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Aus. can deepen CO2 goal at no extra cost: report - News - Point Carbon

BEIJING, June 3 (Reuters Point Carbon) – A collapse in the price of EU carbon credits means that Australia could deepen significantly its pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions at almost no extra cost, according to a new report.

Musk Says Fourth Tesla Vehicle to Be Small, Electric SUV - Bloomberg

After expanding production and deliveries of its $69,900 Model S sedan this year and adding the battery-powered Model X SUV in late 2014, the carmaker will begin adding lower-priced vehicles, Musk said in a CNBC interview today.

Ask Umbra: Can I pee in my compost pile? | Grist

I’ve always enjoyed relieving myself out-of-doors as a way to reduce my water usage, but I recently read that certain chemicals that we cannot metabolize (caffeine, for example) can be pollutants but get removed in the water treatment process. As a coffee addict, I don’t want to be sending excess caffeine into Puget Sound to get the salmon and orcas all hopped up

Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Anti-Science? : Collide-a-Scape

Here he is in full froth at a “greening our vaccines” rally in 2009...Because of his celebrity status and standing in liberal and environmental circles, it is arguable that Kennedy has done as much as anyone to spread unwarranted fear and crazy conspiracy theories about vaccines.

Spike in carbon [sic] spurs ‘urgent’ call at UN climate talks | The Raw Story

But carbon concentrations are escalating at around two or three ppm each year, placing Earth on track for warming of as much as two degrees C (nine degrees F) by century’s end, a figure that many scientists say would be catastrophic.  [Which scientists, specifically, say that 2 degrees C. of warming would be "catastrophic"?  Are these actual people who have names?]