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Scientists Report Steep Decline in Algae Critical to Marine Food Chain

The global population of a marine algae called phytoplankton has declined by 50 percent since the middle of the last century…

Indian Ocean Sea-Level Rise Threatens Coastal Areas

Rise is especially high along coastlines of Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, as well as Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java…

Senate Democrats Give Up on Climate Legislation Before Recess

Democrats do not have the 60 votes needed to pass far-reaching climate change legislation before August recess…

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Learn More About Global Warming

Global Warming and the Enhanced Greenhouse Gas Effect:  as the twenty-first century begins, several well-established environmental trends are shaping the future of civilization.  The problems facing us are significant: population growth, rising temperature, falling water tables, shrinking cropland per person, collapsing fisheries, shrinking forests, and the loss of plant and animal species.  All of these factors are the result of increasing greenhouse gases and they will have an exasperating impact on our social, political, economic and environmental systems…
 
Cap & Trade Incentives: the two main incentive-based approaches to reducing CO2 emissions are to tax such emissions or to establish a cap-and-trade program for them. Under a tax, a levy would be imposed on CO2 emissions or on the carbon content of goods (which is ultimately released in the form of CO2). Under a cap-and-trade program, policymakers would set a limit (the cap) on total emissions during some period and would require regulated entities to hold rights, or allowances, to the emissions permitted under that cap…
 
Assessing the Impact of Climate change on Alaska:   Alaska, like many other areas of the world, experienced a shift to warmer temperatures. Such changes are having an impact on the infrastructure presently in place, and may affect the chances of survival of Alaska’s forest and other ecosystems, the goods and services of which are crucial to the region… 
 
Facts on Global Warming: recent facts and figures on global warming causes and consequences.

MEP Blog

Decontaminating Dangerous Drywall

Nanomaterial in novel home-air treatment counters hazards from toxic drywall…

EPA Report: 22 Million Cataract Cases Will Be Prevented by Stronger Ozone Layer Protection

Everyone knows to wear sun block and a hat to protect against UV rays. But most overlook importance sunglasses play in protecting their eyes against UV damage…

Kenya: Jatropha, bioenergy crop, to benefit poor farmers globally

But the report stresses that jatropha is still essentially a wild plant needing crop improvement…

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Research Files

Utility Solar Assessment Study (pdf)

American utilities can reach 10% solar by 2025 (June 2008)

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