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Around 250 million years ago, gigantic clouds of rotten egg gas swept over and smothered the earth and caused a mass extinction. In recent years the dumping of construction plasterboard has seen this same gas seep out of landfills across the world.
The prehistoric rotten egg gas or hydrogen sulphide…
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Russia is very cold. So cold that when Russians are asked if they are concerned about global warming, they tend to frown, look bewildered and ask things like: " When..?". And " will I still need six pairs of sheepskin boots?".
So it's not surprising some Russians are very interested…
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Yes, petrol (or gasoline as it is known in the US) was not only a waste product, it was an unprofitable nuisance.
During the mid to late 1800s industrializing countries (such as America) were throwing crude (raw unprocessed) oil into rivers.
In the 1850s crude oil was tossed into the…
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Carbon Trading for Dummies
by Tim Hanlin, Australian Climate Exchange
Whenever I travel I am often asked by the taxi driver what I do and my answer elicits responses that range from: “So what is this carbon trading?” through to: “It’s all a scam and a way for governments to…
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