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Chinese scientists claim to be able to control the weather. But is so-called geoengineering more than wishful thinking? And, if so, should we be worried? The unseasonal snow that fell on Beijing for 11 hours on Sunday was the earliest and heaviest there has been for years. It was also, China ...
treehugger.com - 22 days ago
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Green Jobs in China Cappy McGarr, a managing
partner at private equity firm U.S. Renewable Energy Group,...
which is financing the project with China's Shenyang Power Group and Cielo Wind Power, said in a press release the project would "spur tremendous ...
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"Chinese" Wind Farm in Texas: Green Jobs FAIL?
zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - 20 days ago
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Harvard historian Paul Kenned, in his "The Rise
and Fall of Navies," wrote, "Those faster-growing economies can...
afford both guns and butter." China's tremendous economic growth has been accompanied by a quantum leap in China's naval build-up. Today, ...
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The Chinese navy is going blue water
reuters.com - 14 days ago
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Reuters: The United States hopes to reach agreement
with China during President Barack Obama's visit on how...
to record and monitor countries' efforts to fight global warming, a top State Department official said on Tuesday. The comments by Robert ...
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U.S. eyes deal with China on climate change monitoring
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Can We Manipulate the Weather?
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... on emission cuts. But what if the reverse is true? What if a heavily funded research programme, and articles such as this, promote the idea to people who have little interest in moving to a low-carbon world? "Knowledge is hard to hide," says Robock. "It would be great if people didn't know how to build nuclear bombs, but they do. We need to research and debate the consequences and then use politics and influence to let people know what would happen." This piece originally appeared in The Guardian For more on geoengineering, see the Worldchanging archives: ...
How Real is Our Ability to Control the Weather?
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... on emission cuts. But what if the reverse is true? What if a heavily funded research programme, and articles such as this, promote the idea to people who have little interest in moving to a low-carbon world? "Knowledge is hard to hide," says Robock. "It would be great if people didn't know how to build nuclear bombs, but they do. We need to research and debate the consequences and then use politics and influence to let people know what would happen." This piece originally appeared in The Guardian For more on geoengineering, see the Worldchanging archives: ...
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