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One giant leap for a greener Britain
Only an Apollo-like effort of imagination and action will help us move to a low carbon economy Forty years since the Eagle landed on the moon, the idea of a new Apollo project has become shorthand for how we should tackle climate change: politics forcing through the technological limits, a ...
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DrumBeat: July 21, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... (Reuters) - China has launched an unprecedented plan to offer hefty subsidies to independent solar power projects, a move likely to boost the solar sector. Key O.C. water source under threat, but how badly? Orange County continues to grow in population and in water demand, but a crucial supply of Southern California drinking water — the Colorado River — could have a 50% chance of collapsing by 2057, a new study says. Ed Miliband: One giant leap for a greener Britain Only an Apollo-like effort of ...

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