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WWF Releases Greenprint for Presidential Candidates

WWF-US has released a "Greenprint" agenda, a policy roadmap for the next US president to address global threats to environmental, social and political stability in four key areas

16 Oct 2008

Animals Responding to Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental threats facing the planet and is driving biodiversity loss, affecting both individual species and their ecosystems

15 Oct 2008

WWF Calls on European Governments Not to Allow Financial Crisis to Overcome Importance of Adressing Climate Change

WWF has launched an appeal to the French Presidency of the European Union and to all European governments not to let the financial crisis undermine the need to reach an agreement on a solid package of measures to address climate change before the end of the year

15 Oct 2008

Climate Change Online Media Toolkit Focused on Climate Change Launched by University of Maryland

The University of Maryland, one of the country’s leading climate change research institutions, has launched a new Web site, Research at Maryland – Climate Change - - a media toolkit that provides a comprehensive collection of climate-related resources found at Maryland and around the world, as well as direct access to internationally recognized experts

15 Oct 2008

Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative Launched in Brussels

Representatives of industry, the research community and the European institutions launched the EUR 1 billion Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) at an event in Brussels, Belgium

15 Oct 2008

Europe to Follow Australia's Lead in Banning Incandescent Light Bulbs

The light bulb, a defining invention of the late 19th century, will soon be a thing of the past in the European Union

14 Oct 2008

European Union Plans to Make Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Part of the Energy Strategy of the Future

On 14th October, the European Union and European Industry announced plans to make fuel cells and hydrogen one of Europe's leading new strategic energy technologies of the future

14 Oct 2008

Slag Byproduct from Steel Production Shows Promise for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

With steelworks around the world emitting huge amounts of carbon dioxide, scientists are reporting that a byproduct of steel production could be used to absorb that greenhouse gas to help control global warming

13 Oct 2008