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Indonesia to review forest carbon laws: official

Reuters Environmental Online Report | 2010-03-19 09:32:22
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has launched a review of laws governing a U.N.-backed carbon trading scheme aimed preserving rainforests, a forestry ministry official said on Friday. Indonesia in 2008 became the world's first country to design a legal framework for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD), a ...
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USING WATER, USING POWER

Las Vegas Sun | 2010-03-19 09:05:14
When you use water, youÕre also using lots of electricity, most of it generated with fossil fuels, contributing to global warming Southern Nevada has gained a reputation as the future of clean, renewable energy and for its aggressive outdoor water conservation campaigns. But behind this apparently eco-friendly exterior is an ...
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Reid, Ensign work to reclaim ruralsÕ geothermal revenue

Las Vegas Sun | 2010-03-19 09:05:09
Nevadas congressional delegation is scrambling to try to reverse a 5-month-old change in federal appropriations that is costing some of the states rural counties hundreds of thousands of dollars each month. At issue is the way the federal government divvies up royalty and lease payments from geothermal power companies that ...
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Scientists hide gold with 3D "invisibility cloak"

Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-03-19 01:17:44
LONDON (Reuters) - German scientists have created a three-dimensional "invisibility cloak" that can hide objects by bending light waves. The findings, published in the journal Science on Thursday, could in the future make it possible to make large objects invisible, but for now the researchers said they were not keen to ...
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