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Green branding strategies for organic clothing companies

Adamson, Allen. (2007). Brand against global warming. Landor. Retrieved March 1, 2009 at http://www.landor.com/index.cfm?do=thinking.article&storyid=536&bhcp=

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Nuclear power's role as a carbon-free energy alternative

Nuclear power has long been one of the world's major sources of energy, especially electricity. Touted as a viable alternative to fossil fuels, nuclear energy does create waste but its waste is not carbon-based and therefore not a greenhouse gas.

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Emergency shelter construction from natural materials and survival techniques

Firefly, 2004. A good, introductory text that is nevertheless not 'dumbed down' for meteorology students.

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Timothy Egan's The worst hard times and the Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan's book the Worst Hard Times is a chronicle of the American Dust Bowl, when drought combined over-farming and other poor agricultural practices lead to the complete depletion of the soil of the American West.

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Global warming and peak oil's impact on future human life

Each day I commute to school, travel to work, or take a short shopping trip, I tear away a little piece of the Ozone layer. Each time I turn up my air conditioner or power on my heater, I emit a little more CO2 into the atmosphere.

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Information technology and nanotechnology: convergence and interaction

The future of modem society is often referred to in terms of technology and particularly new and innovative technological discoveries.

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Mountaintop removal mining and environmental devastation in Appalachia

The issue of coal mining in the Appalachian regions has in recent years been the cause of much debate and contention. The central concern in this debate is the dramatic and severe impact that coal mining has had on the environment of the region.

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Global warming as fact: evidence and human causes

Global warming - Fact or Fiction? Alongside with globalization, global warming has been the most popular concept discussed in news broadcasts, specialized and unspecialized articles as well as special international conferences.

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Impact of the European Union's emissions proposal on U.S.-based airlines

EU's Plans Contradict ICAO Guidelines roundtrip flight from London to New York reportedly produces approximately the same emissions an average EU family generates from heating their home one year.

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Tropical deforestation causes, environmental impacts, and prevention strategies

Deforestation is occurring around the world today, and it is permanently killing forests and woodlands in many countries, but especially in the tropical areas of the world.

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