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Does human activity cause global warming? A data analysis

Does the data available about the earth's average temperatures support the contention that the earth is getting warmer? Do the temperature data and data about carbon dioxide and fossil fuel emissions suggest that the warming trend is due to greenhouse gases, and is related to human activities?

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Environmental sustainability and cost benefits in supply chain management

Sustainable growth and development is at the top of the news today, for a number of reasons. More people are developing an awareness of green issues and sustainability, and more people are demanding a greener footprint from the industries they do business with or purchase their products.

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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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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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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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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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Human causes of global warming and technological emission reduction solutions

Global Warming is inherently a natural process caused by the trapping of gases in the Earth's atmosphere: a process known as the greenhouse effect.

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Human activities and global warming in California

Human Activities Contribute to California's Global Warming," research scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the University of California and other research centers have recently concluded that temperatures in the state of California "have jumped...by more than 2.1 degrees…

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The utility industry's challenge to meeting Kyoto Protocol emissions standards

Wald, Matthew. (15 Feb 2007). "Study Questions Prospects for Much Lower Emissions." The New York Times. Retrieved 16 Feb 2007 at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/business/15carbon.html?ref=science&pagewanted=print

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Logical fallacies in political discourse and media commentary

Hasty Generalization: On the FOX news channel's "Follow the Money" with Eric Bolling (June 22, 2011), talking heads were discussing the article on Al Gore in the latest Rolling Stone Magazine. Monica Crowley said Gore has to keep his "Inconvenient Truth gravy train" going.

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