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Apples Stock Value Reaches $1 Trillion Total Apple has become the first American company to have the total value of its publicly traded stock reach $1 trillion. Stock in the technology company reached the huge number during trading on Thursday. 苹果公

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The Federal Government is promising millions of people will be better-off under its carbon tax plan, but isn't saying how many will be worse-off. The Climate Change Minister Greg Combet says more than half the revenue from the carbon tax will be used

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Plants can pull carbon dioxide, the planet warming greenhouse gas, out of earth's atmosphere. But these aren't the only living organisms that affect carbon dioxide levels and thus global warming. Nope, I'm not talking about humans. Humble sea otters

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We have to do something about pollution. Even though there are warnings about global warming, companies dont do anything to reduce pollution. Our sky, air, rivers, beaches and countryside are becoming rubbish dumps. The air is so polluted it is givin

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Texas Scientists Work to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Air Pollution

By Greg Flakus Scientists in Texas are trying to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide air pollution by capturing the gas, compressing it and then putting it underground. This technique could also yie

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? During the last ice age our problem was too little carbon. Unlike today where too much carbon is causing global warming. Past glacial ages occurred partly because

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When it comes to sheer celestial bling, stars might not corner the market on twinkle, because beneath their rocky exteriors, some terrestrial planets may be half diamond. So said scientists at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The r

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Carbon monoxide kills 12 in NE China mine

HARBIN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Carbon monoxide has been blamed for the Tuesday deaths of 12 workers in a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a local official said Thursday. Three workers entered the Yongsheng mine in Dongning County to

Prices Proposed for Carbon Dioxide from Cars

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Premier Wen calls for closer regional ties Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has proposed greater cooperation with Shanghai Cooperation Organization members and said China will continue to offer funding for key projects. Addressing the SCO prime ministers'

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