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Materials: cardboard about 1/3 yard of cotton fabric glue stick tape one sheet of cardstock 1. Lie your book on the cardboard and trace it. I used white cardboard because the fabric I used is pretty thin and I was afraid brown cardboard would show through. Add 1/4 inch to the height of the cover ... — full article at ohdeedoh.com

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As Russia chokes from a heat wave of unprecedented ferocity, president Dmitry Medvedev has strengthened his call for the world’s leaders to take action to fight global warming pollution. The scientific community has warned for decades that burning coal and oil without limit would intensify ... — full article at wonkroom.thinkprogress.org

NASA Video Shows Global Reach of Pollution from Fires — full article at jpl.nasa.gov

The Midwest should aim to cut local oil use and satisfy its own energy needs with the ethanol produced there before attempting to supply the rest of the country. — full article at blogs.forbes.com

Not long ago, such bulbs were not expected by most experts to cost less than $30 until the year 2012. — full article at green.blogs.nytimes.com

"Geo-engineering" is one of the latest thrilling contributions of futurology to the ongoing derangement of sensible deliberation about ongoing technoscientific change in the world. In a recent piece capturing this derangement rather nicely the usually more sensible Chris Mooney bemoans "the ... — full article at amormundi.blogspot.com

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Tar sand processing facility in Alberta, photo courtesy CanadaGood — full article at michiganmessenger.com

What is the worst ethical scandal in the US Congress? Could it be climate change? Although the US media has recently paid attention to the comparatively minor ethical stories unfolding in the US House of Representatives, there is not a peep in the US media about a much more momentous ... — full article at rockblogs.psu.edu

ben sollee Ben Sollee (on the bike, with cello) gets ready to hit the road. (Photo courtesy of Ben Sollee) You could say singer-songwriter Ben Sollee likes a slower pace of life. Sollee's music on two recent albums is modern pop, but it's spare, melodic and played on acoustic instruments--with ... — full article at thedailygreen.com

As temperatures in Russia climb to historic highs, parching crops and igniting large tracts of forest and peatland, analysts are watching to see if these conditions heat up the country's climate change policies. "I don't know what it would take to produce an active stance on climate change in ... — full article at nytimes.com

USA Today: This summer's stifling, deadly heat along the Eastern Seaboard and Deep South could be a preview of summers to come over the next few decades, according to a report about global warming to be published Wednesday by the National Wildlife Federation and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation ... — full article at usatoday.com

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<p>Hans Laufer.</p> Hans Laufer, professor of molecular and cell biology, works with lobsters in his lab. Photo by Peg Van Patten — full article at today.uconn.edu

Using the threat of a high oil prices is a sell the public will buy into – unlike intangible arguments over climate change Could peak oil lever politicians out from between the rock of the electorate and the hard place that is climate change mitigation? As Daniel Gros wrote in the Guardian: ... — full article at guardian.co.uk

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Chevy Volt Home Chargers - Click above for high-res image gallery Want to know exactly how much it'll cost you in electricity bills to power your new plug-in car? If you live in the Detroit area and get your energy from DTE Energy , the information is in your hands The Michigan ... — full article at green.autoblog.com

Russia’s killer heat wave and monster South Asian monsoon floods could be more than isolated examples of extreme weather. Though separated by a continent, they could be linked. Monsoon rains drive air upward, and that air has to come down somewhere. It usually comes down over the Mediterranean, producing the region’s hot, dry climate. This year, some of that air seems to have gone north to Russia. — full article at wired.com

UNITED NATIONS — Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said Monday that he doubted that member states would reach a new global climate change agreement in December at a conference in Mexico. — full article at www10.nytimes.com