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Care2 Petition Please sign

Hello everybody,

I was so outraged by the news of possible exporting of Brown coal to India I created a petition at care2. If anyone feels like signing please do so. Your email, etc, is respected by care2 and wont result in spam.

petition url: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/say-no-to-new-brown-coal-exports-to-india

You'll have to copy and paste it in browser.

Genuine petition, this is not spam or anything else. And great site by the way with lots of good info. I'll point everyone i know to your site. More the merrier.

How Africa's Extreme Environment Shaped its History



There was a thesis by a British student that connects African history to its extreme environment. It was right on the mark. Anyone who wants to understand how and why the African kingdoms grew must understand Africa's immense scenery.

Making Sense of ETS

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant. CO2 is a clear, odourless gas that is
necessary to life. The essential fact to remember is that carbon dioxide is at the
most 385 parts per 1,000,000 of the atmosphere, which is 0.0385 percent. Small
quantity though it is, no life could exist on earth without it. All life on earth is built
from Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen and Nitrogen. CO2 provides two of these
fundamental building blocks.
The vast oceans which cover 71% of the planet, plus plants, absorb 98.5% of the
CO2 that is emitted by nature and man. As CO2 increases in the atmosphere,

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