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The United States government has been unable to fix the country’s energy problems, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said, but the Internet giant on Wednesday proposed its own 22-year solution.

The new lessons for October are:

Traffic Congestion Charging: Will It Improve Air Quality?
Students read an article introducing the concept of urban street canyons. Then they analyze congestion pricing data, discuss air pollution control methods, and present their findings.
http://www.ehponline.org/science-ed/2008/Congestion_Pricing.pdf

The Buffer Zone: Acid-Base Chemistry in the World’s Oceans
Students review introductory acid-base chemistry, conduct an experiment simulating ocean acidification resulting from excess atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), and discuss potential human implications of increased ocean temperatures and acidification.
http://www.ehponline.org/science-ed/2008/Buffer_Zone.pdf

Via Librarians’ Internet Index.

This news series “looks at the politics of climate change.” Includes stories related to the developed world and emerging economies, opinion pieces, and interactive features on climate change agreement and mapping carbon dioxide emissions. Provides links to stories on the science aspects of global warming. From the website for the UK newspaper the Financial Times.

The latest issue of Renewable Energy Weekly is now available. Highlights include:

• Fraunhofer ISE Researchers Achieve 39.7% Solar Cell Efficiency
• Report: Global Green Job Market Expected To Explode
• Advancing Biomass in California
• Fuming in DC: Time to Draw the Line
• Renewable Energy Tops 10% of U.S. Energy Production
• Putting Canada on Track