Posted by in Environment on 06 7th, 2010 | No Comments
Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill to be Transformed Into "BP Spill Bill"
Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill to be Transformed Into "BP Spill Bill"
Photo via Reuters The Kerry-Lieberman clean energy and jobs bill was handicapped from the day it was introduced — co-drafter Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had inexplicably jumped ship , and expanded offshore drilling allowances were included in the bill, despite the ongoing BP oil… Read the full...
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Posted by in Environment on 06 7th, 2010 | No Comments
Polar Bear Shot and Killed as American Hunters Cheer (Video)
Credit: YouTube screen capture. Don’t polar bears have it hard enough, with the impacts of climate change on their Arctic homes? If the thought of a polar bear stranded on a patch of melting sea ice doesn’t depress you enough, try this video on for size. It shows American hunters shooting...
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Posted by in Environment on 06 7th, 2010 | No Comments
San Francisco Bay Area Marine Sanctuaries Project Localized Climate Change Impacts
San Francisco Bay Area Marine Sanctuaries Project Localized Climate Change Impacts
Photo: Chad King, via sanctuarysimon.org On Thursday, the California Academy of Sciences kicked off its Oceans Conference with a recently released report on the impacts of climate change on the Gulf of Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries. The impacts report is a first step towards...
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Posted by in Eco, Environment on 06 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Dispatch from World Environment Day in Rwanda: Looking at the Biodiversity Balance Sheet
Dispatch from World Environment Day in Rwanda: Looking at the Biodiversity Balance Sheet
Photo:Meaghan O’Neill. Think about everything you love about nature, and why you believe its worth preserving. Maybe the smell of the ocean breeze, say, or the beauty of your favorite flower in bloom reminds you of your mom. Maybe you love bird watching or camping with your family. Perhaps the...
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Posted by in Eco, Environment on 06 4th, 2010 | No Comments
California Senate Hopeful Mocks Climate Change Threat (Video)
California Senate Hopeful Mocks Climate Change Threat (Video)
Photo via Wired California Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina is currently the front runner for securing the GOP nomination in the state primary. The former head of Hewlett-Packard is hoping to bolster her conservative cred by attacking longtime incumbent and Democrat Barbara Boxer — for acknowledging...
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Posted by in Environment on 06 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
reNEWable Times Square: Cool Water, Hot Island
reNEWable Times Square: Cool Water, Hot Island
‘Cool Water, Hot Island’ rendering by Molly Dilworth This month Time Square is getting a makeover. Brooklyn-based artist Molly Dilworth won the competition reNEWable Times Square to design temporary surface treatments, launched by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) . Her...
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Posted by in Eco, Environment on 06 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Hundreds Die in Heatwave as India has Hottest Summer on Record
Hundreds Die in Heatwave as India has Hottest Summer on Record
Photo via Sulekha Temperatures Could Rise to 122 F India is currently facing the hottest season ever recorded in the nation — the hottest since record keeping began in the late 1800s. And the heat has been disastrous: Hundreds of people have died already, and many more are seriously ill. Hospitals...
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Posted by in Environment on 05 28th, 2010 | No Comments
Lord ‘Climate Activists Are Hitler Youth’ Monckton’s Skeptic Claims Point-by-Point Debunked
Lord ‘Climate Activists Are Hitler Youth’ Monckton’s Skeptic Claims Point-by-Point Debunked
This is too awesome and frankly admirably obsessive: John Abraham , a professor of mechanical engineering specializing in in heat transfer and fluid mechanics at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, has taken the time to do a point-by-point analysis of a presentation that prominent climate change...
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Posted by in Environment, Green, Green Tech on 05 27th, 2010 | No Comments
11 Potentially World-changing Projects Tackling Climate Change (Slideshow)
11 Potentially World-changing Projects Tackling Climate Change (Slideshow)
Photo via Deutsche Welle In its new online short-film documentary series Global Ideas, Germany-based news broadcaster Deutsche Welle draws attention to smart sustainability projects all over the world: island conservation in Micronesia, reforestation in Tanzania, green electricity in Spain, energy-efficient...
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Posted by in Environment, Green on 05 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Greenland Rising as Ice Melts
Greenland Rising as Ice Melts
Image: cortomaltese, Flickr Scientists are reporting that Greenland is rising as the large weight of ice pressing down on land is melting. And the country’s elevation gains are speeding up. Glacial melt on Greenland is being watched very carefully because ice that is piled up on land flows into...
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