published April 23, 2010 and has No Comments
From the news that a young 37-foot whale was found stranded on the shore in West Seattle with fifty gallons of garbage in its gut to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 52 miles (84km) south-east of the Louisiana port of Venice, a lot happened this week in green. According to scientists ...
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published April 23, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Massachusetts Climate Summer From bike tours promoting green living in Japan to the World Naked Bike Ride , there are plenty of opportunities to take a pedal-powered-trip, and promote your favorite cause at the same time. Now young folks in Massachusetts are gearing up to do just that - setting off on a 43 town tour this ...
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published April 22, 2010 and has No Comments
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Ed Begley Jr.: There's Nothing Funny About Climate Change
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published April 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Wikipedia It isn't a particularly big volcano by Icelandic standards. Even its name is boring; it translates into English as "island-mountains glacier." But it has been fascinating to watch its effects around the world. Jeff Rubin says "It may well be a dress rehearsal for what lies ahead." ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published April 20, 2010 and has No Comments
Goldfinger could have just waited 40 years for the gold to run out . Richard Heinberg wrote the book Peak Everything, a theme we picked up on in Peak Everything: Eight Things We Are Running Out Of And Why . Now we have to face three more possible peaks: Peak Gold: Output hit a record in 2001 and has ...
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published April 16, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: TheRegimen I've been thinking a lot about villains lately. From Massey CEO Don Blankenship to climate skeptic holocaust denier Nick Griffin , there are plenty of people whose pursuit of self interest and questionable politics have a terrible effect on both our environment and our society. But are they evil? ... Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
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published March 29, 2010 and has No Comments
Image Source: Thirstcactus Dear Pablo: A teabagger * website puts forth the proposition that riding a bike actually produces more carbon dioxide than driving a car because you are working hard riding a bike but essentially resting when driving. Can you look at their numbers? ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published March 29, 2010 and has No Comments
Image Source: Thirstcactus Dear Pablo: A teabagger * website puts forth the proposition that riding a bike actually produces more carbon dioxide than driving a car because you are working hard riding a bike but essentially resting when driving. Can you look at their numbers? ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published March 19, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Wikipedia , CC David Cameron, the leader of the conservative party and possibly the next primer minister of the UK, said today that a Conservative government would put a tax on the carbon emitted by coal and natural gas power plants. "The levy would be put in place for 25 years and would be set at a gradually ...
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published March 16, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Friends of the Earth Back in 2008, TreeHugger founder Graham Hill posted on author Ian McEwan's thoughts on climate change . At the time, the word was that McEwan's next book would be all about climate change. Now that book is out—and it looks like it's going to be a cut above the usual simplistic fearmongering and ...
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