Environment
Japan Will Launch Large-Scale CO2 Capture Trial This Year
Tokyo plans to begin a large-scale trial program to capture and store carbon dioxide this year. The goal -reduce emissions of global warming gases. The technology can capture CO2 emitted from coal power stations and other such facilities, then store the greenhouse gas under the sea or ground. After that - sell the technology by 2020. Guidelines on capture and store will be ...
Princess Elisabeth Base – Zero-emission Polar Station
King Bauduin Base was closed some forty years ago. On Feb. 15th Belgium inaugurated Princess Elisabeth Base - a scientific research station that combines high-end technologies and a total respect for the environment. The base is a zero-emission station. It was built entirely during the International Polar Year, which was, well, um, I don't know when it was. How come these International ...
Noah’s Ark found in Colombia
I thought Noah's Ark was on top of Mt. Ararat in Turkey. I still think it is there, but... And, maybe someone will get to explore there, in my lifetime, I hope. One of the researchers in Colombia - I wrote about the 10 New Amphibian Species Discovered in Colombia yesterday - said "Without a doubt this region is a true ...
Japan Denies Shooting at Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Boat
Japan denied accusations that it used weapons against activists from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on inflatable boats near Antarctica. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said two crew members were injured when Japanese whalers used a water cannon, concussion grenades, acoustic weapons and threw brass and lead balls at them. "If our crew can hit them, then they would be better off quitting ...
Japan and U.S. in talks about Whaling off Japan’s Coast
Japan and the United States are hanging out together in back rooms working on a proposal to allow Japan to engage in "coastal whaling" off its (Japan's) own shores. The catch is Japan will scale back on the country's controversial "research whaling" in Antarctic waters.International Whaling Commission Chairman will " issue a public proposal on Feb. 2 that the commission ...
PETA, with Clothes on Wants NFL to call Michael Vick Psycopath
psy·cho·path - n. A person with an antisocial personality disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse. PETA wants the NFL to require the 'psychopath' Michael Vick to undergo psychiatric evaluations and brain scans before letting him back on the field. Hmmm... [caption id="attachment_3713" align="alignnone" width="425" caption="Michael Vick"][/caption] Now, I don't buy into anything Vick did, the ...
Water for Oil – Japan Has Low Electric Using Desalination Plant
Japan gets almost all of its oil from the Middle East and has nothing to give in return...except water. Ultra dry Middle East needs water, (doesn't everyone?) and must produce it from the salt water nearby. There's a consortium including Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd. and Toray Industries Inc. that is developing a desalination plant. That's not new news. But the plant ...
10 Amazing Halo Images that Gamemakers Like Halo 3 Can’t Compete with
The halos we think are magnificent are not the kind that comes in a box - think Halo 3 - but the ring of light that can be seen encircling and extending outwards from the sun or moon. The halo is created ( I love this word) when the sun or moonlight is refracted when passing through ice crystals. There ...
Environmentally Friendly Skating Rinks Made from Resin Panels in Japan
Toyama prefecture is located in northern Japan. It gets cold there in the winter, but not really cold enough to freeze a lake or a pond. Not to worry, Japan has an answer to those who still want to go skating. There's a skating made out of resin, plastic. It's 300-square-meters square and billed as environmentally friendly. The two reasons are ...
20 Environment Slogans That Will Get You Thinking
Have you ever come up with an environment slogan? I remember thinking about those special words that make people understand that we should be good stewards of our planet, our home. Even though most of the time facts are more important in changing people's minds; they need to see the harm done with their own eyes, often times words have ...
