Global Warming
350 International Day of Climate Action
On Saturday, October 24, people in 181 countries are coming together for what many are describing as the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history.They're gathering to call for strong action and bold leadership on the climate crisis. Specifically, the web-based campaign called "350.org" is calling on people from around the world to organize an action that in ...
Harnessing Her Power – Part 2
If you remember in Part 1, I set the table and server up the hors d'oeuvres, appetizer plates, and salads of harnessing Herricanes (If you don’t remember, STOP! Go back and read Part 1 before continuing). Now I will serve up heaps of real meat and continue the anger management presentation.
Indian Minister Backs Unconditional CO2 Cuts for the Country
India currently is the fourth largest emitter of carbon in the world, and has so far resisted any binding emission targets under an international agreement. India, and the Group of 77 developing nations have been opposing such binding targets unless they come tied with financial and technological support from developed nations which have so far led in carbon emissions.
Harnessing Her Power – Part 1
Kathryn Siranosian published a blog entry about Hurricane Rick and she got me to thinking. While I believe it should be named Himmicane Rick and that has nothing to do with this article, hurricanes could be good for the energy business.
GrassRoots Recycling Network Hosts Third National Recycling and Zero Waste Conference
Here's a statistic that I bet will surprise you: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that for every one barrel of residential trash, 71 more were created before the products that produced that waste reached consumer households. What's more, a new report from the EPA shows that ordinary consumer products and packaging account for 44% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Can you imagine ...
Nippon Airways Wants You to Use the Toilet Before Flight, Stays Green
I can see it now. I wait in the airport security line, carrying my shoes, and then having to discard my $5 bottle of water I had purchased in that same airport because it was opened. Then I go through the full body scan which can count the hairs on my butt (163 hairs last time) and 5,784 hairs… oh, ...
Atomic Powered Cell Phone
[caption id="attachment_6667" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Atomic Powered Cellphone"][/caption]The Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan has developed an interesting atomic-powered source of electricity. They have actually used this to power a touch screen hand-held video player/cell phone. Now before you start protesting the use of atomic power (that will be a debate in future multi-part series), I am talking about using the protons (I ...
Poor Cow – Part 2
[caption id="attachment_6631" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Cow gang in the morning"][/caption] The article mentioned in part one, suggests you not eat meat in an attempt to reduce the greenhouse gas (methane) caused by cows. I propose that human emissions of methane could eclipse that of the cows raised for meat if we follow that advice and limit our intake to non-meat food.
Poor Cow – Part 1
[caption id="attachment_6605" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Cows and wind turbines"][/caption] I came across an interesting article on combating global warming. Aside from a picture of a cow with a gas-mask device to capture cow belches, another picture (see after the jump) shows another methane capture device. Intended to capture cow farts, I can just feel sorry for the cow. That hose feeding the ...
Nature Conservancy Launches Web Campaign to Educate and Inspire Action About Climate Change
Did you know that the carbon emissions caused by deforestation are greater than those caused by the entire global transportation sector? The Nature Conservancy wants to equip you with facts like this so you can start thinking about the solutions that nature holds for slowing carbon emissions and dealing with the effects of climate change. In fact, last week, the Nature ...
