It is a tough time for coastal areas around the world. Recently, news agencies from around the world are reporting on villages and coastal wetlands being lost to rising sea levels. And it is not just in one area of the world. Tales of rising seas are coming from areas ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in September, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Water
Mommy, What Happened to All the Crustaceans? Ok, so maybe a young child wouldn't know what a crustacean is, and the way the climate is getting all mucked up, future children may never have the chance to learn about them, except from books about extinct animals. Maybe I am ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in August, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Water (1 comment)
One industry that we don't hear a lot from in the corporate Green Wars is the fast food industry. Or at least I haven't heard much from the big three -- McDonald's, Burger King or Wendy's -- much less the smaller chains that dot the on-ramps to the ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in April, about Agriculture & Food, Industry
Not sure if anyone else caught this, but have you noticed that anyone who thinks climate change and global warming are pure alarmist propaganda seem to also think that if they blast Al Gore, they are intelligently pointing out certain fallacies and shortcomings in climate science. The Heartland Institute is ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in March, about Climate Change, Industry
Is it just me or is the idea of the world's bankers and the CEOs of multinational corporations deciding our collective future like something out of an Orwell novel? And how pretentious to believe that 2,500 representatives (60 percent were business executives) of the developed nations and all ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in February, about Industry, Politics, Weather (1 comment)
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, centre The World Economic Forum wound up in Davos, Switzerland yesterday. An annual event, many of the world's most powerful people get to hang out in a ski resort, sipping fine cognac by a roaring fire in an old-wood (read unsustainably harvested) lodge, this year ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in January, about Industry, Politics, Weather
The Environmental Performance Index 2008 was released this week (January 23). I happen to love charts, and the more interactive the better. The EPI 2008 is a new interactive format from the previous EPI 2006, and instead of having to download a ton of PDF files, you can roll your ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in January
As the ethanol boom (or crisis, depending on who you talk to) is pushing corn prices to new highs, more farmers are taking acreage out of the Conservation Reserve Program and planting crops again. That may not seem like the biggest deal in the world; in fact, it may seem ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in January, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels, Environment & Wildlife, Industry
Did you know that Japan is the third-largest consumer of oil? Japan is also the fifth-largest contributor to carbon emissions. In an attempt to reduce the national need for oil and to cut back on carbon emissions, Japan is looking to wind power as a solution. But Japan is not ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in January, about Clean Technologies
Maybe it is just a coincidence, but last week saw the release (or pre-release) of two more studies confirming that the rate of melting on Greenland and Antarctica has accelerated in just the last decade. Greenland is showing increased melting and glacial runoff as temperatures are rising in the North ... keep reading
Written by Rachael Neile-Mcgrew in January, about Climate Change (3 comments)
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