Unless the sea floods your dining room, or the coal-fired power plant next door belches out dirty smoke for you to inhale, it is difficult to appreciate what all the fuss is about regarding Green House Gases (GHG) and global warming. And, what is a carbon credit anyway? Let’s ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Scott this month, about Air Quality, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
This week's dose of organic headlines, updates, resources, goodies, and recipes courtesy of Doug Snodgrass... Leading organic watchdog the Cornucopia Institute has registered a formal complaint with the USDA against retail behemoth Target for falsely representing Silk brand soymilk as organic in newspaper advertisements. The allegation states the following ... keep reading
Written by D. Snodgrass last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality (1 comment)
For years now, many members of Congress have insisted that cutting carbon emissions was difficult, if not impossible. It is not. During the two years since 2007, carbon emissions have dropped 9 percent. While part of this drop is from the recession, part of it is also from efficiency gains ... keep reading
Written by Lester Brown last month, about Air Quality, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy Saving, Events, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth
A recent review paper by the US Geological Survey suggests that the arctic could potentially alter the Earth’s climate by becoming a source of global atmospheric carbon dioxide. In the new review, David McGuire of the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, along with ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. last month, about Air Quality, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
As international climate negotiations progress this week in Bangkok, Thailand, India has shown signs of more proactive engagement on climate change issues both internationally and at home. While the Indian government continues to emphasize poverty alleviation and economic development as the country's highest priorities, recent stances on domestic emission ... keep reading
Written by Anna da Costa - Worldwatch Institute last month, about Air Quality, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Emissions, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Smart Growth (1 comment)
Now that John Kerry and Barbara Boxer have introduced their climate bill in the United States Senate, this fall will be all about the dogs. To get the 60 votes they need to pass a bill, progressive Democrats will be trying to turn Blue Dog Democrats into Green Dog Democrats ... keep reading
Written by Bill Becker last month, about Air Quality, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development
Twenty-five years after the Bhopal gas leak killed thousands, there has been no cleanup of the site – and Indians continue to die horribly We all know what the world's worst industrial disaster was: the gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in central India. On the night ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in September, about Air Quality, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
The United States has entered a new energy era, ending a century of rising carbon emissions. As the U.S. delegation prepares for the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December, it does so from a surprisingly strong position, one based on a dramatic 9 percent drop in U.S ... keep reading
Written by Lester Brown in September, about Air Quality, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
The medical industry are speaking out about the potential health risks that will accompany climate change and warn that the world may face a catastrophic health crisis if temperatures continue to rise. In a letter published online in The Lancet and The British Medical Journal, 18 of the world’s ... keep reading
Written by Katherine I. in September, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Climate Change, Emissions, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Transport, Water
We need a radical new approach to cutting greenhouse gases, and it might have arrived. At least - until a few months ago - government targets for cutting greenhouse gases had the virtue of being wrong. They were the wrong targets, by the wrong dates, and they bore no relationship to the ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in September, about Air Quality, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Emissions, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Poverty & Development (2 comments)
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