From Throbgoblins International: Cantankerous Frank Neither Frank nor Ernest were invited to Poland this week. Greenhouse gases will probably linger forever, but we are planning massive new coal burning power stations long before the technology (to make them anything but catastrophic) is either available or even proven feasable. Slow learners ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts this week, about Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Economics, Emissions
Guest Column by James Pew, Attorney for Earthjustice There are nearly 150 cement kilns operating in the U.S. In 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - the federal agency required to protect us from harmful toxic air pollutants like mercury -estimated cement kilns pump nearly 12,000 pounds of ... keep reading
Written by James Pew last month, about Air Quality, Children and Families, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Industry, Pollution, Water
No, some say, because the minute the economy gets rocky (as it is now), the cost of preserving the planet is seen as too expensive. Others say yes, arguing that these initiatives may contract and expand based on economic signals, but always deliver some benefit even in the worst of ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Air Quality, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Pollution
by Jonathan G. Dorn, Earth Policy Institute With the dramatic increase in oil prices earlier this year translating into higher prices at the gas pump in the United States, concerns over U.S. dependence on foreign oil are once again part of the national discussion on energy security. Combined with ... keep reading
Written by Jonathan G. Dorn last month, about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Green energy, Transport (4 comments)
Editor's Note: This post by Trish Smith comes to us from Green Student U, a blog-style site that introduces today's students to a wide variety of global environmental issues by recognizing college campus green initiatives and personal success stories, as well as how the world is being shaped ... keep reading
Written by Green Student U last month, about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Computing, Consumerism, Design, Energy Saving, Recycling (1 comment)
By Peter Montague of Rachel’s Democracy & Health News The town of Lyndhurst, N.J. yesterday adopted a precautionary principle ordinance to guide municipal policy. Lyndhurst is only the second municipality in the U.S. to adopt the precautionary principle as an overarching guide to municipal policy, and the first ... keep reading
Written by Peter Montague last month, about Air Quality, Health, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Pollution
The biggest take-away from day two of the summit is that much of what will happen in terms of global climate policy will happen at the regional level and through these kinds of regional and local agreements. President-elect Obama's message to the attendees yesterday committing to adopting California's ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Air Quality, Biofuels, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Economics, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance, Green energy, Health, Industry, Logging, Politics, Pollution, Population, Transport, Water (1 comment)
Good News Wildlife groups hail the "imminent end of 8 years of environmental abuse and neglect" by the Bush administration. Europe embraces diversity in the veg stand: irregularly shaped fruits and vegetables can be sold in supermarkets once again. EU wants penalties to combat illegal fishing, while scientists urge Obama ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova last month, about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics, Pollution
Opponents of coal must send the Sierra Club some flowers. Better yet, make a donation to support the important work that they do to stop dirty coal-fired power plants and the pouring of even more CO2 into the atmosphere. Back in May, the Sierra Club went before the Appeals Board ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil, Politics, Pollution, Protest
As the world is caught up in the collapse of the global financial industry, there is another, more costly collapse happening and it has been happening for decades. The BBC reported last month that "nature loss dwarfs bank crisis" according to a new EU commissioned Phase I study, The Economics ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Deforestation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance, Health, Politics, Water (1 comment)
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