By Peter Montague of Rachel’s Democracy & Health News [Rachel's introduction: "I can't understand why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants." -- Al Gore]Most of my friends want to deny it, but the evidence is compelling: the ... keep reading
Written by Peter Montague this month, about Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Protest
Why hello there. It's me again. Doug Snodgrass did a great job keeping up the Friday Linkfest in my absence but it sure is good to be back. So let's have a look at what happened to the environment this week. Good News Honda unveils its new hybrid ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova last month, about Architecture, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Design, Environmental Disasters, Politics, Transport
What if it were possible to bury carbon dioxide over a mile below a power plant in the second worst air basin in the United States? In 2011 the greenhouse gas will be pumped below a power plant in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California. Located in Kern County ... keep reading
Written by Gina-Marie Cheeseman in August, about Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil
Vaclav Smil is a historian of technical advances -- particularly in the field of energy -- and a Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Over the years, Smil has written more than 25 books and many dozens of articles. In recent years he has been examining human uses of ... keep reading
Written by Peter Montague in August, about Biofuels, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Energy Saving, Nuclear, Politics, Transport (1 comment)
If you thought the Canadian boreal forest preservation plan was big, get a load of this one straight out of Southern Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo recently announced the designation of the Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe area around Lake Tumba as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. It's ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk in August, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Water
While food supplies are in crisis as nations experiment with switching from edible crops to biofuels in order to limit fossil fuel use and its harmful effects, it may come as a surprise to many to learn that the meat and rice in our traditional diets are almost as much ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife, Industry
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Carbon capture technology is still unproven at industrial scale, but the government believes it could remove 90% of the CO2 released by Britain's fossil fuel power stations, and alone achieve almost one third of the country's emission-cut targets. Carbon capturing facilities have ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts in July, about Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil, Politics
In 1993, the first emissions trading program, Los Angeles' Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM), began to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions in the worst air basin in the U.S. Designed by California's South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), RECLAIM, according to the Environmental Protection ... keep reading
Written by Gina-Marie Cheeseman in July, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Finance, Industry, Politics
By Peter Montague of Rachel’s Democracy & Health News When burned, coal produces three times its own weight in carbon dioxide (CO2) -- making it far dirtier than any other energy source, per unit of usable energy. Carbon dioxide is the main human contributor to global warming, so as more people ... keep reading
Written by Peter Montague in June, about Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil, Environmental Disasters, Politics
Editor's Note: Colin Beavan, also know as No Impact Man, asked me to write a post for his site about Bill McKibben’s new campaign, 350.org, which seeks to create the political will in the U.S. to develop legislation to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant in June, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Weather
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