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Ugmug's Methane Jaccuzzi

  Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins The first evidence that millions of tons of a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere from beneath the Arctic seabed has been discovered by scientists. The Independent has been passed details of preliminary findings ... keep reading

Written by Marc Roberts this month, about Climate Change, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters

James Woolsey Headlines Fundraiser for Plug-In America

Electric vehicles shuttled the party goers from the bottom of the hill, where the valet service contended with one Prius after another, to the still-under-construction home of Chris Paine, the film maker behind Who Killed the Electric Car. The attendees met pool-side where they were able to ogle the latest ... keep reading

Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Biofuels, Celebrities, Clean Technologies, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Events, Green energy, Transport

The Lesser of Two Evils

  Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United ... keep reading

Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Agriculture & Food, Emissions, Food, Health

Friday Link Fest - Edition 62

  The Friday Linkfest is here so let's take a look at the green developments in the news this week. Good News The EU has banned mercury exports by any of its 27 countries starting from 2011, aiming to global supplies of the toxic metal. A newly approved agreement will ... keep reading

Written by Alina Beloussova last month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Solar, Water

Methane Begins to Erupt From Arctic Permafrost

In what sounds like a scene from a Hollywood disaster film, scientists looked over the side of the Russian research vessel Yacob Smirnisky to view the ocean foaming as huge ancient deposits of methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, began to thaw and bubble to ... keep reading

Written by John P. last month, about Climate Change, Emissions, Environmental Disasters (2 comments)

The EPA and Consumer Reports Duke It Out Over Energy Star

The October 2008 issue of Consumer Reports is all about energy efficiency as a way to save money. Articles include product reviews and ways to cut energy use at home. There is also an article about the U.S. Department of Energy's and Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star ... keep reading

Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Consumerism, Design, Emissions, Energy Saving, Politics

Embrace the Darkness - the Problem of Light Pollution

At World Water Week in August, water pollution was on the agenda at the forum in Stockholm. The EU issues guidelines on soil pollution. Search Google for 'air pollution' and you'll get over sixteen million references. But there's another kind of pollution that you don't hear so ... keep reading

Written by Jeremy Williams last month, about Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Pollution (1 comment)

Friday Link Fest - Edition 58

  Is it Friday already? So let's get linking. What does global warming have to do with the price of rice…anywhere? According to one expert, a one degree Celsius rise in temperature at night may cause a 10-percent drop in rice output. This study suggests that as global warming ... keep reading

Written by Doug Snodgrass in August, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Pollution, Transport

The Inconvenient Truth for Convenience-Obsessed Japan

It's the first week of the spring semester. My Japanese friend, Mizuki, and I took our first steps into our just-renovated, spanking new faculty building. I marveled at the gleaming floors and the squeaky-clean interior, while Mizuki suddenly let out a loud groan. "Geez, where are the vending machines ... keep reading

Written by Shom Teoh in August, about Consumerism, Design, Emissions, Energy Saving, Food, Philosophy & Religion

Time for Plan B

by Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Jonathan G. Dorn, and Frances C. Moore of Earth Policy Institute When political leaders look at the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions to curb global warming, they ask the question: How much of a cut is politically feasible? At the Earth Policy Institute ... keep reading

Written by Earth Policy Institute in August, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Energy Saving

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