Did you know that a common rock, peridotite, soaks up carbon dioxide (CO2)? Now you do. This amazing discovery has been making eyebrows raise since it's publication in the November 11 issue of the "Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences." But just how much it soaks up and ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change (1 comment)
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins You have to hand it to the folks at R&R Partners. They’re the clever advertising agency that made its name luring legions of suckers to Las Vegas with an ad campaign built on the slogan “What happens here, stays here.” But ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Coal & Oil, Computing
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)
Climate scientists are beginning to suspect that deserts (PDF) may be "hidden" carbon sinks. Much like dark matter in space, these vast stretches of nothingness, comprising 35 percent of the earth's surface, may not be dead zones after all, but may in fact be quietly sequestering as much as ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife
By Chris Turney, author of Ice, Mud and Blood: Lessons from Climates Past As with all great stories it began with a potato. Longer ago than I care to admit, there was a time when I was a young and foolish teenager. Left at home on one of the rare ... keep reading
Written by Chris Turney in October, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies (4 comments)
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 in October, 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 in September, 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)
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