Editor's Note: This post comes to us courtesy of Tan Copsey of China Dialogue as part of our series on China that we will be running throughout the 2008 Olympics. Despite gloomy pre-games predictions, in Beijing face-masks are yet to join lycra and running shoes as an athletes accessory ... keep reading
Written by Tan Copsey yesterday, about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Deforestation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Politics, Pollution, Protest
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Britain's honeybees have suffered catastrophic losses this year, according to a survey of the nation's beekeepers, contributing to a shortage of honey and putting at risk the pollination of fruits and vegetables. The survey by the British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) revealed that ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts this week, about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters
We have been following the plight of the commercial honey bee and the mysteries of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) on this site for some time. Now, according to a recently published study out of Toronto, "Wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.) have also suffered serious declines and circumstantial evidence suggests that ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this week, about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health
In June, Florida's governor, Charlie Crist, announced that U.S. Sugar Corp. (the nation's largest sugar producer) and the state were close to finalizing an agreement on the purchase of U.S. Sugar's 300 square miles of Everglades holding. Environmentalists like Kirk Fordham of the Everglades Foundation ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Agriculture & Food, Deforestation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Industry, Politics
For no apparent reason, I'll preface this edition of the linkfest with a line from the late Mitch Hedberg: "I went to a doctor, and all he did is suck blood from my neck. Don't go see Dr. Acula."And now for the links. Johnny Rook's Climaticide ... keep reading
Written by Doug Snodgrass this month, about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Politics, Pollution, Water
In late July, the New Jersey Supreme court ruled that factory farming practices cannot be considered humane just because they are commonly and widely used. The lawsuit, brought by Farm Sanctuary along with a coalition of groups represented by the public interest law firm Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, began in 2004 ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this month, about Agriculture & Food, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Politics
Environmentalists may be aghast at the looming prospect of oil rigs dotting the sea about the North Pole, but well before any companies can begin drilling, nations need to sort out who can legitimately claim what. A team of British scientists from Durham University have started the ball rolling by ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset this month, about Coal & Oil, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics
Subsidies are bad; That's ECON 101. The reason being they distort the market: the subsidised product sells for less than it costs to produce, and so we buy more of it than we would without the subsidy. Making things worse, unsubsidized alternatives are placed at a disadvantage, and may ... keep reading
Written by Brian Gordon this month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry, Politics, Transport
Green roofs have so many advantages it's hard to remember them all. In addition to providing natural temperature and sound insulation for the people who live under them, they reduce water runoff that can contribute to flooding, mitigate the dispersal of fertilizers and pesticides into rivers and lakes, provide ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife (4 comments)
Preservation of globally important wild spaces like wetlands and tropical forests tends to hinge on a question of economics; how can developing regions preserve these vast swaths of land without losing the financial benefits of developing them? Logging, for example, threatens old growth and tropical forests around the world, but ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk this month, about Climate Change, Deforestation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics
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