Lebanon Oil Spill: Worst Disaster in Mediterranean
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. — Dwight David Eisenhower The conflict in the Middle East has resulted in a massive spill where over 35,000 tonnes of oil have been spilled into the sea off Lebanon and [...]
Posted by Moderator on July 31st, 2006 filed in Activism, Environment, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Oil, Oil Spill, Sustainability, War
Global Warming: Ignorance is Bliss
Hope this past week’s temperature highs convinced the global warming skeptics. Photo Courtesy: andysinger.com
Posted by Moderator on July 28th, 2006 filed in Activism, Air Pollution, Carbon, Comic, Global Warming, greenhouse, weather
Texas is King
Originally posted on headsetoptions.org Texas, my first home away from home is proud to be the largest producer of wind energy, that, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Texas ’s cumulative total capacity was at 2,370 MW, about 50 MW more than California’s annual production. This translates into enough power to serve over 600,000 [...]
Posted by Moderator on July 25th, 2006 filed in AWEA, Economics, Energy, Engineered, Environment, News, Technology, Wind
Video Games or National Parks?
I heard it in the news yesterday, according to a recent study by University of Illinois at Chicage, the number of visitors to National Parks have sharply decreased. Apparently the trend went from something like 1.2 trips per person per year in 1987 to 0.9 in 2003, a drop of about 25 percent. One hypothesis [...]
Posted by Moderator on July 20th, 2006 filed in Activism, Conserve, Environment, Internet, News, Parks, Technology, Urban, Video Games
Recession is Good for… the Environment
Originally posted at headsetoptions.org Price of oil is sky rocketing, the fed are raising interest rates, and people are feeling the pinch everywhere, not just at the gas stations, making it even harder to fight the looming recession. One good thing out of all this might be that people will use less gasoline, and that [...]
Posted by Moderator on July 18th, 2006 filed in Activism, Air Pollution, Alternative Fuel, Carbon, Conserve, EPA, Economics, Energy, Environment, Ethanol, Global Warming, News, Oil, Ozone, Sustainability, Urban, greenhouse, politics