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My Mandatory Earth Day Post: 2009
This year, the Earth Day Network has launched a campaign called the Green Generation, which is, in my opinion is line with the current administrations efforts to green America. This campaign however attempts to propagate the idea in 2 years (or less), while the Obama team is hopeful of results in 10. What do I [...]
Posted by Moderator on April 22nd, 2009 filed in Activism, Alternative Fuel, Carbon, Economics, Sustainability
Reality Check: Carbon Calculator and Eco Footprint
I was speaking to a colleague who is into bio-diesel and he mentioned about a tool that calculate your net “personal carbon emissions”. So I dug into it this weekend and came up with the three sites that offer interesting (and of course useful) insight into how each one of us impact our planet, so [...]
Posted by Moderator on May 20th, 2007 filed in Activism, Al Gore, Alternative Fuel, Carbon, Conserve, EPA, Energy, Sustainability, Tips/Tools, greenhouse
China to become the World’s Biggest Polluter
A report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that discusses climate economics is objected by the Chinese delegation fearing repercussions that could possible derail their drive to increase manufacturing and jobs creation. The draft, suggests various solutions to mitigate climate change, such as capturing and burying emissions from coal-fired power plants, shifting to [...]
Posted by Moderator on May 1st, 2007 filed in Activism, Air Pollution, Al Gore, Alternative Fuel, Bush, Carbon, China, Economics, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, IPCC, Kyoto, News, Nuclear, Renewable, Sustainability, weather
Oil Depletion “Bad” for our Environment
Oil depletion has the capacity to worsen emissions and destroy the wealth needed to fight global warming, that is what David Strahan write in his latest book “The Last Oil Shock”. His argument below: It is mathematically impossible that peak oil will solve climate change. Although oil is the biggest single source of energy-related greenhouse gases, [...]
Posted by Moderator on March 31st, 2007 filed in Activism, Air Pollution, Alternative Fuel, Carbon, Conserve, Economics, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Hybrid, News, Nuclear, Oil, Sustainability, Technology, greenhouse
Here’s An Alternative Viewpoint on Alternative Energy
As heard on Marketplace today: SCOTT JAGOW: In the State of the Union, President Bush said he wanted to mandate the use of certain gasoline alternatives like ethanol and force higher fuel economy standards for cars. I called up our economics correspondent Chris Farrell to get his thoughts on the Bush energy plan. In a [...]
Posted by Moderator on January 25th, 2007 filed in Activism, Alternative Fuel, Conserve, Economics, Energy, Global Warming, News, Sustainability, politics