Environment & Climate
The Organic Revolution: Change the System, Not the Climate
What if there were an organic technology that could cut greenhouse emissions in half and literally suck down and sequester carbon dioxide in living soil - bringing the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere down to 350 ppm - the level scientists warn us we must acheive in order to avert a climate catastrophe?
Cook Organic, Not the Planet. Boycott Factory-Farmed Foods.
Scientific Study
October 20, 2006
BOULDER, Colorado, October 20, 2006 (ENS) - The planet will face more deadly heat waves, prolonged drought, intense rainstorms and other weather extremes by century's end, U.S. climate researchers said Thursday. The study looks specifically at how weather extremes could change from global warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse gas.
The researchers studied only extreme temperature and precipitation conditions for the future - meaning the very cold and hot days, the dry periods and the heavy downpours.
They used simulations created on supercomputers from nine Read more
The researchers studied only extreme temperature and precipitation conditions for the future - meaning the very cold and hot days, the dry periods and the heavy downpours.
They used simulations created on supercomputers from nine Read more
News
October 18, 2006
In 1962, Rachel Carson published her landmark Silent Spring, which documented the ravages of agricultural pesticides, particularly DDT, on wildlife. The book inspired wide outrage and helped spark the modern environmental movement. It eventually led to a (now-controversial) ban on DDT. But since then, use of other pesticides has boomed.
Sign of the times?
Photos: iStockphoto
According to a USDA report, between 1964 and 1982, pesticide use in the U.S. jumped by a factor of almost three, peaking at nearly 600 million pounds annually. The USDA is shockingly casual Read more
Sign of the times?
Photos: iStockphoto
According to a USDA report, between 1964 and 1982, pesticide use in the U.S. jumped by a factor of almost three, peaking at nearly 600 million pounds annually. The USDA is shockingly casual Read more
News
October 17, 2006
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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The Fight Over California's Prop 87 Gets Serious . By Samantha Young and Noaki Schwartz, The Associated Press, October 16, 2006."In any other year, a $60 million opposition campaign fueled by a deep-pockets industry would almost certainly spell doom for a California ballot initiative. But the infusion of $40 million by a Hollywood producer has Read more
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Click the highlighted headlines for links to these stories.
The Fight Over California's Prop 87 Gets Serious . By Samantha Young and Noaki Schwartz, The Associated Press, October 16, 2006."In any other year, a $60 million opposition campaign fueled by a deep-pockets industry would almost certainly spell doom for a California ballot initiative. But the infusion of $40 million by a Hollywood producer has Read more
News
October 16, 2006
October 16, 2006
ERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Steve Fransen, a Washington State University forage agronomist at Prosser,
Benton County, harvests a plot of switch grass earlier this year. The
harvested grass will be analyzed this winter to gauge its potential ethanol
yield.
Leftovers from harvest are potential fuel source
By Hal Bernton
Seattle Times staff reporter
MEAD, Neb. � Duck beneath the green canopy of midsummer corn and you find
the faded remains of last year's harvest. Read more
ERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Steve Fransen, a Washington State University forage agronomist at Prosser,
Benton County, harvests a plot of switch grass earlier this year. The
harvested grass will be analyzed this winter to gauge its potential ethanol
yield.
Leftovers from harvest are potential fuel source
By Hal Bernton
Seattle Times staff reporter
MEAD, Neb. � Duck beneath the green canopy of midsummer corn and you find
the faded remains of last year's harvest. Read more
News
October 15, 2006
I recently met a traveller in the airport lounge in
Frankfurt who worked in the forestry industry. We
started talking, and he seemed interested in new
technologies. In the end, I offered to write a column
on nanoforestry for him. I must say I was surprised at
the literature that already exists in this area and
how little one hears about it. Whenever I mention the
term I receive funny remarks. However a lot is going
on.
According to the Nanotechnology for the Forest
Products Industry ˜ Vision and Technology Roadmap, Read more
Frankfurt who worked in the forestry industry. We
started talking, and he seemed interested in new
technologies. In the end, I offered to write a column
on nanoforestry for him. I must say I was surprised at
the literature that already exists in this area and
how little one hears about it. Whenever I mention the
term I receive funny remarks. However a lot is going
on.
According to the Nanotechnology for the Forest
Products Industry ˜ Vision and Technology Roadmap, Read more
News
October 13, 2006
Friends,
Momentum is building for the second International Day of Climate Action on
November 4th. This event is timed to take place just before the November
6th-17th United Nations Climate Change conference in Nairobi Kenya. There are
events planned in 45 countries--doubled from last year! Visit:
www.globalclimatecampaign.org to get
a taste of what is taking place in these countries.
Below you will find:
1) Endorsers of the USA Call to Action as of October 12, 2006
2) Locations Read more
News
October 13, 2006
New Combatant Against Global Warming: Insurance Industry http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1013/p01s01-usec.html . By Ron Scherer, The Christian Science Monitor, October 13, 2006. “Insurance companies, who like to stay out of the limelight, are becoming leading business protagonists in the assault on global warming. • Next week, Travelers, the giant insurance firm, will offer owners of hybrid cars in California a 10 percent discount. It already offers the discount in 41 other states and has cornered a large share of the market. • This fall, Fireman's Fund will cut premiums for "green" buildings Read more
Scientific Study
October 13, 2006
Failing to fight global warming now will cost trillions of dollars by the
end of the century even without counting biodiversity loss or unpredictable
events like the Gulf Stream shutting down, a study said on Friday.
"The climate system has enormous momentum, as does the economic system,"
said co-author Frank Ackerman. "We have to start turning off greenhouse gas
emissions now in order to avoid catastrophe in decades to come."
The study said the cost of inaction by governments and individuals could hit
11 trillion pounds a year by Read more
end of the century even without counting biodiversity loss or unpredictable
events like the Gulf Stream shutting down, a study said on Friday.
"The climate system has enormous momentum, as does the economic system,"
said co-author Frank Ackerman. "We have to start turning off greenhouse gas
emissions now in order to avoid catastrophe in decades to come."
The study said the cost of inaction by governments and individuals could hit
11 trillion pounds a year by Read more
News
Forest Activists call for ArborGen to get out of Southern US, Brazil, Chile...
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Charleston, South Carolina (US)--This morning, the Charleston front of the South to South solidarity campaign went to the Double Tree Hotel to continue this weeks protest around the International Union of Forest Research Read more
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Charleston, South Carolina (US)--This morning, the Charleston front of the South to South solidarity campaign went to the Double Tree Hotel to continue this weeks protest around the International Union of Forest Research Read more
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