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.
News
May 13, 2006
COLOGNE, GERMANY, MAY 12: The world should do more to develop drought-resistant crops or new flood controls as part of a drive to ease the damaging impact of climate change, the head of environment at the World Bank said.
"As a development institution we have to focus on the fact that millions of people will suffer from climate change," Warren Evans told Reuters on the fringes of a carbon markets trade fair in Cologne, Germany.
He said that countries had so far put most emphasis on trying to slow global warming without focusing enough on how to help societies adapt to Read more
"As a development institution we have to focus on the fact that millions of people will suffer from climate change," Warren Evans told Reuters on the fringes of a carbon markets trade fair in Cologne, Germany.
He said that countries had so far put most emphasis on trying to slow global warming without focusing enough on how to help societies adapt to Read more
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May 12, 2006
House Faces Moment of Truth on Global Warming Will Members Embrace Science and the Need for Real Pollution Limits?
WASHINGTON - May 12 - Members of the U.S. House of Representatives next week face a fateful vote next week that may have repercussions for generations to come. Will they, or won't they, confront the truth on global warming?
Barring behind-the-scenes machinations to prevent the question from reaching the House floor, lawmakers will vote to accept or reject a resolution that not only recognizes the dangers of global warming but also calls for mandatory limits Read more
WASHINGTON - May 12 - Members of the U.S. House of Representatives next week face a fateful vote next week that may have repercussions for generations to come. Will they, or won't they, confront the truth on global warming?
Barring behind-the-scenes machinations to prevent the question from reaching the House floor, lawmakers will vote to accept or reject a resolution that not only recognizes the dangers of global warming but also calls for mandatory limits Read more
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Gauge Match
Push to raise fuel-economy standards gaining new support
By Amanda Griscom Little 11 May 2006
Cringe as we might over record-high gasoline prices, they could be the best thing to happen to automobile fuel economy since the Arab oil embargo.
The soaring cost of oil in recent weeks has sent Washington lawmakers into an election-year frenzy. Some of their proposals -- like one from Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to offer Read more
http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2006/05/11/cafe/index.html?source=daily
Gauge Match
Push to raise fuel-economy standards gaining new support
By Amanda Griscom Little 11 May 2006
Cringe as we might over record-high gasoline prices, they could be the best thing to happen to automobile fuel economy since the Arab oil embargo.
The soaring cost of oil in recent weeks has sent Washington lawmakers into an election-year frenzy. Some of their proposals -- like one from Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to offer Read more
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Environment News Service
VIENNA, Austria, May 9, 2006 (ENS) - An association of European cities linked in partnership with indigenous rainforest peoples has resolved to reduce their emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by 10 percent every five years as a long term strategy. By this means, they intend to cut 1990 levels of per capita greenhouse gas emissions in half by the year 2030.
The Climate Alliance of European Cities with Indigenous Rainforest Peoples is Europe's largest city network dedicated to climate protection, with more than 1,300 member municipalities located in 17 European Read more
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Environment News Service
BOULDER, Colorado, May 8, 2006 (ENS) Over the past 20 years, nations worldwide have controlled the production and use of ozone-destroying chlorine compounds, and the Earth's atmosphere appears to be recovering from losses of protective ozone in the upper atmospheric layers, according to new research.
A paper by Betsy Weatherhead of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory in Colorado and Signe Bech Andersen of the Danish Meteorological Institute documents a leveling off of ozone loss as a result of the Montreal Protocol. Read more
A paper by Betsy Weatherhead of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory in Colorado and Signe Bech Andersen of the Danish Meteorological Institute documents a leveling off of ozone loss as a result of the Montreal Protocol. Read more
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May 10, 2006
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Across Generations: The Chemical Pollution Mothers & Daughters Share and Inherit
SACRAMENTO, California - May 10 - The unique bond between a mother and daughter starts in the womb and lasts a lifetime. This Mother’s Day, lab tests of mothers and their daughters show that they share another, unwanted bond: a common body burden of industrial chemicals that can be passed down across generations.
Tests commissioned by the
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Worried about the high cost of gas? You've got good reason. The Bush Administration has warned that gasoline and other energy prices (which were already on the rise) shot up after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and are likely to remain high for several years. The President has even gone so far as to recommend that Americans attempt to conserve energy.
The best way to avoid spending more on gas than you need to? Keep all of these tips in mind:
1. Drive Smart! When you drive aggressively, you waste gas and put others at risk. Observe the speed limit, avoid rapid Read more
Scientific Study
May 4, 2006
The time is right for the United States to begin a transition to ethanol derived from switchgrass to help break the country's dependence on fossil fuels and curb costly transportation costs, say participants in a study done at Carnegie Mellon University. Switchgrass is a perennial tall grass used as forage for livestock. Among the study's findings was that ethanol derived from switchgrass could be made in sufficient quantities to deliver fuel comprised of 16 percent ethanol and 84 percent gasoline throughout the United States. A report on the study was published Monday in the American Read more
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May 2, 2006
Former Vice President Al Gore is visiting Seattle like he's back on the campaign trail.
Actually he is. It's just a campaign of a different sort.
When he arrives in Seattle today, for the second time in two months, the man who narrowly missed becoming president in 2000 is coming in a new role: elder statesman and itinerant preacher about the dangers of global warming.
Just this year, Gore has been on the covers of Vanity Fair and Wired magazines. In March, more than 500 people at Seattle's Benaroya Hall saw a computerized slide show about climate change Read more
Actually he is. It's just a campaign of a different sort.
When he arrives in Seattle today, for the second time in two months, the man who narrowly missed becoming president in 2000 is coming in a new role: elder statesman and itinerant preacher about the dangers of global warming.
Just this year, Gore has been on the covers of Vanity Fair and Wired magazines. In March, more than 500 people at Seattle's Benaroya Hall saw a computerized slide show about climate change Read more
News
May 2, 2006
Two out of every five species on the planet that have been assessed by scientists face extinction, according to the latest World
Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
Overall, 16,119 animal and plant species are in danger of extinction, including 1 in 8 birds, 1 in 4 mammals and 1 in 3 amphibian species. Since records began, 784 species have been declared extinct. From the poles to the deserts, "biodiversity loss is increasing, not slowing down," says IUCN director-general Achim Steiner.
The main cause, as ever, is people, as humanity impacts the Read more
Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
Overall, 16,119 animal and plant species are in danger of extinction, including 1 in 8 birds, 1 in 4 mammals and 1 in 3 amphibian species. Since records began, 784 species have been declared extinct. From the poles to the deserts, "biodiversity loss is increasing, not slowing down," says IUCN director-general Achim Steiner.
The main cause, as ever, is people, as humanity impacts the Read more
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