The Canadian Seal Hunt is Dead! Long Live the Seals! Commentary by Captain Paul Watson "I would like to see the six million seals, or whatever number is out there, killed and sold, or destroyed or burned. I do not care what happens to them. If there was a market for more seals, the co...
The intermittent, yet often complementary, nature of wind and solar energy has long been observed and increasingly remarked upon of late. Minnesota’s Ecos Energy is looking to take advantage of that by building the state’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) array on a 13-acre site in sou...
It was recently announced that McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Burger King will stop adding "pink slime " to burgers. Pink slime is an ammonia-sterilized beef byproduct that has gotten bad press for passing as "100% beef" in ads. You can be certain that the news means that food scientists ...
The combination of green roofs with rooftop solar panels can provide a quick and easy way to boost solar cell efficiency right now, making it more cost effective for property owners to invest in a rooftop solar installation without waiting for new technology breakthroughs to hit the m...
By 2050 or so, the human population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of...
And the same rain that brings mercury pollution down from the sky falls on us, too. So are these species a kind of canary in the coal mine for mercury’s effects on other vertebrates, including people? And will strict new federal standards limiting U.S. power plant pollution be enough ...
and Boulder, CO-based energy management company Tendril will build a demonstration home designed to power BMW's ActiveE electric vehicle while minimizing the home and the car's carbon footprint, the New York Times reported. The home, which will be built at BMW's San Francisco Bay Area...
Bob Barker Asks UVA to Stop Testing on Cats 0 Tweet by Ali Berman January 29, 2012 When it comes to animal rights, Bob Barker doesn’t discriminate. He speaks out for elephants, chimps, cats and dogs. You name it. In his latest effort on behalf of animals, Barker has teamed up with PCR...
Ritalin and ADD/ADHD have become so closely with each other that to mention the one is to imply the other. Indeed, at the end of last year, a mild panic arose over a shortage of drugs like Ritalin and Adderall . Three million children now take such medications, a 20-fold increase in t...
The existence of some of the “largest organisms that have ever lived ” – 3,000-year-old sequoias , the 2,000-year-old giant redwoods , big trees around the world in Amazonia, Africa and central America — is in danger as never before, says New Scientist magazine . We human beings who b...
© ecoShowroom A fashionista at Berlin Fashion Week dons a colorful reusable coffee cup, called KeepCup. Berlin Fashion Week might take a back seat to the Paris and Milan menswear shows and haute couture shows, as The Guardian points out , but when it comes to green fashion, they're dr...
For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's Millions Against Monsanto page . ST. LOUIS - Shareholders of Monsanto Co. on Tuesday voted down a proposed study of how the company's genetically engineered crops, or GMOs, may pose financial and legal risks to the seed gia...
January 29, 2012 at 2:37PM by Jim DiPeso | comment There was something for everyone in a blue ribbon commission's final report about managing waste from nuclear power plants. The report , released January 26 and in such high demand that downloads crashed the commission's servers, drew...
There are good reasons why the IPCC assessed that the probability was not as low as suggested by the models or any individual attribution paper. Specifically, the overall assessment must take into account potential structural uncertainties that don’t come into the straight model analy...
If you’re a business owner or manager, send an email to all of your staffers calling for volunteers to form a green team. Here’s the logic: Those who respond care about pitching in and getting involved; those who don’t, don’t. As a business owner or manager, you need to respect that c...
By 2050 or so, the human population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of...
By 2050 or so, the human population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of...
Die rot-rote Landesregierung hält in ihrem aktuellen Entwurf der Energiestrategie 2030 weiterhin an Braunkohle fest, dem schädlichsten aller Energieträger. Der derzeitige Entwurf der Energiestrategie führt in eine klimapolitische Sackgasse , sagt Greenpeace -Energieexpertin Anike Pete...
“We’re excited to take a leading role in bringing solar power systems to the mainstream in Central Florida,” said George Glance, president of KB Home’s Central Florida division. “While many love the year-round warmth and abundant sunshine we are lucky enough to enjoy here in Florida, ...
Photo courtesy Town of Hempstead Outside of New York City on Long Island, the town of Hempstead is the site for a small, though novel, experiment in closed-loop clean energy production, storage and use. There, a 100-kilowatt (kW) “state-of-the-art” wind turbine is being used to genera...
It was recently announced that McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Burger King will stop adding "pink slime " to burgers. Pink slime is an ammonia-sterilized beef byproduct that has gotten bad press for passing as "100% beef" in ads. You can be certain that the news means that food scientists ...
Nature of Business radio, created and hosted by Chrissy Coughlin, is a weekly show on business and environment. I had the pleasure of meeting Rich Goode at one of his Boston Area Sustainability Group (BASG) gatherings a year ago -- a group he co-founded with Glenn Grant of G2 Technolo...
© NASA Earth Observatory Istanbul in 1975. Vegetated areas appear red while urbanized ones appear gray in this satellite image. Recently released satellite photos of Istanbul provide striking visual evidence of what building more roads can do to a city -- and the results aren't very p...
There are two basic reservoir conditions that lead to high water cuts. First, as a water drive oil reservoir is produced the oil/water interface slowly rises as the oil is withdrawn. Akin to salad oil floating on top the vinegar. Eventually the percentage of water increases to the poi...
While there were concerns that the Nissan Leaf might not be a very good vehicle for colder climates, the automaker is ready to demonstrate otherwise. It recently invited a few dozen journalists to have a go in the snow with its signature all-electric on a test course in Shibetsu, Hokk...
The first thing every securities lawyer learns is that technology is a two edged sword. On the leading edge, developers of cheap innovations that ramp rapidly over a few years build thriving businesses that deliver market beating returns for investors. On the bleeding edge, developers...
A writer, producer and director, Meyers is editor and site director of Green Building Elements, a contributor to Clean Technica, and founder of Green Streets MediaTrain, a communications connection and eLearning hub. As an independent producer, he has 18 years of direct experience in ...
When you buy a box of Cheerios at the supermarket, you know exactly what's in it: each ingredient; the number of calories in a serving; grams of sugar, fat, and protein; milligrams of sodium; and so forth. You also get some sense of what this means for your health—from those "percent ...
There has long been a debate in the USA about whether global warming is a figment of scientists’ imagination, and whether it is something really worth devoting policy time too. As such, it’s no surprise to see its consideration as a “top priority” slump over the last year. According t...
TMI also can’t explain why the thyroid cancer rate for the four counties flanking Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant in New York was 66% above the national rate in 2001-2005. Other, more subtle sources may also be contributing to hiked thyroid cancer rates, like leaking nuclear power pl...
