Greenhouse Gas 4 Times Higher Than Though
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Levels of a powerful greenhouse gas are four times as high as previously thought, according to new measurements released on Thursday. Source: Reuters.com, Posted October 25th 2008
Partying Helps Power a Dutch Nightclub
ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands - If you felt that the atmosphere in the new hip Club Watt was somehow electric, you would be right: Watt has a new type of dance floor that harvests the energy generated by jumps and gyrations and transforms it into electricity. It is one of a handful of energy-generating floors in the world, most still experimental. Source: NY Times.com, Posted October 25th 2008
Fuel Efficient Cars- A Taximoron
ROWS of Lincoln Town Cars idling at the curbside, a scene as socially suspect as the old X-rated Times Square, will soon begin disappearing from New York City streets. Source: NY Times.com, Posted October 25th 2008
Europe Forcing Airlines to Buy Emissions Permits
BRUSSELS - European Union governments gave formal approval Friday to a potentially costly system of capping greenhouse gases from any airline flying into or out of the trade bloc - just as the airline industry reported new evidence of the impact of a worsening economy. Source: NY Times.com, Posted October 25th 2008
Is Your Car Making You Sick
As environment-friendly Martha Stewart might know, that new car smell is not a good thing. Source: CNN.com, Posted October 24th 2008
Poland Eyes Alliance with China in U.N. Climate Talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Poland, both deeply reliant on coal, could collaborate in global climate talks to ensure fighting greenhouse gases does not harm their economies, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. Source: Reuters.com, Posted October 23rd 2008
Does Recycling Plastic Cost More Than making It?
In 1967, Mr. McGuire had one piece of career advice for young Benjamin Braddock - plastics. Indeed. In the 40 years since “The Graduate,” plastic has exploded in applications, from car bumpers to computers, and it has been classified into seven types, including PET #1, the type used for plastic water and soda bottles. Now the looming question is what to do with all that plastic. Of the 2.7 million tons of plastic PET bottles on U.S. shelves in 2006, four-fifths went to landfills. Source: LiveScience, Posted May 8th 2008
A Woman, A Village and a War on Plastic Bags
MODBURY, England -- Rebecca Hosking's moment, when a happy English farm girl cried tears that changed her life, came on a speck of sugar-white beach in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Source: Washington Post.com, Posted May 7th 2008
Air Pollution Impedes Bees' Ability to Find Flowers
Air pollution interferes with the ability of bees and other insects to follow the scent of flowers to their source, undermining the essential process of pollination, a study by three University of Virginia researchers suggests. Source: Washington Post.com, Posted May 7th 2008
Global warming could starve oceans of oxygen: study
OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming could gradually starve parts of the tropical oceans of oxygen, damaging fisheries and coastal economies, a study showed on Thursday. Source: Reuters, Posted May 7th 2008
