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John Ivanko in Business 253 days ago
Most of us have heard on NPR’s Marketplace that the GMO-giant, Monsanto — a sponsor of the program — is “committed to sustainable agriculture…Produce more. Conserve more.” Obvious greenwashing, if you ask any farmer at a local farmers’ market or people committed to growing with nature, not synthetic chemicals. For more examples of greenwashing, see… Read More…
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About 3 million twinkling, high-efficiency, quarter-watt LED bulbs are now greeting visitors to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, nestled at the doorstep of the spectacular Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Gatlinburg welcomes over 11 million visitors a year. The City of Gatlinburg’s commitment to convert the Gatlinburg Winter Magic Celebration lights program to 100 percent LED bulbs during… Read More…
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Jeff McIntire-Strasburg in Climate Change 434 days ago
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/T4qPa2xIU4o&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Want to argue about the causes of global warming? OK… but as you do so, keep in mind this slideshow by a group of high school students in Kwigillingok, Alaska. The effects of climate change aren’t matters of theory for these kids and their families: they’re seeing them first-hand. via Twilight Earth
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Allison Boyer in Climate Change 513 days ago
Love Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth? It’s about to get a sequel, which will give readers an update on the climate crisis. From Reuters: Nobel Peace Prize winner and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will publish a follow-up to his global warming awareness bestseller “An Inconvenient Truth” on November 3. The book will be… Read More…
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According to reports, the floods destroying Queensland and other parts of Australia are now causing an even bigger problem – crocodiles in the streets. One 5’3″ crocodile was hit by a car earlier this week, and there are reports of more of the large reptiles washing into the area. From Yahoo! News: The army has… Read More…
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Jennifer Lance in Climate Change 613 days ago
The Aral Sea is landlocked between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and it was once the world’s fourth largest inland sea. Due to Soviet irrigation projects, the Aral sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s. In 2007, the sea had shrunk to 10% of its original size, and what remains is heavily polluted from weapons testing,… Read More…
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All timber harvest plans (THP) in California must comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); however, logging companies and the state have largely ignored the enormous increase in global warming emissions caused by clear-cut logging practices. CEQA requires greenhouse gas emissions resulting from a project to be quantified, as well as, THPs must identify… Read More…
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Contrary to popular opinion that global warming began with the Industrial Revolution, a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists has found that global warming began 5,000 to 8,000 years ago with large-scale agriculture production in Asia and extensive deforestation in Europe. The introduction of rice cultivation and tree removal caused increases in methane and… Read More…
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Flood waters Venice, Italy reached a depth of 1.56 meters (5 ft, 1 in.) on Monday. This is the deepest flood in 22 years, and it is the fourth highest flood level in recent history. Is climate change affecting the frequency and depth of flooding in Venice? Via: Boston.com Images: ANDREA PATTARO/AFP PHOTO/AFP/Getty Images
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HSBC Bank, in an effort to raise awareness of global warming, has inserted an aerial image of a cityscape at the bottom of a swimming pool. The global warming swimming pool certainly would give swimmers a different perspective on the problem, although I doubt we will be leisurely swimming above submerged cities if it comes… Read More…
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According to the the UN, the newest threat to the global environment is pollution affecting our food supply. Atmospheric brown clouds caused by pollution contribute to glacial melting and reduce sunlight that negatively impacts agricultural production. Extreme weather caused by global warming is also of concern for farmers. From Beijing to Cairo, dark clouds have… Read More…
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Shirley Siluk Gregory in Climate Change 680 days ago
Climate change might be putting Australia in the throes of a long and devastating (and probably permanent) drought, but the “d” word is making farm families feel bad, government officials have decided. Their recommendation: use the word “dryness” instead. That’s right: it’s the word “drought” that’s so disturbing and not, say, oh, the acre upon… Read More…
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Green Christmases could be coming soon to the U.K. The Daily Mail reports that climate change is causing oak trees to shed their leaves later and later each year … between Nov. 23 and Dec. 13, compared to between Nov. 4 and 21 in the ’30s and ’40s. “Environmental experts say it is only a… Read More…
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According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, meat production is responsible for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Nobel Peace Prize winner, suggested: In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a… Read More…
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Timothy B. Hurst in Climate Change 704 days ago
This photo is one of two such billboards I saw driving through central Pennsylvania recently. The other had a similar message but said: “Clean Coal: Now Clean and Green with New Technologies.” The billboard is sponsored by an organization called Families Organized to Represent the Coal Economy (FORCE). I know I’m curious how FORCE defines… Read More…
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Adam Williams in Climate Change 705 days ago
Google is holding a Project “10 to the 100th” competition to offer opportunity to all of the unknown geniuses out there who have something world-altering to contribute.Serve up an idea that can improve the planet for the most people you can imagine. It’s simple to submit an idea online. Check some boxes, fill out some… Read More…
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It’s art in action for the planet. CoolGlobes is a project confronting the need for a cooler planet, by generating awareness via art such as Karen Ami’s Wind Andamento that is on view in San Francisco. Chicago, San Diego and Washington, D.C. are also into the CoolGlobes scene, with London planning to debut in 2009…. Read More…
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/7rw7fSsczag&hl=en&fs=1] Gary Busey is a man of action. He’s taking his massive cow corks to the farm and putting an end to the madness — with the help of an assistant, an unwitting farmer and a few approachable, if displeased, cows.
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Joe Mohr in Climate Change 707 days ago
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Scientists have discovered massive amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas far more powerful than carbon dioxide, bubbling up from the Arctic seabed, according to an exclusive report published today in the U.K.’s Independent. The revelation raises the frightening possibility that vast quantities of methane long trapped below undersea permafrost will enter the atmosphere and set… Read More…
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According to GreenUpgrader, synthetic trees developed by Dr. Klaus Lackner could be an environmental boon built to scrub the atmosphere of our CO2 excesses: “The idea is that air would flow through the vanes of these structures. Flowing through sodium hydroxide (NaOH) which is inside the synthetic tree CO2 would chemically react to create sodium… Read More…
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Here’s a possible consequence of climate change you might not have heard of yet: giant rockslides that could cause devastating tsunamis. Colin Ballantyne, a professor in the school of geography and geosciences at Scotland’s St. Andrews University, has studied the effects of retreating glaciers in the Scottish Highlands thousands of years ago, and has found… Read More…
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Oh, the irony: a team hoping to break a land speed record for a wind-powered craft while calling attention to the twilight of the fossil fuel era and climate change has been undone by … climate change, apparently. The Ecotricity Greenbird team had hoped to speed across a dry lake bed in Australia, but the… Read More…
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Hate to break the bad news to you Buckeye fans on game day, but a group in Ohio is warning your state’s beloved buckeye tree could start preferring life in Michigan as the climate continues warming. “Global warming could send our beloved Ohio State University mascot and state symbol north to Michigan,” said Tom Bullock,… Read More…
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Reviewing research on over 500 forests, scientists in Europe and the United States have concluded old growth forests store more carbon dioxide than they release. They are not carbon neutral, as previously believed. According to Beverly Law, a professor of global change forest science at Oregon State University: If you have an old forest on… Read More…
