A weekly roundup of important green news stories from around the web… Less than two years after the BP oil disaster and before Congress has passed one single law to make drilling safer, the Obama Administration has given a green light to expand offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic Ocean. [...]
A recent story in Reuters concerning our need to stop global temperature rises by 2017 should have you worried about the future of life on this planet. According to the report from the International Energy Agency, if we are not able to limit our emissions and slow down the rising temperatures around the globe, we [...]
Something like this could really improve the lives of millions of people around the globe. This year’s winner of the James Dyson Award is Edward Linnacre, a student at Swinburne University of Technology who devised a solution for collecting moisture out of thin air in arid climates or during times of drought.
Still changing your own motor oil? You aren’t alone. Ever since the automobile was invented, self-made garage mechanics have been spending Saturdays changing their motor oil and filters. While many years went by that the used oil was just dumped in backyards and trash barrels without much thought of any environmental impact, we now know [...]
Q: What’s the latest in regard to putting limits on greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.? Is there any hope that Obama can get something done? Our best hope to date was 2009’s American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), a bill that called for the implementation of a “cap-and-trade” system to limit carbon dioxide [...]
A weekly roundup of important green news stories from around the web… The movement known as Occupy: fill in the blank yourself here, has spread to more than 500 places across the country — mostly in the shape of sit-ins, marches and rallies. Mostly peaceful, too. There was more violence in Oakland last night. Sixteen [...]
Environmental issues are getting an ever growing number of mentions in newspapers, on television and on the internet, increasingly making society aware of how our everyday behavior will one day have a catastrophic impact on our planet unless we start to change. Unfortunately, the thought of making a small contribution to a long term process [...]
