Archive for January, 2010
According to recent Oregon State University research, extreme waves are getting much bigger — up to 40 percent bigger. (These are caused by wind patterns, and are not to be confused with tsunamis, which result from deep-sea geological events.) These giant rogue waves have caused more … Read the restdamage than rising sea
Grist Article: Did China block Copenhagen progress to pave way for its own dominance in cleantech?
Follow Joe Mohr’s cartoonery at JoeMohrToons.com and on Twitter at @GreenCartoons… Read the rest
Is there a late fee for returning a tiger past its due-date? This is a question that very well could come up some day, considering that Indonesia is planning to promote renting-out tigers for 1 billion rupiahs in order to raise money for tiger conservation. “There are many orders from… Read the rest
The fact that the hole in the Earth’s ozone layer is slowly healing is thought to be a victory for environmental policy makers, but scientists warn that there is a catch: it may contribute to global warming.
Discovered about Antarctica in the mid-1980s, the hole became a cause for alarm,… Read the rest
At the U.S. Conference of the Mayors last week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about the environmental and agricultural importance of vertical farming. Specifically, he spoke of VertiCrop high density growth systems; suspended tray systems that use UV lighting and filters in place of herbicides and pesticides, and which produce… Read the rest
Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. ~Mark Twain, “Taming the Bicycle”
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
When man … Read the rest
In the last 6 months, tens of thousands of people across the country, nearly 100 members of Congress, three former Northwest governors, hundreds of local and national businesses (including Wend Magazine), thousands of scientists from around the country have called on the Obama administration to end 20 years of legal… Read the rest
The oil tanker and barge collision that occurred at a Texas port two days ago has been attended to by the Coast Guard. However, only ten percent of the oil (46,200 gallons out of 450,000 gallons) has been recovered. The rest of it has either evaporated or dispersed in the… Read the rest
Even though NASA scientists have confirmed that global warming exists, there are still plenty of people out there that aren’t so sure it’s man made. While some may find this viewpoint arrogant, the Vice-Chairman of National Development and Reforms Commission in China, Xie Zhenhua, is among them, the Telegraph… Read the rest reports.
A great ad from Milwaukee River Keeper that incorporates a “Banksy-esque” street graffiti style.
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