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India's Green-Energy Providers May Struggle After Power Blackout

Posted by henryfool on Friday, 10 August 2012 in Solar

By Bruce Einhorn If there’s any country where solar power should be an easy sell, it’s India. Two-thirds of the country’s power supply comes from fossil fuels, and power producers can’t get enough coal to fire their plants or enough pipeline space to distribute natural gas, Bloomberg Businessweek ...

Strong customer pressure on biz to go green

Posted by bensor on Friday, 10 August 2012 in Green Products/Services

Businesses' growing concerns over their public profile and the need to meet corporate social responsibility (CSR) obligations mean vendors and suppliers are increasingly under pressure to be eco-friendly to stay competitive. This was recently highlighted when Apple in July rejoined the Electronics ...

Antarctic Speeds Ice Loss

Posted by amir on Friday, 10 August 2012 in Climate Change

Scientists from the U.K. have uncovered a 1.6 kilometre-deep rift valley under the ice in West Antarctica, a feature which they say may explain why that part of the continent is losing ice so rapidly. Detailed in the journal Nature, experts from the University of Aberdeen and British Antarctic Surv...

July 2012 - The Hottest Month of Record for the US

Posted by amir on Friday, 10 August 2012 in Climate Change

Drought expands to cover nearly 63% of the Lower 48; wildfires consume 2 million acres The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during July was 77.6°F, 3.3°F above the 20th century average, marking the hottest July and the hottest month on record for the nation. The previous warmest July for...

Significant U.S. Climate Events for July 2012

Cameroon increases elephant protection after mass slaughter

Posted by Angel on Friday, 10 August 2012 in Wildlife Conservation

Yaoundé, Cameroon — Six months after the killing of hundreds of elephants in a Cameroon national park, WWF today is releasing exclusive video material from the scene of the shocking event. The release comes on the eve of World Elephant Day on Sunday, August 12, 2012. WWF fears that soon this event m...

Solar storms to hit Earth

Posted by grant on Wednesday, 08 August 2012 in General Environment

Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days. "The magnetic storm that is soon to develop probably will be i...

Green Your Business by Planet Media

Posted by planetmedia on Wednesday, 08 August 2012 in Energy Efficiency

A greener workplace can mean a lighter ecological footprint, a healthier and more productive place to work, and good news for the bottom line. Like many other business, we have the choice to limit our effect on the environment. We choose to make a difference, and here are a few ways that we...

Extreme Drought And Its Challenges To The US's Clean Water Supply

Posted by Aaron on Saturday, 04 August 2012 in Clean Water

by Jenny Hoffner This summer we have seen and felt the impacts of one of the worst droughts in the last 50 years. As of late June, over 55% of the country was experiencing moderate to extreme drought. The map to the right illustrates the drought's far-reaching impacts; and while the most extreme ef...

Hawaiian Electric, Army move forward with biofuels plant

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Saturday, 04 August 2012 in Biofuels

by Duane Shimogawa Hawaiian Electric Co. and the Army are moving ahead with the development of a 50-megawatt biofuels power plant at Schofield Barracks. The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday approved HECO’s request for a waiver from the competitive bidding process for the purpose of ...

Biofuels production poses risk to global food security, says FAO

Posted by Wolf on Saturday, 04 August 2012 in Biofuels

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula Increasing production of bioethanol and biodiesel would have a great impact on global food security, according to a United Nation official. In a speech during the 3rd DuPont ASEAN Media Forum, Hiroyuki Konuma, assistant director for the Food & Agriculture Organization ...

Severe weather renews climate-change talks in Washington, Annapolis

Posted by henryfool on Thursday, 02 August 2012 in Climate Change

By Scott Dance Policies to change building codes in flood plains and on shorelines, construct offshore wind turbines and manage suburban sprawl could gain political traction, officials hope, as recent extreme weather renews a conversation on climate change in Maryland and nationally. State efforts...

Save Our Shores Honors 2012 Ocean Heroes

Posted by bchristo on Thursday, 02 August 2012 in Environmental Heroes

Save Our Shores, the leader in ocean awareness, advocacy, and citizen action on the Central Coast, is pleased to announce the recipients of their annual Ocean Hero awards. The Save Our Shores 2012 Ocean Hero Award goes to Mark Stone, whose leadership authoring and passing Santa Cruz County’s single...

Logging Roads Could Avoid Clean Water Act Rules

Posted by Aaron on Thursday, 02 August 2012 in Clean Water

by Amelia Templeton The House Transportation Committee has approved a bill exempting logging roads from federal storm water pollution regulation. Dirt and gravel roads can alter the natural plumbing of a forest, channeling mud into streams. In the past, the EPA left it to the states to regulate se...

Studying gas drilling's effect on health suffers from lack of funding

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 02 August 2012 in Human Health

Is gas drilling ruining the air, polluting water and making people sick? The evidence is sketchy and inconclusive, but a lack of serious funding is delaying efforts to resolve those pressing questions and creating a vacuum that could lead to a crush of lawsuits, some experts say. A House committee ...

Indigenous Peoples International Declaration on Self-Determination and Sustainable Development

Posted by plantitfilm on Sunday, 29 July 2012 in Sustainable Development

Indigenous Peoples from all regions of the world met at the “Indigenous Peoples International Conference on Sustainable Development and Self Determination,” from June 17 – 19, 2012 at the Museu da República in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the declaration that will be delivered to worl...

2012 London Olympics Go for the Green

Posted by amir on Thursday, 26 July 2012 in Green Design

with Its Energy Efficient, Sustainable, and Recyclable Design Tomorrow the 2012 London Olympics will be officially underway, and the 500-acre Olympic Park constructed for the world competition is home to nine brand new sports facilities. With the enormous task of keeping tens of thousands of specta...

Going Green Too Expensive, Inconvenient, Time Consuming

Posted by henryfool on Wednesday, 25 July 2012 in General Environment

A KeenForGreen.com survey finds several roadblocks to a more "green" life. Obstacles including the high cost, inconvenience, and large time commitments associated with green products and behaviors. In a recent KeenForGreen.com survey 76% of respondents described “living green” as important. Seventy...

Understanding Climate Change: Powerpoint and Propaganda

Posted by Wolf on Wednesday, 25 July 2012 in Climate Change

By Chris Eberhardt When asked what Chinese youth think of when they hear the words climate change (气候变化), common answers included rising temperatures and sea levels, the disappearance of island nations, or that the winters in his or her hometown were getting warmer. In response to an online Chines...

Forest 'Disruption' Greater Threat Than Climate Change

Posted by amir on Wednesday, 25 July 2012 in Forestry

by Justin Doom Deforestation of protected areas and illegal hunting of endangered species that live there has a greater impact on biodiversity than climate change, over-fishing and the degradation of coral reefs, according to a researcher. The “rapid disruption” of protected tropical for...

Teens Surf Whale Carcass

Posted by amir on Tuesday, 24 July 2012 in Earth Violators

PEOPLE are being warned to keep away from the dead whale washed up near Warrnambool's Thunder Point after callous photographs appeared on a social networking site. One posted on Facebook yesterday shows a group of people touching the male humpback as one man stands on top of it in a surfing pose. ...