As the markets have gone down, long-held assumptions have been thrown up and into the air. Economic theories, and not just the value of our homes and our retirement accounts, are coming undone. In some cases, that may just be a good thing.
Consider the argument that climate change solutions, no mat...
A hydrogen concept car that attempts to sidestep the three main hurdles to the dream of hydrogen-fuelled highways has been unveiled in London, UK.
The car weighs 772 pounds and can travel 186 miles on just 2.2 pounds of liquid hydrogen.
The Riversimple Urban Car fuel cell combines hydrogen with ox...
Antibiotics, Antimicrobials And Antifungals In Waterways
"Rivers, creeks, lakes, estuaries, basins, sea waters and wells have been reported to be contaminated by several of these compounds," says Dr. Sauve, adding that a previous review by the scientific team also demonstrated that pharmaceuticals ...
Italian officials are reducing the amount of plastic trash by encouraging people to drink the potable tap water instead of bottled water. This strategy has already made a difference in reducing the amount of overall plastic trash in Italy from 288 tons of plastic trash a month a year ago to 261 tons...
Oil spills don't just happen when drunk supertanker captains screw up. There are small spills all over waiting to happen.
I keep noticing this so I had to write about it. Little tiny oil spills waiting to happen. There is one in my carport that I have to look at everyday. Someone who doesn't ...
When it comes to saving our environment, we need to look at ourselves in the mirror. There are simple solutions, like bicycling to work, that could save money and lives.
You’ve heard the arguments over and over.
Cycling to work is not only good for you, but good for the environment. One would thin...
In China's rush to become the factory for the world, they forgot to protect their own people and the rest of us who live in the pollution offshoots they create and who often unwittingly are buying and using Chinese made products. Now we learn from the LA Times, Oct 14th article by John M. Glionna th...
Good news on the environment re US Congressional actions and Pres Bush is a rare thing, but under bi-partisan leadership with Mr Bush expected to sign, new legislation would ban in 2013 and the Energy Dept would be required to store mercury toxic stockpiles permanently instead of dumping it on the w...
A Bush Administration ruling barring states and local governments from requiring more air-pollution monitoring is illegal according to a ruling by the US Court of Appeals District of Columbia. "We can't have strong enforcement of our clean air laws unless we know what polluters are putting into the ...
Source Associated Press-June 12 2008, Four Homebuilders Fined for Runoff
MDC Holdings Inc, Denver, CO; Centex Corp, Dallas, Texas, KB Home of Los Angeles, California and Pulte Homes Inc. of Broomfield Hills, Michigan have agreed to pay $4.3 million in fines for failing to control runoff at construc...
The St Louis Post-Dispatch article by Sarah Lohman (June 11, 08) was really frightening. She reports that scientists predict the biggest ever dead zone of 10,000 square miles!!!!!!
This is oxygen deprived water in which algae consumes oxygen forcing life to flee or die. The Midwestern corn grown fo...
