Greenhouse gases on the agenda.The Obama administration plans to push ahead with plans to aggressively limit greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming despite fears that the move could further slow the recessionary economy.
Making Bio-based Butanol More Competitive We all want to live in a clean and green environment and leave this planet in a […]
Denvers Climate Plan In-Depth: Voluntary Travel OffsetsHere on the Greenprint blog, we’re taking a closer look at each of the 10 recommended strategies from Denver’s recently-released draft climate action plan. Today: an overview of Item 3, which suggests promoting programs for voluntary purchases of certified carbon offsets:“Provide the opportunity to pay a small voluntary fee, […]
Press Release: Groups to Legislature: Rescue Transit System; Unless Albany Acts by March, Downstate Fares Will Soar, Service Will be Slashed, and Rebuilding Work Faces Grim Future
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Gene Russianoff, (917) 575-9434, grussian@nypirg.org
Neysa Pranger at (917) 532-0567, npranger@rpa.org
Bennett Kleinberg, (212) 576-2700, bkleinberg@goodmanmedia.com
ALBANY – Two broad coalitions of civic, business, […]
2nd Gen Biofuels are a Dangerous “Green” BubbleUnited States–A diverse alliance of organizations published an open letter [1] today in the U.S. and internationally warning of the dangers of industrially produced biofuels (called agrofuels by critics). The letter explains why large-scale industrial production of transport fuels and other energy from plants such as corn, sugar […]
Row over scheme to ‘fertilise’ oceans.Scientists are planning this week to start a highly controversial experiment in changing the composition of the oceans, in apparent contravention of international law.
Professor takes part in landmark climate change study.Scott Rutherford, an assistant professor of environmental science at Roger Williams University, co-authored a scientific paper that made international news […]
Power from Trees Currently a team of MIT researchers are using platinum electrodes and ficus plants to discover the truth of feeble electric currents from trees. They have come up with an answer. They state that the pH difference between the soil and the living tree is the cause of creating electric currents. Now scientists […]