Changing Culture Changes Behavior: Labor Union Treasure Hunts find lasting sucessBy Jenna SkowronskiEnvironmental Defense Funds (EDF) innovative partnership with labor union IUE-CWA took me close to home with its second Treasure Hunt at CCL Container in Hermitage, PA, a facility that designs and manufactures aluminum based packaging products for a wide variety of industries, producing […]
No reason to rush decision on pipeline.It will take far more than the short 60-day limit Congress irresponsibly imposed for deciding whether some version of the project can be done without inflicting unacceptable and irreversible damage to the environmnent.
Fords Future Cars: Plastic Bottle Carpets and Soy SeatsHave you ever wondered how an electric vehicle works, […]
Dell, HP Cut PC Power Consumption 2010For both laptop and desktop computers, Dell plans to cut power consumption as part of its required work on compliance with the EPA’s EnergyStar 5.0 standard, reports Mark Hachman of pcmag.com. HP earlier said it would cut power use of “volume” PCs by 25 percent, relative to 2005. In […]
Genetically Modified Plants To Resist Intense DroughtIsraeli agro-biotechnology company, Rosetta Green, has developed a new technology to develop plants that are better able to withstand prolonged periods of severe drought. The company aims to develop new plant varieties resistant to harsh climatic condition, maintaining an increased yield. The company, based in Rehovot, Israel, experimented on […]
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Climate change threatens California economy by changing ecosystems
Study identifies changes to vegetation types, impacts to ranching, carbon storage
Study identifies changes to vegetation types, […]
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FINANCE FORUM CONCLUDES WITH CALL FOR NEW APPROACHES TO EXPANDING GEOTHERMAL POWER PRODUCTIONFiled under: Energy News
With pipeline stopped for now, tar sands battle continues in California courts.A high-stakes legal battle is underway in California over whether the state’s clean air agency can enforce a first-ever rule to slash carbon emissions in transportation fuels.
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Calculating the carbon value of a swamp.A nonprofit organization and a Gulf Coast electric company have come up with a way that might raise money to help protect New Orleans and surrounding areas from storms made worse by climate change EUR by collecting funds from people who feel bad about their carbon dioxide emissions.
Avoiding a […]
Two more billion-dollar weather disasters.NOAA, still adding up the costs of the extreme weather events that plagued the country last year, announced on Thursday that two more weather disasters had surpassed the $1 billion mark, for a total of 14. And the agency is still counting. Scientists suspect that climate change is playing a role […]
World not quite as hot in 2011; ranks 11th warmest.The world last year wasn’t quite as warm as it has been for most of the past decade, government scientists said Thursday, but it continues a general trend of rising temperatures. 2011 marks the 35th straight year that global temperatures were warmer than normal.
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