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10 Ways to Green Your Business
When the collective intelligence and creativity of the human race is combined, anything is possible. The green initiative has done an excellent job of demonstrating this, with hundreds of innovative solutions having been presented
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22 Mile Oil Plume Found Below Surface Of Gulf
by Dan Charles | npr Scientists have mapped out, for the first time, the underwater path that some petrochemicals took after gushing from BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s an important
Read More »Threat to jobs could cause huge setback in climate change battle
By Jez Abbott Horticulture Week The planned cuts involve 270 Government staff, many of whom hold the key to tackling climate change, flood management, urban drainage and coastal management, according to the institute. The
Read More »Global warming: The final century powered by fossil fuels
By Thomas Fuller There is no doubt that the 21st Century will be the last century powered by fossil fuels. The vigorous debate going on right now is whether the transition will occur at
Read More »Lancaster University Invests in £7.4 million Wind Turbine Scheme
The largest UK university wind turbine project in the country, costing £7.4million, is to meet the energy needs of 7,000 students The project, comprising two 2.3MW turbines, will cut carbon emissions at Lancaster University
Read More »Obama’s green plan must include Native Americans
To accomplish the green energy goals he talked about in his inaugural address, President Obama must work with Native Americans. “Each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries
Read More »Obama to order review of state’s emissions bid
By Zachary Coile, Robert Selna President Obama, in his first major environmental act since taking office, will order the Environmental Protection Agency today to move swiftly on a request by California and other states
Read More »‘Historic’ UK climate laws ushered in
Three laws aimed at fighting climate change come into force in Britain today. by JOEL TAYLOR The legislation provides the world’s first legally binding targets for a country to reduce carbon emissions. Its aim
Read More »Top Ten Ways to Reduce Plastic Consumption
By Neil McLaughlin | By now you have likely heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a tragic byproduct of the plastics industry and consumerism that is an island of garbage floating in the
Read More »Revealed: Brown’s £1bn power windfall
By Juliette Jowit | Rising energy prices are on course to net the government a windfall of over £1bn thanks to a little-known scheme designed to promote the development of renewable energy. The disclosure of
Read More »U.S. Food and Water Supply Poisoned by Perchlorate
By Joanne Waldron | According to a report by the Organic Consumers Association, a toxic chemical that is a byproduct of rocket fuel is rapidly poisoning the food and water supply in the United
Read More »Identity Politics in Climate Change Hell
By George Monbiot | If you want a glimpse of how the movement against climate change could crumble faster than a summer snowflake, read Ewa Jasiewicz’s article, published yesterday on the Guardian’s Comment is
Read More »Wasted Food Is Also Wasted Water
The world’s growing food crisis — which triggered riots and demonstrations in over 30 developing nations early this year — is being aggravated primarily by wastage and overconsumption. IPS | “Obesity is a much
Read More »Colony Collapse Disorder Debunked: Pesticides Cause Bee Deaths
By Heidi Stevenson | The great mystery of bee deaths has been solved. Colony Collapse Disorder is poisoning with a known insect neurotoxin. Clothianidin, a pesticide manufactured by Bayer, has been clearly linked to
Read More »Distortions, Falsehoods, Fabrications
monbiot.com | So here we go again. For the second time, Channel 4 has been fiercely criticised by the broadcasting regulator for a programme attacking environmental science. For the second time the director was Martin
Read More »Channel 4 to be censured over controversial climate film
Watchdog finds documentary was unfair to scientists but did not mislead viewers Owen Gibson, media correspondent, The Guardian The former chief scientist Sir David King and the IPCC complained about Channel 4’s film The
Read More »EPA Won’t Act on Emissions
By Juliet Eilperin and R. Jeffrey Smith | The Bush administration has decided not to take any new steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions before the president leaves office, despite pressure from the Supreme Court
Read More »Planet Burns While G8 Fiddles
By Ramesh Jaura | While the world’s major industrialised nations expressed satisfaction over their three-day summit meetings that concluded Wednesday, non-governmental organisations, after some early and limited approval, were deeply disappointed with the outcome
Read More »Bush signs G8 deal to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
guardian.co.uk | George Bush today paved the way for his successor in the White House to strike an historic deal on climate change when he finally signed up to a G8 statement vowing “to consider
Read More »World’s top scientists say G8 must lead way on carbon capture
G8 governments must lead the way in developing technology to catch carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations as part of immediate action on climate change, scientists urged today. The national science academies in the
Read More »10 reasons why organic can feed the world
By Ed Hamer & Mark Anslow | 1. Yield Switching to organic farming would have different effects according to where in the world you live and how you currently farm. Studies show that the
Read More »Species Going Extinct Faster than Scientists Thought
By Rich Stacel | According to the latest research, species around the world are going extinct faster that previously thought, at a rate not seen since the extinction of the dinosaurs. The Living Planet
Read More »Iraq War May Have Increased Energy Costs by $6 Trillion
By Geoffrey Lean | The invasion of Iraq by Britain and the US has trebled the price of oil, according to a leading expert, costing the world a staggering $6 trillion in higher energy
Read More »Reasons for Starting Your Own Garden
NaturalNews | The Season of Spring is lavish with its abundance. Before we even ask, nature blesses us with every shade of color and profusion of green. Far and wide, beauties of nature are
Read More »3.5 Million Tons of Plastic Floating in the Pacific
David Gutierrez | A mass of plastic debris twice the size of Texas is still growing in the Pacific Ocean, fueled primarily by plastic trash generated on the land. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch consists
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