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China's River Systems Are All Polluted

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 06 June 2011 in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands

The overall environmental situation in China is very grim with all seven major river systems polluted, according to Li Ganjie, Vice Minister of the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection, speaking at a press conference on June 3 to discuss the Report of the State of the Environment of China (2...

Well done UK Govt: Committing to an ambitious carbon budget

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 17 May 2011 in Air Quality

by Greg Lavery, Ph.D. Yesterday (17 May) the UK government committed to a 50% reduction on 1990 greenhouse gas emission levels by 2025. This is very good for the development of the UK’s green economy and honours the recommendations of the Independent Committee on Climate Change. It represents anoth...

Man-made rock reef is part of a welcome seaweed change

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 08 May 2011 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

Three years ago, Southern California Edison pushed basketball-size rocks from a barge off San Clemente. Little did the utility realize that the kelp reef it created would thrive the way it has, or as quickly. By Tony Barboza It was a gamble when Southern California Edison crews pushed basketball-s...

Where Earth Day Hits Home

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 24 April 2011 in General Environment

Earth Day isn't good for my health. I've got to stop observing it. Actually, I don't. Normally. Observe it. Or rather I prefer to think of every day as Earth Day. It probably has something to do with when I came of age—the late '60s, early '70s. It hit me over the head (my recollection is that the m...

Albert Beger Earth Day giveaway

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 21 April 2011 in Arts and Entertainment

Hello,Earth Day 2011 is an important day. It's a reminder to ourselves to keep a close watch on nature, ecology and ourselves as visitors on this planet earth. In honor of this day, I'm giving away my 2008 album Big Mother for a free download (click here), and I hope this album will touch you and m...

Global New Energy Summit, 4/17-19, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs.

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 04 April 2011 in Clean Technology

Please join invVEST at the Broadmoor for the GLOBAL NEW ENERGY SUMMIT 4/17-19, 2011. invVEST CEO, Mr. Probir Ghosh, is the Moderator/Speaker on the International Panel. View agenda on http://gnes.rmtech.org. Speakers include: Mark Udall, Bill Ritter, Dan Arvizu etc. We will dis...

The turtle journal (Day 1)

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 in Animals

Today we begin a journey. Two inexperienced (in film) sisters sit in a quiet bedroom in the early evening, thinking. We discuss camera angles, locations for filming, possible interviews, questions that need to be asked, ideas that need to be emphasized and knowledge that we wish to share. Not&n...

The Triumph of Climate Politics

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 in Earth Violators

Got hope and change? Supply-sider David Stockman was full of it in 1981 when the Reagan Revolution swept the country. Stockman, a rising star in GOP politics, became Reagan’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget and quickly began looking for ways to curtail the dreaded “welfare state.”...

Helping Japan and the Pacific Recover

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 in Human Health

We have yet to realize the true devastation of the 9.0 Magnitude earthquake, and resulting tsunami, that struck the north Pacific coast of Japan on March 11. All over the world, hearts go out to those affected by this tragedy. Now is the perfect time to do a project that can help give the people in ...

To Burn or To Bury, Garbage and its Future

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 in Earth Violators

Wisconsin, USA -- Europe burns heaps of garbage, getting lots of electricity and some heat. The United States does not. Proponents say incineration shrinks the waste and produces heat and electricity while reducing the need for landfills and the diesel-drinking trucks tasked with taking trash to o...

No More Fukushimas, please?

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 28 March 2011 in Sustainable Development

The situation at the damaged nuclear reactors in Fukushima is dire. Two days ago, three workers were exposed to water containing radioactive materials 10,000 times the normal level in the basement of Reactor No. 3. This reactor is especially dangerous because it contains MOX fuel, a mixture of...

Pull the Plug on Global Warming

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 28 March 2011 in Energy Efficiency

Editors note: At the request by Albert Kong, Vrinda Agarwal and Shilpa Bhat - students from R.J. Grey Junior High School, who are participating in the Siemens We Can Change the World challenge, Acton Patch is running this article that was submitted by the group. We thought it wa...

Is Environmentalism Still Dead?

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 24 March 2011 in Ecotourism

In 2004, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger wrote an essay titled "The Death of Environmentalism" that shook the environmental community -- although probably not quite enough. Nordhaus and Shellenberger (N and S) have gone on to form The Breakthrough Institute, arguing that we need technolo...

Kansas Blames EPA for Bad Air Quality

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 24 March 2011 in Air Quality

March 24, 2011 The Kansas House has approved a resolution saying the Environmental Protection Agency air-quality regulations are hurting the national economy. The resolution approved Wednesday urges Congress to stop funding EPA's air-quality work and to stop the agency from regulatinggreenhouse g...

Earth Hour 2011

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 21 March 2011 in Energy Efficiency

About Earth HourEarth Hour is a global initiative in partnership with WWF. Individuals, businesses, governments and communities are invited to turn out their lights for one hour on Saturday March 26, 2011 at 8:30 PM to show their support for environmentally sustainable action. The event began in Syd...

Basalt reaps the rewards after winning plastic bag challenge

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 21 March 2011 in Solar

One good environmental deed in Basalt led to another on Wednesday.Aspen Times staff reportAspen, CO Colorado BASALT — One good environmental deed in Basalt led to another on Wednesday. The town won a contest last year to reduce plastic shopping bag use, and Wednesday it reaped the fruits of that s...

Environmentalist Jane Goodall to speak at Penn State

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 21 March 2011 in Environmental Heroes

“I have a broken wrist, black eye and many bruises.” Exhausted from travel, and boarding a plane to Cincinnati for a lecture, renowned environmentalist Jane Goodall explained in a telephone interview on Sunday that she sustained several minor injuries after falling down a cellar. Ho...

Snows of Kilimanjaro defy global warming predictions

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 19 March 2011 in Climate Change

If there is a poster child for global warming, it may be the vanishing snows of Kilimanjaro, which were predicted to disappear as early as 2015 in a widely-publicized report a decade ago. However, the famed snowcap is stubbornly persisting on the African peak and may not fully vanish for ...

Water is Essential to Life. Participate in World Water Day

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 19 March 2011 in Water Conservation

What is the one natural substance that is MOST vital to life on Earth? Water. Without water, life is impossible for most creatures and plants. Clean water is essential to life, and as the Earth’s population grows, water is becoming more and more a limiting factor to human life. Concentrating ...

Oahu's Wind Power Meets Increasing Energy Needs

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 19 March 2011 in Wind

If the Interisland Wind Project brought 400 megawatts of wind power from Lanai and Molokai to Oahu as planned, this would bring the island's total wind power to 500 megawatts, meeting increasing energy needsA new study has found that an additional 400 megawatts of wind power, coupled with existing w...