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Earth Day 2011

Posted by Wolf on Thursday, 21 April 2011 in Peace

The aim of Earth Day 2011 is to gather at least one billion acts of services to the environment by the time the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development rolls around, otherwise known as Rio+20. So far the Earth Day Network has recorded over 70 million Acts of Green as part of E...

What Will You Do For Earth Day?

Posted by EarthDude on Wednesday, 20 April 2011 in Environmental Heroes

Need something to do for Earth Day? Here are several Earth Day links to choose from. EARTH DAY LINKS DLTK's Crafts for Kids features an entire section on craft-making for Earth Day. You'll find songs, coloring pages and construction paper crafts, plus some entertaining online games.Earth ...

Has BP really cleaned up the Gulf oil spill?

Posted by Wolf on Wednesday, 20 April 2011 in Oil Spill

There are few people who can claim direct knowledge of the ocean floor, at least before the invention of the spill-cam, last year's strangely compulsive live feed of the oil billowing out of BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. But for Samantha Joye it was familiar terrain. The intersection of...

Go Meatless On Earth Day

Posted by Wolf on Tuesday, 19 April 2011 in Food

Just in time for Earth Day, April 22, European scientists released a groundbreaking report linking meat consumption to nitrogen pollution. Nitrogen pollution? What on earth is nitrogen pollution? Nitrogen is commonly used to fertilize crops. Between 70 and 80 percent of agricultural greenhouse gas e...

10 Green Jobs

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 14 April 2011 in Sustainable Development

If there is one thing that our communities desperately need right now, it’s jobs. Power Shift will bring thousands of dedicated, energetic youth into Washington, D.C. this weekend to strategize about solutions for a clean energy future—but what impact will they have had on the D.C. community? Hope...

Why Do Sea Turtles Need Solar Panels?

Posted by EarthDude on Sunday, 10 April 2011 in Wildlife Conservation

Five things you may or may not know about sea turtles: They can live 80 years or longer. They're important to ocean and beach ecologies. They're immune to (and happily feed on) deadly box jellyfish. All seven species worldwide are either endangered or critically endangered. And solar panels might be...

Nitrates in Food

Posted by henryfool on Saturday, 09 April 2011 in Food

Where Nitrates Come From Nitrates occur naturally in the environment and are produced by living organisms. It aids in the growth of fruits and vegetables. Nitrates are also added to some foods to help preserve them and maintain color. They are also found in water, although in varying amou...

Milk Kills Children in China

Posted by henryfool on Saturday, 09 April 2011 in Food

Three children have died and 35 people have become ill from drinking nitrite-tainted milk in China's north-western Gansu province, Xinhua news agency has reported in the latest food safety scandal to hit the dairy industry. Most of the 35 were children under 14 now being treated at two hospitals in...

Drilling in the Gulf

Posted by bchristo on Friday, 08 April 2011 in Oil Spill

Federal regulators on Friday gave Statoil permission to drill a deep-water well - the 10th project approved since such work was halted after last year's Gulf spill. Under the permit, Statoil will be allowed to drill a new well in 7,813 feet of water in its Logan prospect, 219 miles off the Louisian...

What Works and What Doesn't in Living Green

Posted by Wolf on Friday, 08 April 2011 in Sustainable Development

It started with gray water, then escalated to chickens, composting toilets and rain barrels. I'm talking about the two years I've spent transforming my humble California bungalow into a test case for sustainable living — an experience that's cost me hundreds of hours of my time and thousands of doll...

What is the true cost of fossil fuels?

Posted by peter.gephart@gmail.com on Friday, 08 April 2011 in General Environment

The majority of electricity production in the United States comes from the combustion of fossil fuel. However, the low price of electricity derived from fossil fuels such as coal do not reflect the complete cost. Fossil fuels create many externalities, or external costs that consumers do no...

Chinese Coal Use to hit 513 million tons in 2011

Posted by Wolf on Tuesday, 05 April 2011 in Agriculture

China Knowledge reported that China, the world largest coal producer may see its output of coking coal to reach 513 million tonnes in 2010. The insiders estimated that the country demand for coking coal will hit 569 million tonnes this year and there will be 56 million tonnes of insufficiency betwee...

The Wind is Spain's Biggest Energy Source

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 05 April 2011 in Wind

Spain saw wind power become its main source of electricity generation last month, underscoring the country's progress in becoming one of Europe's greenest nations. Power network operator Red Electrica (REE) said Iberian wind farms generated 4,738 GWh of electricity in March to meet 21% of dema...

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...

10 Animals on the Brink of Extinction

Posted by Wolf on Sunday, 03 April 2011 in Wildlife Conservation

1. Iberian lynx The Iberian (Spanish) lynx lives in very small areas of central and southern Spain (Andalucia). It used to live throughout Spain and Portugal but its numbers have been drastically reduced to the point where it is now one of the most endangered wild cats in the world. In the early...

World gets a wake-up call

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Sunday, 03 April 2011 in General Environment

The Japanese nuclear disaster has focused attention on global energy resources and nuclear power's role as a source of electricity. Now is an opportune moment for Japan and the United States, in particular, to undertake a thorough re-examination of their current energy environments and to develop r...

Dead whale on SC coast 'shocking'

Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 in Animals

A large pygmy sperm whale carcass that washed up by the Morris Island lighthouse near Charleston Friday was too decomposed to say what killed it, researchers concluded. The whale stranding follows a string of 13 bottlenose dolphin carcasses since late February. A marine mammal stranding crew was in...

Seafood Now a Concern for Japan

Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 in Fishing

TOKYO -- Fears about contaminated seafood spread Wednesday despite reassurances that radiation in the waters off Japan's troubled nuclear plant poses no health risk. Although experts say radioactive particles are unlikely to build up significantly in fish, the seafood concerns in the country that g...

Dead Whale Washes Ashore in Nags Head

Posted by grant on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 in Animals

NAGS HEAD, N.C. A North Atlantic right whale, one of the rarest animals in the world, washed ashore Sunday on an Outer Banks beach. The female whale had succumbed to injuries that may have been caused by a boat collision, experts said. North Atlantic right whales - the rarest of all whales - are a...

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...