22/12/11
La administración de Obama anunció los nuevos estándares para la protección contra las emisiones de mercurio y otros venenos procedentes casi en su totalidad de las plantas de combustión de carbón.
22/02/11
For the first time since 1998, the Federal Trade Commission is updating its Green Guides for environmental marketing claims. The Green Guides are meant to define terms and standardize claims made about a product’s impact on the environment. The Green Guides gives the FTC the right to...
09/12/10
A chart showing human population growth over the last 25,000 years rises steeply at its end. In just 100 short years, we have grown from 1.6 billion to 6.9 billion people on the planet. In the 20th century, amidst this unprecedented population growth, emissions of CO2—one of a number of...
11/10/10
A saltwater fish tank may be a terminal expense for the home hobbyist, the fish inside and the home reef raided to catch those fish. The aquarium trade reports $2 million in revenue but is believed to poach ten times that amount—that’s still chump change on a multi-billion-dollar trade...
19/08/10
Black liquor –a byproduct of the paper manufacturing process– has been burned to power paper manufacturing plants for the last 75 years. In 2009, paper companies who use the viscous substance, in a mix with diesel fuel, pounced on a 50 cent-per-gallon tax credit that was meant to...
24/06/10
What if you knew all the technology to function oil free was available, but just needs political support? That technology is within reach. The BP oil disaster in the Gulf is a wake up call to forge ahead in creating a clean energy future. People must urge President Obama to get the United States...
26/04/10
Approximately 42,000 gallons or 1,000 barrels of crude oil are pouring into the ocean every day since a British Petroleum (BP) oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard stated that 48,000 gallons of oil-water mix have been collected from Thursday to Sunday off the coast of Louisiana....
16/11/09
On November 18, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will release The State of World Population 2009: Facing a changing world: women, population and climate. This report shows that climate change will affect women differently than the rest of the population here in the US and around the world...
09/11/09
Congress is taking action on climate change, but it's an uphill battle because some lawmakers are dragging their feet. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is waiting for Congress to pass an energy and climate bill so that an international climate treaty can be enacted. The delay is also causing the...
21/06/09
From 1990 to 2005, the number of gas producing wells nationwide increased from 270,000 to 425,000. Oil and gas production releases pollution that can have serious impacts on human health and the surrounding air, water, and land. Although these operations are frequently located near homes, schools,...
