New report says Ohioan will spend big on fossil fuels without clean energy advances (WKSU Kent State University) - Environmentalists say a new report shows Ohioans will spend more than $993 billion on fossil fuels during the next 20 years if major advances aren't made in clean energy technologies. Jeff Greenfield own a company in southern Ohio that makes solar panels. He says what Ohio does right now to bring new energy technology to the state will determine what happens with the industry in the future. ...
Congressmen: Clean energy bill 'disastrous' (11 News Houston) - The American Clean Energy and Security Act that barely passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week is either the first major step in curtailing the emission of gases believed responsible for global warming or will lead to "the complete annihilation of the oil industry in the United States."
Audi TDI Clean Diesel Paves Road to Energy Independence (Automotive Fleet) - HERNDON, VA - Audi launched an aggressive public awareness campaign in the U.S. to highlight the ways in which TDI clean diesel can help America achieve energy independence
Canada Tops List Of Worst Countries For Climate Change (redOrbit) - The green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday that Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations for tackling climate change while Germany is at the top of the list, AFP reported.The assessment criticizes Canada for greenhouse-gas emissions that are surging "far above" its obligations under the UN's Kyoto Protocol.The group said ...
Water treatment plant mud is 'green' fuel (redOrbit) - Spanish scientists say mud from waste water treatment plants can be an alternative fuel, enabling cement factories to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers from Virgili University said the use of such mud can also help factories comply with the Kyoto Protocol, as well as posing no risk to human health and being profitable. The environmental impact assessment analyzed the ...
Swedish leader plans to use climate change miracle to cut greenhouse gases (Times Online) - Sweden plans to use its climate change miracle to convince China and the United States to sign up to tough cuts in greenhouse gases at the Copenhagen summit to find a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep (USA Today) - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
Speidi gets political: Spencer and Heidi Pratt spout off on 9/11, global warming, birth control (New York Daily News) - Speidi revealed their takes on 9/11, global warming and President Obama in a Monday appearance on Alex Jones' radio show "Infowars.".
Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland's island Hirta are 5 percent smaller today than they were in 1985, according to a team of researchers led by Tim Coulson of Imperial College London. "The decrease in body size was due to a reduction in growth rates caused, in part, by the ...