The CO2 emissions caused by deforestation make Brazil a top-tier global warming polluter that has been criticized for not moving more quickly to save its vast but diminishing Amazon basin … Read more
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Tar Sands: NWF Memo to Editorial and Opinion Writers
National Wildlife Federation released the following memo today to editorial and opinion writers about the State Department’s approval of a multi billion dollar pipeline to import oil from Canadian tar … Read more
China Sets Long-Term CO2 Limit For The First Time
Leaders in China have, for the first time, indicated how they are approaching their overall greenhouse gas emissions standards. This is the good news. But the greater challenge is emissions … Read more
McKinsey Report: U.S. Energy-Saving Will Create 600,000 to 900,000 New Green Jobs
The global consulting firm of McKinsey and Company , finds that elevating energy efficiency to a national priority could spur the creation of 600,000-900,000 long-term green jobs and reduce our … Read more
See The World’s New, To-The-Second, Green House Gas Tracker
In New York City there is a large digital display that tracks the national debt to the second. Building on that idea Deutche Bank has recently erected a similar display … Read more
Thousands Year-Old Process Could Help Defeat Global Warming
Welsh scientists are looking at the ancient practices of Amazonian Indians who developed a process some 6,000 years ago that could help to trap carbon dioxide and lower greenhouse gas … Read more
University of Florida Strives to Surpass LEED
For universities serious about reducing their carbon footprint, compact fluorescent light bulbs just won’t cut it. Many are starting, quite literally, from the ground up, building highly efficient dorms, classrooms … Read more
Students Have Their Hands Full Saving Food, Energy and Water
University and college dining halls across the country are beginning to sound a little different these days, as if there are a few less “clanks” and “clatters” mingled with mealtime … Read more
Utah government joins universities in switching to 4-day workweek
Until recently, most considered their commute to be nothing more than a necessary evil, if they considered it at all. But rising gas prices, air pollution and the awareness of … Read more
