The gulf oil spill has been disastrous for a rare breed of brown pelicans that live on Queen Bess Island. The brown pelican is very much at risk and the impact on underwater life is not yet known at this time. The dangers for this kind of pelican are increased by the way it feeds [...]
In Bolivia, on Earth Day, where he held the Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, an initiative of President Evo Morales, several Latin American leaders demanded that the industrialized countries to halve their greenhouse gases 2020. In the region of Tiquipaya (central Bolivia), Morales said that the difference between this meeting [...]
The initiative of the World Environment Day, Earth Day, in the U.S. came in 1970 when Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson spoke out for Americans to take actions for the environment. Since then, several events are held throughout the country, which this year included the participation of actors from “Avatar” and its director James Cameron, who [...]
April 22nd is Earth Day, a very important celebration for environmentalists around the world. Even Google is celebrating it, by showing a custom Earth Day green logo on their front page. This is a day when everybody comes together and celebrates our planet and everything it offers to us. This holiday’s origins are 40 years [...]
All Winning Teams Invited to Participate in the Final Challenge for $270,000 in Grants and Scholarships Creating rain gardens, building a biodiesel processor, and promoting the use of solar chimneys were some of the actions taken by the winning teams in the second round of the Lexus Eco Challenge, an educational program and contest that [...]
The development of a new series of weather and environmental monitoring satellites has marked a significant milestone with the delivery and the beginning of spacecraft integration efforts for a key science instrument. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will be one of five instruments to fly on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System [...]
“Cans for Cash” Winners Announced at U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Novelis Inc. and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) announced the winners in the sixth annual Cans for Cash: City Recycling Challenge at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 78th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. The “Challenge” pits cities of [...]
Consumers Energy’s clean coal power plant reached a major milestone today with the issuance of an air permit for the $2 billion-plus project. The 830-megawatt plant is expected to create 1,800 construction jobs, about 2,500 indirect jobs, and then more than 100 permanent jobs after it is operating in 2017. Overall, the plant is projected [...]
President Obama and the EPA are gearing up to put the nation on a low-carbon diet and their strategy would do Weight Watchers proud: Count first, cut later. The counting begins on Jan. 1, 2010 when some 10,000 companies and other entities, including municipalities and even some universities, must start measuring their greenhouse gas (GHG) [...]
Ford Motor Company has improved in fuel economy more than any other major automaker since 2004, according to a recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA rated Ford’s combined car and truck fuel economy improvement at nearly 20 percent, almost double the next closest competitor. Ford credits its recent gains in fuel [...]