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¶ Published Thursday, March 11th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Is creating green jobs a sensible aspiration for governments? That’s the question being debated by Van Jones, author of “The Green-Collar Economy” and scholar Andrew Morriss. Though Jones recognizes that the private sector must be the main driver in creating green jobs, he argues that it will never happen “unless the government becomes [...]
¶ Published Thursday, March 11th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Is Alberta public opinion turning against the Tar Sands? With the ongoing trial of the dead ducks heating up in the oil patch, it may become rallying point for Alberta environmentalists – especially if Syncrude wins. They are pleading not-guilty and have quite an army of lawyers to plead their case.
This issue is well outlined [...]
¶ Published Monday, March 8th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
If you love beautiful things, then you will love this 15 minute commercial of Porshe’s hybrid vehicles. More and more cars are going hybrid and electric and it is great to see the top of the line companies following suit.
Many environmentalists confuse material consumption with environmental stewardship. The desire for beauty and performance is so [...]
¶ Published Tuesday, February 23rd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Treating toxic waste is very expensive. So, some less than savoury companies hire ships to carry their waste and then… the ship mysteriously sinks! Who could imagine? To bring light to this issue, a new mash-up of shipping data exposes some questionable losses. “In Fondo Al Mar“, or At the Bottom of the Sea, illustrates [...]
¶ Published Wednesday, February 17th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Carl Zimmer reports on a new study on sea acidification and worries that we may be headed inexorably towards a massive wave of marine extinctions:
The acidification of the ocean today is bigger and faster than anything geologists can find in the fossil record over the past 65 million years. Indeed, its speed and strength — [...]
¶ Published Tuesday, February 16th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Who thought this could happen, Bill Gates gives a stunning presentation on climate change. Famous for his cluttered slides and disorganized presentations, Gates has seriously improved his game. Soon, he might be toting an iPhone and wearing black turtlenecks.
Here is a rundown of the presentation by design gurus at Duarte. But just look at some [...]
¶ Published Sunday, February 14th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
There is pressure mounting on large companies to increase transparency of their environmental damages. Pressure is coming from three places, consumers, investors and other companies. Just recently, Whole Foods, which drives over 21 million miles a year, has decided to boycott tarsands produced oil (article here).
Recently I visited many Canadian companies websites to see who [...]
¶ Published Friday, February 12th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
China is building a train network that should wake you up (NYT article here). Their voracious appetite for energy has spurred China to build a high-speed network of trains to remove traffic from the existing rails so that coal and raw materials can more easily be transported around the country. The middle kingdom will build [...]
¶ Published Wednesday, February 10th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Things are really unraveling at the IPCC, with officials finally admitting that the UN panel has to improve its procedures when reviewing reports.
The worst part about any scandal is the cover-up and Climategate is no exception. Had climate scientists come down hard, early on, on the practices at East Anglia and the methods of [...]
¶ Published Tuesday, February 9th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
A new report from the Chinese government outlines that water pollution, mainly from agricultural fertilizers, is much worse than previously thought. The report outlines the 30 million tons of effluent sent into the waterways and how it is a major obstacle to future growth. The New York Times has a good rundown of the report [...]
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