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Despite sinking into the deepest recession since the Great Depression, the levels of green innovation rose to historic heights in 2009. This has been a trying year marked by economic decline and the near collapse of global finance. On the environmental front, progress was hampered by an uncooperative US Senate, the ruse of climate-gate and a less than stellar result at COP15. However, the plethora of bad economic and environmental news in 2009 overshadowed the wealth of eco-innovation.
Continue Reading Eco-Business Innovations 2009 Year End Review
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Is CCS, or carbon capture and storage, a promising technology to help the world deal with carbon emissions from coal-fired power plant, or a dangerous and unproven boondoggle offering false hope?
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Alpine glacial melting along the Swiss/Italian border will soon force the two governments to redraw centuries-old border.
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Saying she has “lost all confidence” in Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson’s ability to carry out his agency’s mission, Senate Environmental and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer called on him to resign his post.
Continue Reading EPA’s Stephen Johnson Under Fire to Resign: It Wasn’t Always Like This at the EPA…
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Ever thought about off-grid living? It’s quite a step but you can decide to try it out somewhat by buying a personal wind turbine. There are several on the market. Next September a true designer personal wind turbine hits the shops, designed by no one less than Philippe Starck.Continue Reading Personal Wind Turbines Now Come Designer Made
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Interested in contributing to climate change mitigation and environmental conservation projects? The Nature Conservancy is offering individuals the chance to help fund its Tensas River Basin reforestation project in Louisiana’s Mississippi Delta region, the first in its voluntary carbon offset program.
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In a bold “Apollo-like” statement, delivered today from Washington D.C., former Vice President and Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore challenged the nation to commit to a renewable energy economy, and to do it now – within the next ten years.
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Car manufacturers are working dramatically hard to get (partly) electric cars to the market before rival companies but a basic issue that all of them face is infrastructure. The trade-off between waiting for the electricity companies to come up with viable infrastructure plans to power up the new cars might mean you lose out to competitors. But at the same time, if a bright idea to set up a viable infrastructure takes off, early birds run the risk to lose out.
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Most publications on global warming related issues have run stories on belching and farting, methane-emitting cows and sheep in the last 24 months. It’s not just a quirky issue but it’s seriously important. Belching and farting cows and to a lesser extent sheep pose a significant global warming threat to us humans. Cows alone account for 4% of all greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. That’s an extortionate amount.
Continue Reading Cows On Diets? Scientists Study Ways To Reduce Bovine Flatulence
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The following is a guest post by Jen Boynton:
So, you’ve decided to take some responsibility for your carbon footprint and buy some carbon offsets to account for all your unavoidable driving and flying emissions. Congratulations on taking some responsibility for the massive situation we call “the climate crisis” Now you are wondering, which retailers are the most reliable? And how do you tell? It’s a complicated world out there, but I hope to make things a bit easier for you by recommending a few sellers and projects that are better than most and telling you why.
Continue Reading Window Shopping for Carbon Offsets
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