Archive for January, 2009
Gribble: Crustacean Biofuel In Your Gas Tank
The Gribble, a small crustacean responsible for nothing more than eating piers below the water table all over the world, has found a new job in the biofuel industry. [...]
Obama Moves To Cap Automobile Emissions And Set Fuel-Efficiency Standards
Today is a day that will go down in history, as the day that President Barack Obama reversed former President Bush’s policies on emission control and approved an application by California, Washington and 12 other states to set strict automobile [...]
Adding Green Features To Your Home Will Increase Your Equity
In today’s economy, holding on to your home’s equity is a task that is not easily done. However there are some green projects you can do around your home that will increase your equity and make your home desirable to others. So, if you are selling your home and not getting many results, greening up [...]
Catlin Arctic Survey Of Shrinking Polar Cap
Leading Polar explorer Pen Hadow, will be departing in February, to do an in depth investigation into the shrinking Polar Cap. This pioneering survey is a collaboration with scientists to find out exactly how much the ice cap is actually receding and how long polar ice will be a year round event. [...]
T. Boone Pickens Plan For Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs)
Billionaire oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has a plan to reduce U.S. reliance on imported oil. His plan is to build fields of windmills across the Great Plains to generate electricity so that cleaner burning natural gas, which currently costs about $1.50 a gallon, and is used to power many electric plants, can be freed [...]
Green Inauguration For President Barack Obama
Today marks the greenest inauguration in history. The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, will take office today. Food and drinks at the event will be organic. Vegans will be fully taken care of and all the garbage from the event will be recycled and composted. That should [...]
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD): HoneyBees Dying By The Millions!
There’s something wrong with honeybees these days, and it’s got scientists and doomsday enthusiasts all abuzz. You see, every autumn for the past couple of years, about 20% of an afflicted beekeeper’s honeybee hives are dying off in a [...]
Less Fog In Europe
Less fog in Europe equals more Global Warming and less fog in Europe is contributed to less pollution. Scientists say that since 1970 fog has reduced in occurrence by 50% and 10% to 20% just in the last few years. They have linked the [...]
EPA’s Ten Most Wanted
The Environmental Protection Agency has released it’s ten most wanted environmental criminals. There are several individuals who are wanted that are chief engineers of cruise line ship’s or other shipping companies. We were wondering why they were not going after the actual companies that employed [...]
Greenest Museum In The World
The California Academy Of Sciences in Golden Gate Park , San Francisco, is one of the greenest buildings in the world. The roof contains over a million different species of plant life. The green roof insulates the building, keeping it warm in the winter and cool in the summer. When it rains, the roof absorbs the water, bringing [...]
