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guyp422 is a contributing author for Green Earth Friend. He is also the site admin for Green Earth Friend. He researches and writes on environmental issues including renewable energy, sustainable living and the go green movement.
Europe Offers To Cut Emissions 95% by 2050
Europe offers to cut emissions 95% by 2050 if a deal is reached at Copenhagen soon. That would be truly amazing and would send a message to the rest of the world. This is what will happen if the pact is sealed, signed and delivered in Copenhagen six weeks from now.
Chinese Companies Emit More CO2 Than Great Britain
Three Companies in China emitted more Carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2008 than the whole of Great Britain, says the Greenpeace report of Huaneng, Datang and Guodian which are the top three firms in China. The report says that inefficient plants and China’s dependency on coal, makes tackling climate change very difficult.[...]
German Companies Looking To Africa For Solar Power
Twenty of Germany’s blue chip companies are pooling their resources to take advantage of the African desert’s sun. They plan on supplying the whole of Europe with power using solar energy and they plan to get it done with in a decade. This is the biggest solar project ever imagined and is known as “Desertec”. [...]
The Green Recovery Act of 2009
Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
The Recovery Act was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jump start our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive [...]
Barack Obamas First 100 Green Days
President Barack Obama promised on his very first day in the White House to help move America towards a new green future. Now we are 100 days into Obama’s presidential term and most environmentalists are happy with the speed in which Obama has moved on a lot of green issues.[...]
Green Choice Awards For Environmental Nonprofits
About the 2009 Green Choice Awards
The awards were hosted by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user-generated ratings and reviews of nonprofits. Reviews appear on both GreatNonprofits.org as well as GuideStar.org, the premiere source for donor research on nonprofits. Nonprofits with the most positive reviews in their budget category are determined the winners of the 2009 Green Choice Awards.[...]
“Bicing” In Spain Is Part Of Their Green Transit System
Bicing is the name of a new bicycle project in Barcelona, Spain. It is part of the mass transit system and helps you to get to your place of employment or elsewhere in a climate friendly way, with almost no pollution, noise or traffic congestion. It is Barcelona’s Green transit system. [...]
E.P.A Bites CO2 Bullet Under The Clean Air Act
On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its “endangerment finding,” stating that carbon dioxide (CO2) and five other greenhouse gasses are pollutants that threaten public health and welfare. It took two years to conclude a scientific review that was ordered by the supreme court.[...]
Shrimp Eat Iron Experiment
The controversial Indian-German Lohafex expedition fertilised 300 square kilometres of the Southern Atlantic with six tonnes of dissolved iron. This created a phytoplankton bloom which doubled in biomass in two weeks by absorbing co2 from the seawater. Dead phytoplankton were then supposed to sink to the ocean floor taking the co2 with them.[...]
Police Arrest 114 Climate Activists
Climate activists are now the target of police harassment. On Monday, 114 climate activists were arrested in what is being called a pre-emptive strike against protests that have not happened yet. These arrests occurred all over the United Kingdom. The protest was going to shed light on the government’s plan to build a coal fired power plant in [...]
