All Entries in the "Environmental Awareness" Category
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 [...]
Catlin Expedition Disaster
The Catlin Expedition is a collaboration with scientists to find out exactly how much the ice cap is actually receding and how long polar ice will continue to be a year round event, but it has been a disaster from the beginning. From equipment failure to frost bite, the beat up members of the expedition can’t last much [...]
New Green Projects, Programs & Resources For The USA
Have you ever wondered what your particular state and county in the United States of America is doing to be green or become more sustainable and help the environment? Here is an inclusive list by state and county, with links to those programs and resources, that are environmentally friendly and their plans to add green projects to that state. [...]
Earth Day Contest
As Earth Month kicks off, a nonprofit group called GreatNonprofits has launched their 2009 Green Choice Awards in an effort to identify the best organizations working towards environmental sustainability. The focus of GreatNonprofits and their Website is to offer a way for everyday people to review their experiences with nonprofit groups — similar to resources like [...]
Amazon Forest Shrinking Due To Global Warming
A new study of the Amazon Rain Forest carried out by scientists at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, has determined that any rise in temperature in the Amazon area could kill off 85 % of the plant life. Tim Lenton, a climate expert for the University, says that when he was young, he thought [...]
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ENRIN – Capacity Building
Central & Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
Policy development and planning for sustainable development and coherent environmental management demands information, national data and knowledge of the state of the environment. As assessments and analyses become multi-sectoral, the degree of complexity generates the need for integrated information. These products in turn require organizational [...]
Overpopulation: One Cause Of Global Warming?
Uncontrolled population growth threatens to undermine efforts to save the planet, warns John Feeney, a free lance writer with the BBC. In this week’s Green Room, he calls on the environmental movement to stop running scared of this controversial topic. This is a headline in the [...]
Coal Fired Plants: Will They Be The Death Of Us?
James Hansen, a head NASA scientist and climate expert, is pleading with world leaders one more time. Coal fired plants have been found to be one of the greatest threats to mankind. Pre industrial CO2 levels were at a level of 280 parts per million. The levels have increased to 385 parts per million [...]
