All Entries in the "Reduce Carbon Footprint" Category
“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.[...]
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 [...]
Ben & Jerry’s Cleaner Greener Freezer
Ben & Jerry’s new in-store freezers do not use hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as refrigerants anymore. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), is the type of greenhouse gas that packs 1,400 times the global warming impact of more-common CO2. The new [...]
Eco Toilets: The Real Scoop On The Poop!
When considering Eco Toilets, there are a couple of different types to consider. There are composting and electric eco toilets. The composting version is a composting reactor. The poop (feces) and the urine are separated and the poop starts the composting process. Normally, there is some fungus and [...]
Brad Pitt: “Make It Right” Project
Brad Pitt, actor and now activist, is publicly using his influence and image to help the environment. The older and wiser he gets, the more he wants to help. Brad Pitt announced that he was partnering with film producer Steve Bing to build “affordable and sustainable homes” in the Lower 9th Ward, an area of the [...]
Green Labeling Will Reduce Global Carbon Footprint
In the United Kingdom, Tesco and Marks And Spencers stores, have vowed to do their part to help reduce their Global Carbon Footprint. Tesco, a British grocery store, is implementing Carbon Footprint Labeling. The Green labeling system will inform consumers of the items Carbon Footprint [...]
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Inevitably, in going about our daily lives — commuting, sheltering our families, eating — each of us contributes to the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. Yet, there are many things each of us, as individuals, can do to reduce our carbon emissions. The choices we make in our homes, our travel, the [...]
Running Your Car On Radio Waves And Hydrogen
John Kanzius, a retired TV station owner and broadcast engineer, was looking for a cure for cancer. He got up in the middle of the night, with a revolutionary idea, to eliminate cancer cells from the human body. By injecting small amounts of metals[...]
