Environment
Arizona to become Persian Gulf of solar energy
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) — A Spanish company is planning to take 3 square miles of desert southwest of Phoenix and turn them into one of the largest solar power plants in the world.
Abengoa Solar, which has plants in Spain, northern Africa and other parts of the U.S., could begin construction as early as next [...]
Baking Soda can Help Save the Planet
Saturday, December 29th, 2007By Megan MillerPopSci.com
(PopSci.com) — In recent months, PopSci has covered various scientists' plans to curb global warming through carbon sequestration, mainly by feeding it to algae to make biofuel, or burying it underground.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/29/climate.change.soda/index.html
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/
Sustainable Seafood - It’s time has come
Saturday, December 29th, 2007Catch of the day: Sustainable fish
By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY
Ten years ago, Henry and Lisa Lovejoy stood ankle-deep amid dead tuna in a Tokyo warehouse the size of a football field.
The tuna were headed to the dinner tables of Japan, and the warehouses would fill with fresh kill the next day. And the next. And [...]
Global Warming - The Melting story
Saturday, December 29th, 2007 Scientist: 'Arctic is screaming'
WASHINGTON (AP) — An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
Greenland's ice sheet melted [...]
Coral Reefs Gone by 2050
Saturday, December 29th, 2007Scientists: Global warming could kill coral reefs by 2050By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
Rising carbon emissions might kill off the ocean's coral reefs by 2050, scientists warn in today's edition of the journal Science.
The review article, co-authored by 17 marine scientists in seven countries, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is the most comprehensive [...]
You Tube Video - How it all ends
Saturday, December 29th, 2007Very well done video on You Tube. It presents the arguments about Global Warming and perhaps pollution effects. Whether to do something or not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_anaVcCXg&feature=related
New Battery Power for Cars
Saturday, December 29th, 2007New hope for battery powered electric cars
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Millions of inventions pass quietly through the U.S. patent office each year. Patent No. 7,033,406 did, too, until energy insiders spotted six words in the filing that sounded like a death knell for the internal combustion engine.
An Austin-based startup called EEStor promised "technologies for replacement [...]
New Category - Environment
Saturday, December 29th, 2007Since my, environmental blog was recently attached by a group from Russia, I decided to add my Environmental articles here, in my main blog.
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Recycling - How to do it
Recycling is so important in our society.
* The first and most important reason to recycle is to help reduce our Air & Water pollution * Reduce [...]
