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Climate change: the lawyers' picnic
in Sox First, on June 27, 2009
...onmental Protection Agency, which earlier this year ruled that high concentrations of CO2 and other gases endanger the public health, will be tied up in the courts for the years ahead. One thing for ...
Planes, trains & automobiles & climate change
in Sox First, on June 8, 2009
...e climate change. Basically, the argument goes that taking a train or bus produces fewer greenhouse gases than driving. But now a new study, reported here , suggests that not be the case. According ...
President at the Pump
in carzz.org, on May 20, 2009
...e smug.
Seriously, folks, if this happens it will, according to the White House, reduce greenhouse gases produced by automobiles by 30-percent. That's a figure well worth achieving, assuming we c...
Improving Indoor Air Quality
in Allergies, on April 30, 2009
... to help fight against rising levels of indoor air pollution by absorbing some potentially harmful gases. A six-inch potted green plant can clean a room of excess carbon dioxide in eight hours.
3. ...
What's the State of Your Air?
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 30, 2009
...y to help fight against rising levels of indoor air pollution by absorbing some potentially harmful gases . A six-inch potted green plant can clean a room of excess carbon dioxide in eight hours .
3...
Climate change deniers on the increase
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
...ics are getting together in response to the legislation of Obama and Congress to rein in greenhouse gases. "Unlike Obama, who owed his victory to millions of supporters and donors, the climate ch...
Biofuels May be Obsolete Before We Can Make Enough to Matter - Part II
in IfEnergy, on December 29, 2008
...f 93 years, meaning it would take nearly a century for ethanol, which does produce fewer greenhouse gases when burned than fossil fuels, to make up for the carbon released in the initial process of co...
Patagonia Fungus Produces "Myco-Diesel"
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 25, 2008
...ry may not be the organism itself, but may be the genes responsible for the production of these gases," Gary Strobel said."There are certain enzymes that are responsible for the conversi...
Sensing Deadly Gases
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 10, 2008
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How many of you have a carbon monoxide monitor in your home? The problem with many deadly gases is this: THEY ARE ODORLESS. Hence, they can be very difficult to detect. Before you know it, you c...
Big Oil wins again
in Sox First, on May 31, 2008
...O roles, now held by Rex Tillerson. They also wanted the company to commit to reducing greenhouse gases , and to start embracing alternative energy. As the New York Times reports , the push to ove...
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in Wangtam, on April 26, 2008
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Climate change and banks
in Sox First, on March 13, 2008
Climate change will affect all facets of the financial services industry and all classes of investing. For investors and finance companies, it presents significant risks. It's likely to have a massive effect on the asset values and credit ratings of corporations. This means it will change the...
Utilizing Solar Energy to reduce Greenhouse Gases and Alleviate Poverty in Africa
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 5, 2008
Solar for Africa is offering corporates, brokers and individuals a means of obtaining Carbon Credits or becoming Carbon Neutral for their Greenhouse Gas emissions.
They are also appealing to Donor and Aid Organizations to donate Solar Cookers to Poverty Stricken families in Africa, as familie...
Kerry Votes for Chevrolet
in carzz.org, on February 14, 2008
... of Staff, the senator is also helping the fight against global warming and reduction of greenhouse gases by giving shorter speeches.
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Will You Pay More For Less?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 13, 2008
...s less or no pesticides on it so it is healthier to eat and/or it is not contributing to greenhouse gases and ruining the environment.
Another example: As I've written previously I recently boug...
Here is a chip which can sense humidity, gas and temperature
in The RFID Weblog, on December 21, 2007
...nable the surface of the chip to sense factors such as humidity, temperature, pathogens and certain gases.
This technology works on the basis that dielectric material consists of porous oxides...
Spot the Northern Lights in Tromso
in Wandalust, on October 25, 2007
... originate from the sun. This phenomenon happens as a result of solar particles colliding with gases in the earth's atmosphere.
Northern Lights season in Norway is about to start. It norma...
Green Home Based Business: Communication and Transportation
in Home Based Business, on October 20, 2007
... riding a bicycle will not add harm to the environment as it does not utilize or emit any dangerous gases. Many can appreciate this eco-friendly effort and trying to find someone who share your enviro...
Hypoglycemia Breath Test for Diabetics
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 26, 2007
...perglycemic .
The Rowland-Blake group analyzed the children's breath samples for more than 100 gases at parts-per-trillion levels and found methyl nitrate exhaled concentrations to be increased a...
Breath Analysis: Potential Non-invasive Diabetes Test
in Daily Diabetic, on September 25, 2007
...s chronic disease.
Currently, we are involved with new studies looking at the correlation of other gases with hyperglycemia and other variables, including insulin.
Eventually, we hope to put togeth...
Qantas Airways Announces Plan to Become Green
in The Aviation Weblog, on September 19, 2007
...id in a statement.
A flight from Australia to Los Angeles generates around 1.4 tons of greenhouse gases per passenger, which the airline says can be offset by paying just 17 Australian dollars ($14....
Hedge Funds & Carbon Trading Explained
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 17, 2007
...any locality based variables) market can be explained as a place where the right to emit greenhouse gases is securitized into 'permissions' or 'allowances' to emit, where less of these...
Czech Hedge Fund To Raise 100 Milion
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 11, 2007
...million euros ($138 million) to invest in East Europe projects that curb the release of greenhouse gases .
The fund will invest in projects, including landfill gas-combustion plants in Ukraine, to ...
Al Gore's New Credit Card
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 26, 2007
...uying, and don't buy anything man-made that might have contributed to the buildup of greenhouse gases and global warming.
Hmmm... that might be hard. We'll have to ask Al how he does it.
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Fueling Your Car: Ethanol or Coal
in IfEnergy, on May 5, 2007
...er, those opposing the argument said that coal is energy intensive and will release more greenhouse gases than it saves.
Now its all up to the US Senate. Read more about this development here.
P...
Wind Farms and Air Pollution
in IfEnergy, on May 5, 2007
...ts that cause smog and acid rain , but it would slow the growth in emissions of heat-trapping gases..."
I think that wind power does contribute very little to climate change mitigation, s...
Fight Jewelry Tarnish
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 2, 2007
...that the Intercept Technology™ anti tarnish products offer the best protection.
"Corrosive gases are prevalent in the environment, which means that silver items and other precious metals like c...
Who Will Say Its Really Green?
in IfEnergy, on April 30, 2007
...not come at the expense of environmental damage and it should lead to less emissions of greenhouses gases than fossil fuels. The production of biomass must not endanger food needs and should contribut...
Renewables In Renewables Out
in IfEnergy, on April 29, 2007
A plant that uses renewable inputs and produces renewable outputs is what the XL Dairy Group Inc.'s self-contained bio-refinery is. The Arizona facility will produce ethanol, biodiesel, milk, and animal feed , and energy to run the entire plant starting next year, 2008. At $260 million...
The Quandary
in IfEnergy, on April 24, 2007
Here is an interesting exchange on climate change positions from two big groups. On one hand the Chinese and on the other the British. I got this from Dr. Dick of the Corporation for Future Resources.
Venue: UN Security Council Debate on Climate Change
Britain - global conflicts are ignited ...
Rapeseed-Derived Biodiesel Emits More Potent Greenhouse Gases
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 23, 2007
...other report suggesting that biodiesel could potentially result in greater emissions of greenhouse gases in comparison to conventional petroleum-derived diesel.
Analysts at SRI Consulting compared...
Polluted Sites Growing
in IfEnergy, on February 27, 2007
Here is a piece of local news that matters. Pollution is growing at three sites in the Suffolk area ( click this link to read the article ). Is your community growing as a polluter?
Exotic Animals Found In Antarctic Ice Shelf
in IfEnergy, on February 27, 2007
The good that has come out of the bad. New species have been discovered in the Antarctic Ice Shelf that had collapsed over the last 12 years. There are so many discoveries where scientists once could not uncover. For example, there were blue ice fish that lacked red blood cells. This makes...
Japan Raises Renewable Energy Targets
in IfEnergy, on February 25, 2007
The Japanese Trade Ministry has issued a draft report requiring utilities to utilize renewable energy resources for energy generation, to the tune of 16 billion kilowatt-hours a year starting in April 2014, or about 0.5% of Japan's annual electricity supply. Experts claim that utilitie...
China Starts Preparing National Plan for Climate Change
in IfEnergy, on February 25, 2007
With China skyrocketing in terms of industrialization , it is a welcome development to see this Asian behemoth to preparing a national agenda for fighting greenhouse gas emissions. The national agenda is likely to be released this year after two years of preparation and deliberation within ...
An Ever Changing Display of Light Trapped in Time
in Cool Picking, on February 22, 2007
... light show is created - no two are ever the same. Even after the beads have fallen, a mix of inert gases creates a soft " Afterglow " in the center chamber while the glass beads below ...
Kodak Plans Edible RFID Tags
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 20, 2007
... antenna made of a material -- for example, encapsulated metallic liquids, clays or even liquids or gases -- that can resonate when in contact with a field attuned to a particular frequency," the...
China: Fast Becoming An Environmental Woe
in IfEnergy, on January 30, 2007
...n the entire United Kingdom of all its industries, China would contribute the amount of Green House Gases emitted by the UK in just two years. That says a lot, first the widely known giant that China ...
Coal to Liquid Fuel Proposals in US Congress
in IfEnergy, on January 14, 2007
That is just it! This morning, I was reading this article about legislation that aims to make coal usable as liquid fuel for cars in the US. You know about coal , of course. But not a lot of people know about Clean coal technology or the possibility of using coal as fuel for vehicles. Las...
Is Australia Going Nuclear?
in IfEnergy, on December 30, 2006
It looks like another country will go down the Nuclear route, as Australian Prime Minister John Howard promised that swift action will be taken in favor of recent findings on the viability of nuclear power use in Oz-land, according to this report.
Mr. Howard also said that mining and exp...
2007: Year of the Polar Bear?
in IfEnergy, on December 30, 2006
2007 may be the year of the Pig but it is the Polar Bear that will probably tip the scales and warm the ice-cold Bush administration's heart on the topic of Global Warming. What hundreds of scientists could not do even with their sophisticated illustrations and involved computations, the Pola...
Massachusetts v. EPA
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on November 28, 2006
... or not. Story at Yahoo News :
At the heart of the case is a dispute over whether greenhouse gases fit within the federal Clean Air Act's definition of a pollutant. If they do, the pla...
Interview with Al Gore
in Sox First, on November 17, 2006
Al Gore was in Australia this week and I got the chance to catch up with him. He granted the interview on the strict condition that I was not to ask him the obvious question about his plans for 2008. But with only 15 minutes interview time, I didn't get much of a chance to get that one in a...
An Eleven Billion US Dollar Solar Energy Market
in IfEnergy, on October 31, 2006
...even faster to expandthe renewable energy economy and rid the planet of those dreaded green house gases . And the signs are everywhere in Silicon Valley, from venture capitalists putting in fort...
Gas Hydrates: A Potentially New Energy Source
in IfEnergy, on October 25, 2006
...stalline structure is stabilized by the guest gas molecule within the cage of water molecules. Many gases have molecular sizes suitable to form hydrate, including such naturally occurring gases as car...
Australian Renewable Energy and Climate Change Frenzy
in IfEnergy, on October 25, 2006
There seems to be going on in Australia very recently. Renewable energy and climate change projects from our mates from down under are coming out of the woodwork, including:
1. A $75 M grant for the development of a $420 M large-scale solar concentrator in NW Victoria and a $50 M grant for a th...
World Bank healthcare sector reforms under fire
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 24, 2006
...process; and the regulatory weaknesses of the region.
In other news ..
* Plutonium Or Greenhouse Gases? Weighing the Energy Options
*WWF and Global Footprint Network study shows human demand on...
Terra Preta: Long Term Carbon Sink?
in IfEnergy, on September 22, 2006
...t slash-and-char reduces green house gas release while slash-and-burn produces a lot of green house gases. Professor Lehmann said that the slash-and-char technology has sequestered huge amounts of car...
Clean energy in a dirty debate
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on September 19, 2006
...tralia, a big energy producer that has not signed up for the Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse gases .
Brown's drive for new cash follows a request by the Group of Eight in July 2005 to ...
I Am Damocles.
in Philoneist, on September 14, 2006
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The Nasa scientists are hard-pressed to explain the lower sea-ice levels without the greenhouse gases industrial life has emitted the last 200 years. Addressing climate change and petro-terro...
Ancient Ice Shows Extent of Greenhouse Gases
in Philoneist, on September 6, 2006
Today's atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels are higher than at any time in the past 800,000 years, about twice the previously confirmed time frame. Eric Wolff, of the British Antarctic Survey, led a team that drilled and analyzed the oldest--and at two miles, the longest--ice samples eve...
Al Gore, Global Warming, and Grapes
in Celebrate Wine, on July 11, 2006
...Oregon and Washington.
Virtually all climate scientists blame the rise on human-caused greenhouse gases - like carbon dioxide - released into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels. ...
Explosion-harnessing nanocapsules could jump-start hydrogen economy
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 27, 2006
...gas with oxygen results in energy and water, and none of the dirty mix of toxins and global warming gases burning gasoline spews forth. The cleanliness of hydrogen is in large part why government and ...
The Ultimate Deadly Living System
in IfEnergy, on June 26, 2006
...omplish this feat the sub most produce its own oxygen and must remove the poisonous human byproduct gases. The production of oxygen is accomplished through the process of hydrolysis. The oxygen is the...
Exxon Mobil: no switch on climate change
in Sox First, on June 8, 2006
With last year's $36 billion profit, Exxon Mobil was America's most valuable company. Until it got hammered in the market on Wednesday. But the company's problems don't end there.
Science and Politics of the Climate as reported
in IfEnergy, on May 12, 2006
...uot;dialogue" will involve around 40 rich nations which are capping emissions of heat-trapping gases under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol, as well as outsiders such as the United States and develo...
Trend Setting Initiatives - King County, Seattle
in IfEnergy, on April 27, 2006
...5% biodiesel
- operating a 235 vehicle fleet of hybrid buses
- operating a fuel cell using captured gases from a wastewater treatment plant
- creating a Resource Conservation Manager position t...
Lung's Unique Innate Immune System, Now Revealed
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 20, 2006
... to inhaled particles or microorganisms. The alveola - tiny air sacs in the lung where exchanges of gases between the respiratory and circulatory systems takes place - are protected from invading micr...
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN: Snowboarding And Life Lessons
in The Outdoor Weblog, on April 10, 2006
...ndrews as well as snow expert Walt Rosenthal were killed on Thursday when a cavern of poisonous gases was created under the heavy snowfall by a fumarole.
It felt very odd to be so excited and e...
Practically Peridot Found in Space
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 15, 2006
...ngton, Seattle.
Scientists have long thought of comets as cold, billowing clouds of ice, dust and gases formed on the edges of the solar system. But comets may not be so simple or similar. They may ...
Rhodium Quinones
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 3, 2006
...alysts. They also have pores, or channels, that act like a sponge, giving them the ability to store gases. The secret is rhodium. It's the Superman of elements."
The research team published...
MicroNanoStructured fiber systems: the new wardrobe for the roughest work
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 13, 2006
...y will measure potential environmental hazards, such as adverse temperatures, and levels of toxic gases. They'll also offer improved visibility, and continuously communicate data to the rescue ope...
Plasma Thruster Verified By ESA
in Philoneist, on January 4, 2006
...s behind the HDLT are based on aurora , a naturally occurring process where electrically charged gases derived from the Sun collide with the Earth's magnetic field. This produces two plasm...
To Boost or Not to Boost
in carzz.org, on December 28, 2005
...n by a belt from the engine, just like an alternator is driven; a turbocharger is driven by exhaust gases. According to HowStuffWorks , a turbocharger is more efficient than a supercharger, but it ca...
Science Magazine Selects Top 2005 Breakthroughs
in Philoneist, on December 23, 2005
...owards confirming the effect human activity is having on Earth's climate. Increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have warmed water systems in the tropics, adding to the intensity of storms ...
New car smell
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 28, 2005
...lastic, glue and carpeting in cars. When those materials are new, they're unstable and give off gases, including benzene and formaldehyde, two known carcinogens.
The United States doesn...
Lying, Marketing, and Perception
in Businesspundit, on June 14, 2005
...al list of the toxins that might be in my lungs this morning: carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and gases from household products; mold, mites, mildew and dander; traces of lead, asbestos, pesticides,...
Backcountry Blues Part Two
in The Outdoor Weblog, on April 13, 2005
...he wood-burning
stoves that would resuscitate feeling into our extremities.
Never had the noxious gases of carbon-monoxide emissions
smelled so sweet. Poor Willow, the Tennessee Coon Hound
that wa...
The Failure of Corporate Social Responsibility
in Businesspundit, on January 25, 2005
...f efforts to improve society and safeguard the environment---by restricting emissions of greenhouse gases from the staff kitchen, say, or recycling office stationery---before turning hesitantly to les...