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Australian water restrictions may never end
2007-09-06 10:18:00 Australia may never fully recover from the current decade-long drought due to climate change, experts have warned. The nation was facing a “new reality” of harsh water restrictions and a new climate with run-offs and river inflows the first casualty, speakers at today’s Bureau of Meteorology national post-winter update said. It was also revealed that although above-average ... More About: Global Warming , Water , Australian , Strict
Design student invents radical highway wind turbines
2007-09-06 10:08:00 The highway system that dissects Phoenix is expansive, connecting 515 square miles of the Sonoran desert. The design is a retrofitting replacement of the horizontal steel tube that currently holds freeway signage. The replacement will house two horizontal axis wind turbines that will be powered by the turbulence created from the passing cars. Average vehicle speeds on ... More About: Design , Student , Wind , Alternative Energy , Wind power
Immigration Seen Adding 105 Million to U.S. Population by 2060
2007-09-01 19:09:00 Since the founding of the United States, its population has been growing at a rate that some scientists say is unprecedented in human history. Some believe that this population explosion made the United States one of the most prosperous countries of the world. But others point to congestion, urban sprawl, traffic, pollution, loss of open spaces and ... More About: Immigration , Million , World population , Pula
New UK wind farms ?not in windy places?
2007-08-30 10:17:00 The UK government is paying hundreds of millions of pounds to fund wind farms that are not viable, experts have told BBC Radio 4. They say many farms in England, Wales and Scotland are underperforming because they are located in areas without enough wind. Experts told the Costing the Earth programme that government incentives are encouraging firms ... More About: Wind , Places , Alternative Energy , Wind power , Windy
Bush must release global warming reports
2007-08-29 09:16:00 A federal judge ordered the Bush administration to issue two scientific reports on global warming, siding with environmentalists who sued the White House for failing to produce the documents. U.S. District Court Judge Saundra Armstrong ruled Tuesday that the Bush administration had violated a 1990 law when it failed to meet deadlines for an updated U.S. ... More About: Politics , Global Warming , Global , Release
Shoppers face meat price rises, partly due to biofuel production
2007-08-28 15:56:00 Meat prices in the UK (and worldwide) are set to increase as farmers pass on the burden of surging costs, a report has suggested. With wheat prices rising, animal feed costs have almost doubled for farmers, the study by Deloitte found. The group warned price rises were vital for an industry at “breaking point” after the recent ... More About: Meat , Wildlife , Biofuel , Production , Face
As the Alps warm, ice melts and mountains crumble
2007-08-28 07:24:00 As temperatures around the globe rise, the world’s mountains are changing. In the Alps , retreating glaciers, more landslides and rockfalls are causing shifts not only in the physical environment, but in jobs, town budgets, and attitudes. Although the summit looms above, few people head up the west face to the top of the Eiger anymore. There ... More About: Global Warming , Mountains , The Alps , Mount
Clothesline restrictions may be headed the way of the Dodo
2007-08-27 15:34:00 It started out innocently enough. Concerned about global warming and her family’s energy consumption, Michelle Baker wanted to hang her wash outside. She scoured stores for a clothesline durable enough to withstand Vermont winters and classy enough for her Waterbury backyard. She came back empty-handed every time. So Baker and her husband made their own - a ... More About: Global Warming , Action , Alternative Energy , The D , Cloth
New Thames barrier could be built
2007-08-26 14:30:00 A £20bn new Thames barrier could be built to prevent potentially disastrous flooding in London, it has emerged. Environment Minister Phil Woolas told the Sunday Telegraph that a feasibility study into a second barrier for the city would report within weeks. He said the probability London could flood had “doubled” from a one-in-2,000 to one-in-1,000 chance since ... More About: Global Warming , Rivers , Oceans , Barrier
GotWind unveil prototype wind powered phone charger
2007-08-26 13:47:00 UK company GotWind have produces a prototype wind powered phone charger for the Orange mobile phone network. It is a standard horizontal axis wind turbine with a blade propeller diameter of 30cm. Weighing a mere 150 grams, the wind generator produces enough power to trickle charge an independent rechargeable battery. Full Details More About: Phone , Prototype , Wind power , Charger
Daylight Saving Time: The cause of global warming!
2007-08-26 13:37:00 Here’s Connie M. Meskimen’s letter to the editor published in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Apparently, she is an attorney in Little Rock… More About: Global Warming , Humour , Time , Global , Daylight
The Cool the Earth contest
2007-08-23 10:20:00 With the aim of curbing global warming a Japanese organisation is calling for ideas from around the world for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Based on the ideas they receive, prototype projects will be conducted in Japan to establish models for reducing emissions and the results of these projects will be reported to the global community in ... More About: Global Warming , Contest , Action , Earth , Cool
Polar bears are moving onto dry land in northern Alaska
2007-08-22 15:00:00 A 20-year U.S. Geological Survey study documents that recent changes in the quality and availability of sea ice in northern Alaska are the most likely explanation for a decrease in maternal polar bear denning on sea ice and an increase of denning on land. The results of the peer-reviewed study by the USGS Alaska Science ... More About: Global Warming , Moving , Bears , Land
Leonardo DiCaprio?s new environmental movie: The 11th Hour
2007-08-22 13:20:00 Leonardo DiCaprio’s new movie The 11th Hour is a feature length documentary concerning the environmental crises caused by human actions and their impact on the planet. With the help of over fifty of the world’s most prominent thinkers and activists, including Mikhail Gorbachev and Stephen Hawking The 11thHour documents the grave problems facing our planet’s life ... More About: Global Warming , Movie , The Media , Action , Environmental
Hybrid solar lighting is gaining acceptance
2007-08-22 13:00:00 Just as the ancient Egyptians used an intricate system of mirrors to light the interiors of their giant stone structures, so too is the company Sunlight Direct taking the sun?s light and redirecting it into today?s buildings and businesses. While the idea might be similar, the actual technology is nothing but high-tech - and some of ... More About: Hybrid , Solar , Lighting , Solar energy , Gaining
Eco-village with a stark warning
2007-08-14 14:26:00 Flanked by Heathrow Airport on one side and west London’s outer suburbs on the other is an unlikely setting for an impromptu eco-village. Environmental campaigners have assembled here not just to oppose a third runway for the airport. With their compost toilets, wind turbines and leaderless command structure, they are also keen to demonstrate that an alternative, ... More About: Global Warming , Warning , Campaigns , Village , Stark
EU?s climate targets ?ambitious?
2007-08-14 14:22:00 Responding to a report in the Guardian that officials had told ministers the UK would miss EU targets by a wide margin, Downing St has said its climate change targets are “ambitious” but it remains fully committed to renewable energy. Gordon Brown’s official spokesman said: “It will be a major challenge not just for the UK ... More About: Politics , Global Warming , Climate , Ambit
Practical Hydrogen Systems: an Experimenter?s Guide
2007-08-14 14:12:00 If you are interested in learning more about generating your own hydrogen at home and experimenting with it then there’s a fact-filled ebook you can download for just $16.95. Topics covered include: Electrolyzer construction and design, Hydride storage, Cylinder hydrogen, Hydrogen leak detection and detectors, Catalytic recombiners, Hydrogen processing systems, Filtration, Parts suppliers and resources for ... More About: Guide , Alternative Energy , Systems , Peri
Pacific Ocean coral reefs are dying faster than expected
2007-08-10 17:33:00 Coral reefs in much of the Pacific Ocean are dying faster than thought, with little difference between well-protected and poorly managed areas, says a study released Wednesday. Researchers from the University of North Carolina examined some 6,000 surveys of more than 2,600 coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific - stretching from the Indonesian island of Sumatra to ... More About: Coral , Coral Reefs , Reefs
Newsweek takes on global warming deniers
2007-08-10 17:29:00 With the influx of pro-green exposure in the media, many greens saw this past year as the tipping point in awareness and activism on global warming. Yet, “deniers” still exist, and Newsweek ’s cover story (complete with tongue-in-cheek headline) aims to track the foundations of the denial movement, the major players behind it.” They patterned what they did ... More About: Global Warming , Information , Global , Ming
Global warming will step up after 2009
2007-08-10 17:26:00 Global warming is forecast to set in with a vengeance after 2009, with at least half of the five following years expected to be hotter than 1998, the warmest year on record, scientists reported on Thursday. Climate experts have long predicted a general warming trend over the 21st century spurred by the greenhouse effect, but this ... More About: Global Warming , Global , Step , Ming , Step Up
Energy: The convenient Solution
2007-08-08 22:11:00 We all know that, to stop climate change, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. Many western governments say we need nuclear power to do this. A new Greenpeace film explains why nuclear power can?t stop climate change ? and lays down a better, cheaper, more convenient solution. More About: Energy , Alternative Energy , Nuclear power , Solution , The Con
It?s a wind turbine. It?s a chimney. It?s both!
2007-08-07 12:35:00 Encountered at Groovy Green: “Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me (or this thing is about to explode), here?s a cool picture of a vertical-axis wind turbine also playing double-duty as a chimney. Now that?s creative.” Visit Website More About: Wind , Alternative Energy , Turbine , Wind Turbine
The World?s Top 40 Greenest Products
2007-08-07 12:31:00 Over at the Bio Thinking website there’s a personal selection from a thousand or so products chosen mainly because they are significantly better than ’standard’ products that do the same things. They must also be in production, available for sale and have excellent functional performance. They include items such as the Deo-crystal, a deodorant that lasts for ... More About: Information , Products , World , Industry , The World
Commentary: The global warming deniers
2007-08-07 12:26:00 “19 million people watched the “Live Earth” concerts last month, titans of corporate America are calling for laws mandating greenhouse cuts, “green” magazines fill newsstands, and the film based on Al Gore’s best-selling book, “An Inconvenient Truth,” won an Oscar. But outside Hollywood, Manhattan and other habitats of the chattering classes, the denial machine is running ... More About: Global Warming , Commentary , Global , Ming , The G
Futuristic green building planned for London
2007-08-04 00:40:00 This incredible design scheme is Castle House by Hamiltons of London . Located at Elephant and Castle, the project will have two buildings: the 43 story tower with 3 nine meter diameter wind turbines at the top and the 5 story pavilion building on the side. With completion projected for 2009, the residential project is targeting an “excellent” ... More About: Building , Architecture , Green Building , Green
Tougher carbon targets law urged in UK
2007-08-04 00:35:00 The UK government’s proposals to tackle climate change need to be tougher and legally enforceable, say MPs and peers. Their report said the target of a minimum 60% cut in carbon emissions by 2050 may not be adequate. International aviation emissions should be included in targets and there should be a cap on the use of “carbon ... More About: Global Warming , Carbon , Carbon footprint , Urge , Carb
Mighty Lake Superior mystifies scientists
2007-08-04 00:33:00 Something seems amiss with mighty Superior , the deepest and coldest of the Great Lake s, which together hold nearly 20 percent of the world’s fresh surface water. Superior’s surface area is roughly the same as South Carolina’s, the biggest of any freshwater lake on Earth. It’s deep enough to hold all the other Great Lakes plus three ... More About: Scientists , Rivers , Oceans
Marathon Oil to buy Western Oil Sands
2007-08-04 00:25:00 Marathon Oil,the biggest refiner in the US Midwest, agreed to buy Canada’s Western Oil Sands Inc. for $5.46 billion, gaining access to crude deposits that may be the largest outside of Saudi Arabia. Marathon, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell are seeking to tap reserves in Alberta’s tar-soaked sands as access to fields outside North America is ... More About: Marathon , Peak Oil , Alternative Energy , Marathon Oil
New: The Maglev wind turbine
More articles from this author:2007-08-01 19:29:00 Most modern turbines are actually very inefficient and only capture a small percentage of the wind’s energy, mainly because of friction. The dream of wind turbine designers is to achieve the total transfer of energy produced by the wind without the friction. With magnetic levitation, or Maglev, the wind turbine floats on a magnetic cushion, eliminating all ... More About: Wind , Alternative Energy , Wind power , Turbine , MagLev 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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