Burning Tires As Renewable Energy?

In a very bizarre move, Illinois lawmakers are trying to label “tire incineration” as a renewable energy source within the city. Anyone who has seen tires burn knows that this is far from a renewable source of energy, or even a clean one, yet a House Committee has already approved the bill to designate burning [...]

Radiation Leaking From Power Plants

Nuclear power plants have been getting a bad rap for a long time. Nuclear energy is better than coal and oil because it provides much more energy and the energy is clean, if you ignore the radioactive waste. Many people do not want to live near nuclear power plants either because of the risk of [...]

Pass the Sun Tan Lotion! This Past Decade Is The Warmest Ever!

Time Magazine recently called the first decade of the 21st century the Decade From Hell, well it turns out they are right in more ways than one. While this decade saw two long wars, economic collapse and more, it also got really hot, hot as hell in fact! In a recently released report, global temperatures [...]

Scotland Halts Biodiversity Loss

Serving as a shining example to the rest of the world, Scotland is poised to meet the deadline of stopping biodiversity loss in Europe by the 2010 deadline. While most of Europe, with the exception of Scandinavia, will not meet the deadline, Scotland will. Some areas of Scotland have seen increased biodiversity loss, but overall the [...]

Time To Change Our View of Clotheslines

You really have to wonder about a world that bans clotheslines in cities. Surprisingly, there are several cities around North America that ban clothesline because they are viewed as unattractive. In fact, of the 60 million Americans who live in private communities, most are not allowed to have clotheslines because it is apparently a symbol [...]

The Facts About Plastic Bags

Plastic is something that has changed our civilization, but the legacy of plastic will be around for thousands of years. In our world, one of the most disposable items we have is plastic shopping bags. Used for a few minutes and then thrown away, they are causing havoc in the environment. There are many new [...]

June Ocean Temperatures Hottest Ever Recorded

The cold, or warm as it were, hand of global warming continues to be applied all across our globe. Whether it is a complete change in rain fall caused by pollution, or the vanishing glaciers, things are beginning to change on Planet Earth. Case in point, the June temperatures in the oceans of the planet, [...]

Wal-Mart…..A Green Leader?

Wal-Mart is like the popular kid in school who has everything but who everyone seems to dislike. You just dislike them because they exist. Everyone loves to hate Wal-Mart and beyond a long list of problems that have been mentioned as part of the company, there is the environmental impact of the company, its methods [...]

Major Ban Needed To Save Ocean’s Fish

The oceans are in trouble. First, the growing acidity of the oceans is causing creatures like plankton to not be able to make shells large enough to protect them. Those shells are made out of carbon dioxide, and for millions of years those small creatures have taken carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and used [...]

Are Current Emission Cut Trends Enough?

I have been reading a really good book on the subject of climate change called ‘The Weather Makers’ by Tim Flannery, and I came across some some eye opening statistics on what we need to do to stabilize the Earth’s climate before it gets completely out of hand. As many experts have stated, beyond two [...]