August 30, 2010 – 7:32 am
What happens to animals which have been removed from their natural habitat because of their status as endangered species? Well, according to TheDailyGreen.com: “Limited attempts at predator reintroduction in the United States have for the most part proven very successful. The gray wolf, extirpated by hunters in the Yellowstone region some 90 years ago, is [...]
August 23, 2010 – 9:54 am
Is there a method of disposing of the remains of deceased humans which is a less carbon-intensive method than cremation? According to the good scientists in Belgium there is. Funeral directors there would like to give the green light to something called Resomation, a water and alkali-based process which turns bodies into a mix of [...]
August 19, 2010 – 9:57 am
Of all the summer news splashes the weather has managed to dominate the major headlines lately: Floods on the East Coast and down south in the United States, not to mention Deadly Deluges inundating parts of Pakistan, for instance. All of this while, Droughts in an excessively hot Russia have killed acre upon acre of [...]
August 17, 2010 – 9:30 am
One environmentally destructive practice, onto which a light has been shed due to the BP oil spill in the gulf is Oil Sands Development in Alberta, Canada. Oil Sands Extraction, according to a 2008 report, leaks approximately three million gallons of contaminated water into surrounding rivers and groundwater each day. Well, in addition to this, [...]
Can green homes actually become affordable? “To stand out in a still sluggish housing market, more builders are beginning to offer average-priced, ultra-efficient homes.” Writes Wendy Koch a reporter and editor from USA Today. Green One Construction Services, based in Beaverton, Oregon, is currently working on a zero-net-energy development of eighteen homes designed to produce [...]
Steve Brooker, a good man from the state of Kansas, understandably perturbed by BP’s damage to the Gulf of Mexico has had a creative epiphany. He has made printing ink of lemons and oil. Brooker is using oil from the environmental disaster to make Necklaces and print T-shirts. Some of the proceeds he will donate [...]
Every day that the chances for a Climate Change Bill drift further from the shore, the coal lobby becomes increasingly optimistic. Friends of Big Coal on Capitol Hill, however, are insisting that they put the partying on pause. The Fat Lady has not yet sung the song for the coal industry — and she probably [...]
A new facility in the UK, Adnams Bio Energy anaerobic digestion plan, using brewery waste and local food waste will begin producing renewable gas which can be used as liquid fuel among other things. Working in partnership with National Grid, the facility expects to generate up to 4.8 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year – [...]
It was reported in the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph that the Japanese government has launched a campaign which encourages people to get to bed and get up extra early in order to cut-down household carbon dioxide emissions. The Environment Ministry unveiled the Morning Challenge campaign, basing it on the premise that swapping late night [...]
Sting is famous for his involvement with the Rainforest Foundation, which he co-founded in 1989 with his wife Trudie Styler. The foundation seeks to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation. Well, last month the music legend played a benefit concert for the organization. But Sting’s eco-friendly activism does not stop there. He is also involved [...]
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