| Koalas Under Threat From Climate Change |
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 New research shows increased temperatures and carbon dioxide levels are a threat to the Australian national icon, the koala.
Professor Ian Hume, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and his students from the University of Sydney have been researching the effects of CO2 increases and temperature rises on eucalypts.
Professor Hume's group have shown in the laboratory that increases in CO2 affect the level of nutrients and 'anti-nutrients' (things that are either toxic or interfere... See entire news item |
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| Dell Asks Customers for Packaging Advice |
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Under criticism from bloggers during Earth Week over the use of oversized boxes to ship tiny products, Dell sought the advice of its customers this week to help the company improve its packaging.
The Consumerist... See entire news item |
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| Making YOU pay for the next Chernobyls ... in advance!! |
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 Are you ready to pay for the next Chernobyls---in advance? Are you willing to have nuclear power PREVENT a solution to the climate crisis?
Twenty-two years ago today, an apocalyptic cloud rose up from Unit Four, in the heart of the Ukraine. For the next few hundred generations, you and your progeny will breathe its radioactive fallout, which was thousands of times worse than that released at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Conservative estimates of Chernobyl's financial costs are in the $500 billion range.... See entire blog |
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| Peak Oil in 10 Minutes - Among Other Things, the Price of Oil and Gasoline |
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Thank you for being here with us today.
What is on your mind? Gasoline prices are rising. Gasoline prices have DOUBLED in only three years.
Why? Oil prices are rising. Oil prices have TRIPLED in the same three years.
Why? Global oil extraction (or production) HAS NOT increased in the same three years.
Why? [let's get into the details]
The natural decline... See entire blog |
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| Biofuels won't solve world energy problem: Shell |
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 Biofuels will not solve the world's energy problem, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell said on Sunday, amid growing criticism of their environmental and social benefits.
The remarks follow protests in Brazil and Europe against fuels derived from food crops. Food shortages and rising costs have set off rioting and protests in countries including Haiti, Cameroon, Niger and Indonesia.
"The essential point of biofuels is over time they will play a role," Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch... See entire news item |
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| Oil price jumps above $126 for first time |
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| Oil prices hit a record high above 126 dollars on Friday, driven by speculative interest amid concerns about tight global energy supplies, analysts said.
New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for June delivery, spiked as high as 126.20 dollars in mid-afternoon London trading hours. |
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| Environmentalists Reject 'Clean' Coal Greenwash |
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 Over 110 global environmental groups have came out against chimerical coal industry plans to bury carbon emissions [ark]. This coincides with Greenpeace's release of a new report entitled "False Hope" which correctly concludes that false promises of carbon capture and storage (CCS) [search] prolong the agony of coal dependence. CCS is revealed to be an untested myth that threatens to lock us into antiquated coal energy [search] and an obliterated atmosphere. CCS will not be ready in time (or maybe ever), wastes climate resources, is risky and undermines more rigorous approaches focused upon renewable energy.
It is pleasing to see Greenpeace join other biocentric groups in understanding ending the use of coal is essential to save the climate. Yet as with ancient forests, the question of "clean coal" splits the environmental movement. What is so mystifying is why generally rigorous environmental groups like Greenpeace – along with so many other groups including Rainforest Action Network – are so visionary on coal while continuing to insist that logging of ancient forests, equally antiquated... See entire blog |
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| Approaching Efficiency as an Investment |
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Cost is the perennial barrier to green corporate investments in energy efficiency, whether it is upgrading equipment or replacing the inefficient lighting in a facility.
Although these types of capital expenditures can actually save a company money in the long run, the factor that often determines whether the project will get the green light is its payback period.
The recently released book, "Energy Budgets at Risk," offers a different approach. Author and Energy Economist Jerry Jackson... See entire story |
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| Seed Dispersal In Mauritius -- Paths of Nature |
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 Walking through the last rainforests on the volcanic island of Mauritius, located some 800 km east of Madagascar, one is surrounded by ghosts.
Since human colonisation in the 17th century, the island has lost most of its unique animals. The litany includes the famous flightless dodo, giant tortoises, parrots, pigeons, fruitbats, and giant lizards. It is comparatively easy to notice the loss of a species, but much more difficult to realise how many interactions have been lost as a result.
Recent work has... See entire news item |
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| What is Missing in This Presidential Election? |
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 Candidates talk about speaking the truth - but they all hedge with political positioning based on surveys and focus groups, and based on who will contribute to their campaigns. No wonder politicians have a bad reputation and we always feel like we are settling, compromising on many of our principles, when we vote.
Unfortunately, this extends to the three leading candidates all having inadequate, compromised positions on environmental action.
Although not so well known, one presidential candidate, Mike Gravel, consistently shows true character and is informed and outspoken on environmental issues. Formerly senator from Alaska, he was on the ballot in about... See entire blog |
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