Like many people, I’ve been tuning in to coverage of the Olympic Games—from luge, to moguls to figure skating—captivated by what feats of strength and grace the human body is capable of. With such worldwide attention and grand-scale showmanship, it seems almost inappropriate to calculate the emissions and "sustainability" of the Vancouver Olympics.
The Olympics are getting greener and greener….
Male blue whales have begun changing their tunes—literally.
On February 4, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) announced their 10 Million Solar Roofs and 10 Million Gallons of Solar Water Heating Act of 2010.
It’s true that the melting of the polar ice caps as a result of global warming is sending large amounts of freshwater into the world’s oceans. Environmentalists and many climate scientists fear that if the climate heats up fast enough and melts off the remaining polar ice rapidly, the influx of freshwater could disturb ocean currents enough to drastically change the weather on the land as well.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Fuera de esfuerzos masivos para construir una infraestructura de transporte público, lo que no parece probable en el futuro próximo, qué se está haciendo para reducir la congestión del tránsito, que alcanza niveles absurdos en casi todas partes?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Tengo un nuevo piso de linóleo, que escogí en parte por su respeto al ambiente. ¿Cómo lo limpio y mantengo sin utilizar sustancias químicas fuertes o tóxicas?
Americans recycle more plastic than ever these days, but there are still plenty of items that are not accepted by municipalities, including many hard plastic items like ski boots.
The story of Toyota cars having accelerator-pedal and brake problems, causing out-of-control speed and death, is a near perfect allegory for something far more serious: the burning of the planet with fossil fuels including gasoline for cars.
Officials from Saudi Arabia estimate that the country’s more than 28 desalination plants provide between 50-70% of the country’s drinking water.
FloDesign of Massachusetts has designed a wind turbine inspired by jet engines.
