Getting the World’s Attention
The TckTckTck campaign hopes to raise enough awareness–and gather enough signatures–to inspire real climate action at the Copenhagen climate talks in December.
A New CO2 Future for Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency will adopt new rules to limit toxic air pollution from the nation’s coal- and oil-burning power plants by November 2011.
The Environmental Impact of Discarded Cigarettes
Studies show that contaminants from cigarette butts can get into soils and waterways, harm or kill living organisms & degrade surrounding ecosystems.
Semana del 25/10/09
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cómo produce la calefacción, el acondicionamiento y la electricidad la energía geotérmica? No comprendo cómo trabaja.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Aparentemente el vino en cartones (en vez de embotellado) se está poniendo de moda por razones ambientales. ¿Cuáles son los beneficios ecológicos del vino en cartones sobre el embotellado?
The Top 10 Plastic Bag Costumes
This Halloween, you can spare the landfill more plastic bags and make an environmental—and fashion—statement with these creative costume ideas.
The Problem with Scrubbers
Cleaning up smokestacks may have an unintended environmental consequence—polluted water.
Focusing on the Fills
For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will revoke a permit it had issued for a West Virginia surface mine.
How are heating, cooling and electricity produced by geothermal energy?
The term “geothermal” is derived from the Greek words for Earth (geo) and heat (therme). In essence geothermal energy is power harnessed from the Earth itself. Heat from the Earth’s core, which averages about 6,650 degrees Fahrenheit,
Semana del 18/10/09
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Tienen ustedes datos actuales acerca de cuánta selva húmeda se destruye cada día alrededor del mundo, y para qué propósito?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Vi recientemente una referencia a "casas de Enertia" que eso requiere pocas fuentes externas para calentar o refrescar. ¿Tiene usted cualquier información en este diseño de envoltura?
What Are Enertia Houses?
An Enertia house essentially marries the concepts of geothermal and passive solar heating/cooling into what amounts to a highly energy efficient hybrid HVAC system.