Dominica is now becoming known for something else than a long-ago visit by Christopher Columbus. The “nature isle” is now synonymous with longevity. At 29 miles long and 16 miles wide, with a population of 70,000, Dominica boasts 20 centenarians, and has the second-highest longevity in the western hemisphere (second only to Canada).
According to Yale University’s Climate Initiative, this Ivy League school in New Haven, Connecticut produced greenhouse gas emissions of 285,000 metric tons in 2002, more than 30 developing nations. Most of those emissions come from power plants, purchased power and on-campus buildings. But things are looking up. Last year, Yale President Richard Levin announced the university’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent below its 1990 levels by 2020.
Although it is the lightest element on the planet, liberating hydrogen from its molecular bonds can be a dirty process. However, a $250,000 demonstration project recently unveiled in Maine may be the bridge that leads to a clean hydrogen future.
Like the beleaguered Cape Wind Project in Nantucket Sound, wind farms in Australia have faced opposition from communities that do not want their views disrupted by wind turbines. In 2004, Wind Power Pty Ltd landed government approval to build a 52-turbine wind farm in the rural area of Bald Hills, but then the locals protested, writing more than 1,500 letters to the planning board. So the governing party decided to kill the project and put the blame on an endangered local parrot.
Since the middle of the last century technological advancements in telecommunications and other industries have led to significant increases in the use of radio frequencies. Equipment employing microwave and radio waves is today widely used not just in broadcasting..
<U><B>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> ¿En qué consisten los así llamados "intercambios por naturaleza" y cómo funcionan?</B>
<B><U>Querido DiálogoEcológico:</U> Mi abuela era muy buena para la fabricación de "enlatados" caseros, y esto ha despertado mi interés en el asunto. ¿Dónde puedo aprender acerca de los beneficios para mi salud y el ambiente? </B>
We call it planet earth but it’s really planet ocean. Seventy one percent of the surface and 97 percent of the livable habitat of our amazing spherical space pool is saltwater. It’s the crucible of life and source of delight for so many of us. We all gain much from the ocean including transportation, recreation, trade, energy, protein, medicine and a sense of awe and wonder at being part of something so much larger than ourselves. We feel a natural connection to the sea. We all come from saltwater, both on an individual and evolutionary basis. Our bodies are 71 percent saltwater just like our planet. Our blood is salty as the sea. That may explain why I’ve always found it easier to sleep by the shore. The beat of the waves is like our mother’s heartbeat.
The nonprofit Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) kicked off a new campaign last week to bring public pressure to bear on Target retail stores. The aim is to convince the company to phase out a wide range of products made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). CHEJ, a leading advocate for environmental justice and consumer health, labels PVC as "the poison plastic" because its production, use and disposal can lead to the release of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other human health maladies.
A group of conservationists undertaking an underwater survey of coral reefs along Madagascar’s southwestern coast reported last week finding massive damage from coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures–most likely due to global warming.
The "birth dearth" notion currently being peddled by neoconservative Ben Wattenberg, and gladly bought and re-sold by the media, is just another gnat in need of swatting by people of conscience.
