Is Diesel A Greener Option For Cars Than Gasoline?
The jury is still out regarding whether diesel is a greener option overall given all the factors at play, including a constatly shifting fuels marketplace….
How Can We Keep Suburban Sprawl In Check?
Planners are still debating how to best mitigate so-called suburban sprawl although layering in greenbelts in successive bands around a city is one way…
On Global Warming: A Cool Breeze from Britain
January 2005 was the second-warmest January of the past 27 years, according to the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama. It was almost a full degree Fahrenheit warmer than seasonal norms.
House Committee Bullish on ANWR Drilling
The House Resources Committee is expected to vote this week to revive the White House energy bill calling for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
California Sues Feds Over Plans to Quadruple Logging in the Sierra Nevada
Last week, the state of California filed suit against the Bush administration contesting federal plans to significantly expand logging throughout national forests in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Congress Considers Opening HOV Lanes to Hybrids Nationwide
Several states have joined California in lobbying Congress to let states make their own rules regulating which automobiles get access to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. If Congress agrees, the upshot would be that drivers of gas-electric hybrids could access HOV lanes with or without passengers from coast to coast.
What is “acid rain” and what causes it?
Dear EarthTalk: What is "acid rain" and what causes it?
Dear EarthTalk: How can I recycle my old propane gas tank that can no longer be refilled?
How can I recycle my old propane gas tank that can no longer be refilled?
If you have an older propane gas tank that has been denied refilling by a retailer, it is probably because it lacks an Overfilling Prevention Device (OPD). As of April 2002, the National Fire Protection Agency’s (NFPA) safety code requires an OPD on every propane tank that holds between four and 40 pounds of the gas
Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion
Something strange is going on in the mind of Michael Crichton. His new bestseller <I>State of Fear</I>, a bewildering piece of work unlike any of his previous novels, makes the case that climate change is nothing to worry about. The villains of this story are not the mad scientists and reckless corporations that usually populate the Crichton universe (see <I>Jurassic Park</I>, <I>Timeline</I> and <I>Prey</I>). This time the bad guys are a bunch of scare-mongering environmentalists.
Task Force Calls on G-8 to Combat Global Warming
An international task force of business leaders, scientists and politicians has released a report predicting dire environmental consequences if the leading industrial nations of the world don’t work quickly to combat global warming.