Since the Environmental Protection Agency determined in December 2009 that climate change is a threat to the planet and human health—and was being driven by human activity—the agency has received 10 petitions challenging its findings. On July 29, 2010, the EPA denied those petitions.
This July, four moms climbed 14,000 feet to the summit of Mount Rainier in Washington State to demand that Washington’s largest contributor to global warming—the TransAlta coal-fired power plant in Centralia—be shut down by 2015 and replaced with efficient and renewable energy. E sat down with Jennifer, Julie, Katie and Genevieve to talk about preparing for the big climb, being superheroes to their kids and putting pressure on the governor.
Documents show that chemical dispersants were used heavily in trying to mitigate the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, despite concerns over their toxicity.
Since 2008, the New York City Department of Transportation has promoted the Summer Streets Initiative—temporarily closing Park Avenue and connecting streets to motorized vehicles during the first three Saturdays of August in order to encourage more sustainable forms of transportation like walking and biking.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: He advertido que las floraciones de flores silvestres en las montañas han estado ocurriendo más y más temprano en los últimos años. ¿Es esto un signo del calentamiento climático? ¿Y qué significa esto para la supervivencia a largo plazo de estas plantas resistentes pero todavía raras?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Cuáles son los alimentos más importantes que deben comprarse orgánicos?
On July 19, with the cap on the BP wellhead apparently holding, President Obama finally signed a long-hoped-for Executive Order establishing a new conservation-oriented Ocean and Coastal Policy for the United States.
The smart grid will allow us to really make use of renewable energy like wind and solar and give consumers new control over their energy use…
Boulder, Colorado, is now SmartGridCity. Thanks to a test run of smart grid technologies there, residents are already saving money and reducing energy use.
Plug-in hybrid and electric cars can work with the smart grid, by drawing energy when it’s most efficient and helping to store renewable energy…
Demand-response heaters, refrigerators, washing machines and other appliances are being rolled out at GE and will available in stores soon…
