In a new study issued last week, automotive consumer information service Intellichoice.com reported that gasoline-electric hybrid cars and trucks—favored by environmentalists for sipping instead of guzzling gas—have significantly lower total cost of ownership than equivalent traditional gas-only models.
With Democrats settling into their leadership roles after taking control of both houses of Congress earlier this month, global warming seems to be the issue du jour on Capitol Hill. Last week, new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) kicked things off by proposing the creation of a special House committee to deal with human-induced climate […]
According to one study, the average overhead saving for American manufacturers practicing "remanufacturing"-General Electric and Xerox among them-is about 70 percent, a remarkable figure and one that could significantly any company’s competitiveness even with increasing energy costs.
A new report issued by the Minnesota-based Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) last week found that the 355 U.S. cities across 49 states that have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions according to the stringent terms of the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement intended to stem the tide of global warming, face an uphill battle.
After receiving some bad press last week for owning shares in "many companies that have failed tests of social responsibility because of environmental lapses, employment discrimination, disregard for worker rights or unethical practices," the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it would be conducting a systematic review of its investments.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: La mayoría de las organizaciones ambientalistas parecen estar lideradas por hombres. Pero ¿cuáles son las mujeres que están al frente en este campo? Me encantaría saber algo de ellas.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Estoy cansada de tener que mantener mi césped, y estoy segura que todas las sustancias químicas que uso no son buenas para el ambiente. ¿Qué alternativas puedo explorar que me ahorren tiempo y dinero y que ayuden a mantener linda la propiedad?
Five percent of new commercial construction meets standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program (LEED). Ten percent of new homes satisfy the federal government’s Energy Star guidelines, meaning they’re nearly one-third more energy-efficient than regulations require. But U.S. buildings put out about a third of the country’s greenhouse gasses, and at the rate green building is penetrating the market today, it will be many years before we save the 70 percent of emissions thought necessary to stabilize the climate.
Esteemed environmental policy analyst Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute told reporters last week that Americans and the rest of the world are likely to see sharp increases in the price of corn, let alone the popular biofuel ethanol, due to errors in projections made by federal agriculture planners.
Last week the non-profit Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) issued a report detailing how the world’s largest oil company, ExxonMobil, has donated $16 million since 1998 to 43 ideological groups working to discredit the science of human-induced climate change. The group joins a growing chorus of voices asking the oil giant and world’s most profitable company to turn the corner on global warming and start embracing a transition from fossil fuels.
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Entiendo que se puede hacer funcionar coches diesel a base de aceite de cocina. ¿Qué ventaja sacaría en hacerlo y cómo se podría convertir el vehículo?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Es verdad que algunas redes comerciales de pesca tienen más de 65 km de largo? Oí un periodista de tele acusar a las flotas de pesca de estar haciendo "minería de desmonte" en los océanos. Si sus redes son en efecto tan grandes, ciertamente suena como que la acusación es verdad.
