100% Wind and Solar Powered Billboards in London, New York, and Sidney
Here's a short "feel-good" story about daily small steps towards a sustainable energy future. Alex Davies calls our attention to 100% Wind and Solar Powered Billboards Come to London, New York &...
View ArticleJames Hansen: It is essentially 'Game Over' -- if the Tar Sands are Tapped
Bill McKibben: Tar Sands pipeline is Climate Game OverCountdown with Keith Olbermannhttp://youtu.be/...Bill McKibben:"We need to leave Carbon in the Ground."-- it is exactly same principle as telling...
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Observing that very real Security Threat known as Climate Change
Someday maybe the very real threats of Climate Change will warrant their own days of somber observance? What it lacks in drama, it makes up for in "punch" ...Shocking: Tornado death rates in 2011...
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That Ozone Hole will go away Sooner or Later ... Right?
Well, this is unusual. I thought the world's 'socks' only got "holes" in them at the South Pole ...Arctic ozone loss at record level by Richard Black, Environment correspondent, BBC News -- 2 October...
View ArticleHow to live a greener life
So, now maybe you have already switched to a credit union? Or are still planning on it? There are lots of other things you can do to make your life more aligned with your principles. Read on for some...
View ArticleShrimp's Carbon Footprint is Ten Times Higher Than Beef's!
Tom Philpott, writing in Mother Jones has this stunning news about shrimp's carbon footprint.No, this doesn't mean that beef's carbon foot print is acceptable because it's not. It's an extreme user of...
View ArticleLiving A Green Lifestyle: A One Year Report Card
Almost a year ago to this exact day I realized I was being something of a hypocrite. Here and in my personal life with family and friends I talked 24/7 about living a "green" lifestyle. Having a small...
View ArticleThis Week in Renewable Energy News: Low Cost Thermal Storage
If solar power is to ever displace fossil-based power, then cost-effective ways of storing that captured solar energy -- must be developed. For all those times "when the sun don't shine." Well...
View ArticleThe Environmental Impact Of Christmas
My dad, raised in the Depression among parsimonious New England folk, was an early adopter of energy conservation. Hardly a day would pass in autumn, winter, or spring without him remarking "Close that...
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Nothing says Climate Change, more than offshore oil drilling in the Arctic
When your Offshore Oil Rig runs aground due to high seas in the Arctic winter, you just might have a problem in your Climate Change Mitigation Plans ...Problems prompt federal review of Arctic...
View Article#NOKXL Blogathon: Your voice on the Keystone XL pipeline matters
The Keystone XL pipeline is the perfect symbol of our disastrous energy policies and broken political system. Now that $100 a barrel is the new floor for oil prices, the oil industry can finally turn a...
View Article#NOKXL: US & Kerry excused ('bullied') by China and (!)Canada?
Can we allow ourselves a ray of optimism from the perspective of personal legacy, international influence or even playground-style "bullying" memes?One of the more ridiculous spectacles in...
View ArticleCarbon Footprint Friday
What did you do this week to reduce your carbon footprint?I'm one of those terrible suburbanites. You know, the sort of people who live outside the "ring" around a city, drive in, work, then drive...
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Carbon Capture Innovators vs the Status Quo Scientists
I think that "Science" will one day 'save the day,' with respect to reversing the uncontrolled Planetary CO2 Experiment we are currently conducting. That is of course, if we don't first send "Science"...
View ArticleLooking for advice on how to buy a car responsibly
I will soon be getting my first car. I want something that is environmentally responsible, safe, reliable, and built by a company that respects its workers. Ideally I would want it to be union made and...
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OK-Sen: Climate Scientists & Environmental Group Go After Google For Jim...
So by now, you probably know about this story: http://www.thedailybeast.com/... In the latest installment in this long-running series, one of the most politically correct companies in Silicon Valley...
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Carbon Footprint Friday
What did you do this week to reduce your carbon footprint? How eco-friendly is your community? Is it easy to take public transportation or ride your bike to work?For the first time ever, I rode...
View ArticleHummingbirds: From Generation to Generation
Rosh Hashanah falls in the seventh Hebrew month of Tishri, characterized as early fall and which follows the warm winds of summer. It is referred to as the birthday of the world so it fits that Rosh...
View ArticleDiary 2- Vegetarianism and the environment
Here’s something I should have added to my first diary post from yesterday. Helping the environment should be a continuing part of our lives. And we definitely should do something more than content...
View ArticleWater Conservation And Waterless Urinals: Could They Save Us
Why conserve water? It’s not just the famous snows of Kilimanjaro that have been decreasing in recent decades. Glaciers that are the ultimate sources of rivers- a main supply of freshwater- have been...
View ArticleRecycling fights global warming
As kids, we were all taught that recycling prevents landfills from being over-filled, or that it would save some trees from being cut down. But it does more than that. It takes less cost and energy...
View ArticleActivism: No-sort recycling; promoting freecycle programs and electric cars
For a while now, we’ve had all our recyclables picked up together in one container in our town instead of having to separate them. Recycling plants now can separate the different types of recyclable...
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US military wants 25% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025, solar...
Stephen O'Brien, of The Motley Fool, writes in The Business Insider that, The US Military Could Drive Solar Energy Growth, telling us that the Department of Defense, DOD, spends $20 billion a year on...
View ArticleLose Weight While You Sleep, Get Fit In Just 5 Minutes a Day, Don't Worry...
You've probably seen variations on the headlines above. They sound too good to be true - or are they? We're not quite at the "Everything you know is wrong" stage yet, but Science keeps...
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Can We Prosper or Shall We Drown?
Charleston, SC- A Charlestonian's question for this half century shall ever be: where are we: where are we going: and how shall we be saved? Our next three days may tell. Can we prosper or shall we...
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Why I Marched Sunday (And How Mayor de Blasio Made it Worth It)
Our allies at VOCAL-NY sent us this amazing Op-Ed by one of their members and leaders Brian Pearson. Brian Pearson is a leader of VOCAL New York's Civil Rights Union, working to end bias policing and...
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The Snow Garden [Photos]
Oh, winter - that dark season of depressing storms and huddling inside, marking time until spring comes! Unless, of course you planted a snow garden, back in the late summer, as an act of faith. Then...
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"We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky -- it just works."
Curious hopeful creature that I am, I wanted to learn more about the guy who spoke that insightful sound-bite, last week.Here is what I found out. I thought maybe, you might find it interesting and...
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Carsick Planet, Part 3: Get around. Not too fast. Mostly walk.
Getting around not too fast on the New York High Line.The previous segment of this series left off discussing how lifestyle choices, infrastructure, and a new economic thinking must work in tandem to...
View Article2/7/16 TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
February is Black HistoryMonthToday isNational Periodic Table DayNational Send a Card to a Friend DayNational Fettuccine Alfredo Day1) Minecraft originated in Sweden. 2) Our national debt to foreign...
View ArticleA Forward-Looking Plan for Rail in Western Montco
May 7 marks National Train Day, but you are forgiven if you can’t take the train. I hope someday soon people from Pottstown, Royersford and Limerick can take SEPTA to their jobs in Philadelphia. That...
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Top Comments - Fueling Fuel Efficiency
I think in all the time I have been on Daily Kos, there are two groups whose work I have admired most: The very painful IGTNT diaries, that honor those who have given their lives in service of our...
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IA-Gov: Dem Candidates Mount Pressure On Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) To Adhere To...
In the crowded Democratic primary for next year’s Governor race in Iowa, some candidates are mounting pressure on Governor Kim Reynolds (R. IA) to still adhere to to the Paris Climate Accord despite...
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CO-Gov: Cary Kennedy (D) Pushes The Call To Raise Colorado's Renewable Energy...
Received this e-mail today from former Treasurer Cary Kennedy’s (D. CO) gubernatorial campaign:It’s official. President Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Global Climate Agreement. But we...
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What's the carbon footprint of the Superbowl? Or the Avengers films? Or the...
If every vote matters in elections, win or lose, and if showing up for the importance stuff matters likewise —or actively refusing to and going on strike instead— does every buck we spend, and a...
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Impeachment -- done! Now about that carbon footprint...
I am a bicycle commuter. I started thanks to a shaming by my sophomores during the unit on climate change. I don’t actually like biking. Given the choice of walking and biking, I choose walking every...
View ArticleInteresting Rail News from Germany, England, and India. Then There's America...
A 42 MW solar park is being built in eastern Germany to help power rail lines.German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and solar project developer Enerparc have signed a contract for construction of a 42 MW...
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UN: World's wealthiest 1% cause over 2x the combined carbon emissions of the...
"It will be practically and politically impossible to close the emissions gap if governments don't cut the carbon footprint of the wealthy and end the inequalities which leave millions of people...
View ArticleEarth Day 2021
Earth Day 2021. I may remember this day as the first day of the rest of my life. Absolutely a cliche. Our retirement has brought us back to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a peculiar little town that is...
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Climate Brief: What's your carbon footprint?
IntroductionWe at Climate Brief write about the present and future impacts of global warming around the world; our diary entries often sound like dirges from a requiem for our planet. Often there is no...
View ArticleTo fly or not to fly
Many of us were hoping that this awful pandemic would have at least one postive outcome—showing all of us a different way to live that generates less carbon. But, now airline travel has rebounded, at...
View ArticleIncreased cryptocurrency mining will harm vulnerable communities,...
by Alexandra MartinezThis article was originally published at PrismFrom the outside, the Greenidge power plant in Seneca Lake, New York, looks like a 1950s-era relic of New York’s coal-fired past. But...
View ArticleOur Children are Screwed; Efforts to Control Climate Change are not Working
Science does not care if we do not understand. The laws of physics do not respond to good intentions and political gridlock. It’s politically popular to throw shade on good data. Worldwide...
View ArticleSEC proposes rule to require carbon reporting in financial statements - this...
About an hour ago, the SEC approved a rules proposal to require any SEC publicly registered company to report their carbon emissions in their financial reports. This will open any number of interesting...
View ArticleHold celebrities accountable for their carbon footprints!
I am a mom and an activist. I volunteered almost full-time to get Joe Biden elected and then to flip the senate by volunteering for the two Georgia senatorial races. I am continuing to work to elect...
View ArticleCartoon: 2023 new year's resolutions
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How many Trees must be planted to Offset CO2? -- Let's Phind Out.
————————Disclaimer: the following response text was generated by AI Search Engine: https://phind.comThe AI search engine for developers. Made with ❤️ in San Francisco. © Hello Cognition, Inc. 2023——...
View ArticleEnvironmental Impacts of Abortion Bans vs Telehealth
...In a new study, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco surveyed telehealth abortion patients about their experiences — and calculated the travel they avoided. Across more than...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: cynicism and my carbon footprint
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music,...
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