The top 30 industrial groups of South Korea are planning to invest 22.4 trillion won ($18.5 billion) in clean energy projects by 2013, Bloomberg reported this week. This proposed investment, which will be for 2011-2013, is a 48% increase over the…
Great Green Wall of Trees for Africa
The Global Environment Facility (GEF), in an effort to lessen desertification and drought in Africa, is helping to plant a living wall of trees across Africa. The “wall” will be huge — 9 miles (14 kilometers) thick and 4,400 miles…
NASA Photos Show Greenland Glacier Retreating One Mile Overnight!
Massive retreat of Greenland glacier happens overnight. The north branch of Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier retreated one mile from July 6 to July 7, new NASA photos show. “The calving front – where the ice sheet meets the ocean – retreated…
GREENCAST: 27,000 Abandoned Wells in Gulf of Mexico, Arsenic in Utah Kids Pee, Climate Change Funding in the FY2011 Budget…
Here is our latest “greencast’ of green news from around the internet. Check out our summary of these 10 green news stories in high-definition via screenr or on YouTube below. Read the rest of this entry »
Blimps to Replace Aircraft for Freight Transport (at least) in Near Future, Leading Scientist Says
“Helium-powered ships could be carrying freight – and even passengers – in as little as a decade’s time,” Juliette Jowit of the Guardian reports. One of the world’s leading scientists, the UK’s former chief scientific adviser Professor Sir David King,…
Environmental Impact of Eating Meat
New United Nation Food and Agriculture report tells us again that eating meat has perhaps the largest negative environmental impact of any human action. And more than half of the world’s crops are fed to animals. I’ve written on the…
Man Swims Across Everest Lake (1Km) for Climate Change Action
There are a lot of ways to try to increase awareness of climate change and action to stop it, but I imagine not many are as noteworthy as this one. A man given the title “human polar bear” recently swam…
Gray Whale Found on Wrong Side of World
This is one of those crazy stories that you can hardly believe when you read it. However, it is one that might become more and more common as climate change steams ahead. The title is no joke and no exaggeration.…
Preventing Urban Sprawl with Parks
I love this idea. Sort of obvious once you think about it, but hardly considered or discussed when talking about ways to reduce climate change, obesity, driving, and so on. Why do people think life in the suburbs sounds so…
Book Review: Organic Manifesto (Part I)
The following is a brief review of the first part of Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe. Included are some key highlights as well. I was raised on organic foods…