Associated Press: The Wyoming Legislature plans to continue work to regulate the underground storage of…
Month: December 2008
Carbon credits’ value may grow
Tennessean: Bellevue resident Ed Polk hangs onto 350 acres of forestland, not to market its…
Spraying aerosols into atmosphere may reduce global warming
Asian News International: Scientists are planning to put aerosols into the atmosphere to chemically unlock…
“Nearly 15 million environmental refugees likely”
The News: Global warming and the ongoing thinning of Tibetan glaciers will result in as…
United States: At plant in coal ash spill, toxic deposits by the ton
New York Times: In a single year, a coal-fired electric plant deposited more than 2.2…
Portugal: Mega Solar Power Plant Begins to Operate
Inter Press Service: The most ambitious and innovative solar power project in the world kicked…
New Zealand: Biofuel for Jumbo Jets: Kiwis Take to the Sky on Jatropha
Scientific American: Air New Zealand became the second airline to fly partially on biofuel–and the…
Can an Ancient Charcoal Put the Brakes on Global Warming?
Popular Mechanics: When pre-Columbian natives in the Amazon Basin first began to use biochar–a fine-grained,…
Study: Climate change to mean shorter ski seasons in Rockies
Associated Press: A study of two Rocky Mountain ski resorts says climate change will mean…
Researchers study glaciers on Earth’s coldest desert
Physorg: It’s December, and undergraduate Jenny Middleton bundles up to face the cold. While all…