LA Times: In the 1959 Gregory Peck classic “On the Beach,’ humanity’s last holdouts in…
Month: April 2009
Day the UK becomes a drain on world’s resources
Scotsman: TOMORROW is the day the UK will go into “ecological debt”, having used up…
United States: Environmentalists balk at Surry’s hen-poop power
Charlotte Observer: The novelty of power plants that burn chicken droppings, mandated by North Carolina’s…
Forecasting a warmer world
Living on Earth: CURWOOD: Probably what comes most immediately to mind when people talk about…
United Kingdom: Spinning in the wind
Times (UK): Twelve miles off the coasts of Kent and Essex lies a patch of…
Arctic ice is melting
Washington Post: MAKE NO mistake, Arctic Sea ice is melting. According to the National Snow…
Future grows more hazy for mountaintop mining
Washington Post: In one of the deepest, steepest corners of Appalachia, where the most important…
Renewable energy ‘green bank’ idea takes root
Houston Chronicle: A coalition of energy companies hopes to reinvigorate the market for funding renewable…
Gassing up
Living on Earth: CURWOOD: And now from diesel to natural gas. As Congress considers sweeping…
United States: Renewable power plant proposed for Farallones
San Francisco Chronicle: A Seattle company wants to build an unusual offshore power plant near…