Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
James William Smith asked: If humans had already colonized Jupiter, Neptune and Mars, it would certainly be all our fault. In fact, the United Nations Planetary Climate Change Council would be receiving the Nobel Peace Prize right about now. Their scientific statement would refer to Jupiter, Neptune and Mars as ...
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
James William Smith asked: I passed the signs in the neighbor’s yard every morning during my daily run. “ Save Darfur, Stop the Genocide,” the signs would say. They looked like an endorsement for a political candidate but there were no upcoming elections. Every morning I would run past the ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
James Nash asked: Former Vice President and Nobel Prize peace winner Al Gore made a comment at the ASIAN Summit earlier this month in Bali, Indonesia that USA is the worst nation in causing the global warming. USA is the only industrialized nation now refuses to join the Kyoto summit ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Southern California Edison Co. plans to build the nation's largest solar energy installation — an array of collector cells covering two square miles of rooftops that could power about 162,000 homes, the utility announced Thursday.
Edison said it asked state regulators for approval to begin installing the technology on the rooftops ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Banish the Bags: This Whale Washed Up on a British Beach. In Its Stomach....the Remains of 23 Plastic Bags
Bloodied and skinned, its carcass lies on a British beach, battered by the sea and smashed by rocks. This shocking image shows the lifeless body of a Cuvier's beaked whale - a ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Air Pollution
Despite growing support from the chemical industry and environmentalists for phasing out several highly toxic and long-lived substances, new compounds continue to be introduced into global commerce at a rapid rate. Because the health effects of such substances often become apparent only long after their introduction, Worldwatch research emphasizes ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Individual choices can have an impact on global climate change. Reducing your family's heat-trapping emissions does not mean forgoing modern conveniences; it means making smart choices and using energy-efficient products, which may require an additional investment up front, but often pay you back in energy savings within a couple of ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Coral reefs are one of the wonders of nature, because of their enchanting beauty and unusual biology. In addition, many consider them to be second only to tropical rain forests as incubators and protectors of biodiversity.
The reefs, which grow in shallow, warm waters, consist largely of the skeletons of small, ...
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