The Most Destructive Project on Earth
By treehugga | August 30, 2008
The Environmental Defense declares the petroleum extraction programme in Canada is the “Most destructive project on earth.” The programme is based in the oil sands of Canada and is known as the Tar Sands Project. What is particularly alarming is that even Peter Lougheed who was the Alberta Premier who began the project is requesting a drastic change in the project.
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27 Green and Eco-Friendly Search Engines
By treehugga | August 21, 2008
The following green search engines are divided into those that search the green web and those that simply search the internet at large but also otherwise contribute to the green cause in some way, whether carbon offsetting or planting trees in the Amazon. Change the way you search today and know that every click will make a difference!
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Too much illegal wood in EU markets
By treehugga | August 13, 2008
Illegal logging contributes heavily to the destruction of biodiversity and the impoverishment of millions of people that depend on forests for food and income. This comes from a report based on a study related to the German market Illegaler Holzeinschlag und die EU carried out by WWF Germany.
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Free Energy Solution
By treehugga | August 5, 2008
MIT: Solar power storage discovery could mean energy nirvana
Researchers at MIT say they have made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research. Sunlight has the greatest potential of any power source to solve the world’s energy problems, Daniel Nocera, the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT and researcher on the project, said in a statement.
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EU Energy Laws to be Blocked by Britain
By treehugga | July 28, 2008
The European official who drafted the Energy Law legislation has accused Britain of obstructing EU efforts on renewables and said UK officials wanted to protect traditional energy suppliers and their coal, gas and nuclear power stations.
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Earth’s 10 Worst Current Environmental Disasters
By treehugga | July 24, 2008
Yes indeed, we as a species have spent the past two centuries polluting our way to prosperity without a care in the world, and only now – on the brink of multiple ecological catastrophes – are we forced to appreciate our symbiotic relationship with the natural world.read more | digg story
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African Lion Deaths Linked to Climate Change
By treehugga | July 21, 2008
Droughts and downpours exacerbated by climate change allowed two diseases to converge and wipe out large numbers of African lions in 1994 and 2001, according to a new study.
Lions regularly survive outbreaks of canine distemper virus (CDV) and infestations by a tick-borne blood parasite called Babesia. But both normally occur in isolation. In 1994 and 2001, however, a “perfect storm” of extreme drought followed by heavy seasonal rains set up the conditions for the two diseases to converge, the study said. The effect was lethal: The synchronized infections wiped out about a third of the Serengeti lion population in 1994. The nearby Ngorongoro Crater lion population experienced similar losses in 2001.
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