Wha? What’s this? A well-researched, well-rounded, entirely accurate story on climate change run in the mainstream media ? In prime time, on a major network? I am stunned. I guess all it took was a year full of catastrophic extreme weather events … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Chicago Bus Tracker: Transit goes 21st Century With User-Friendly Online GPS Tracking (Video)
January 14, 2011 No CommentMaking Transit More Convenient = Good Chicago’s Bus Tracker offers more evidence in favor of transit agencies releasing their data in open and usable formats . It not only allows transit users to track buses online and on their phones, knowing exactly when they’ll arrive at the nearest stop thanks to GPS equipment, but it also makes it easy for local stores to set up a screen that displays real-time info on buses. Riders can spen… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: biofriendly , CC Reducing Air Pollution The last diesel bus in the 2,228 vehicle fleet of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) was recently retired, making Metro the first major transit agency in the world to operate only “alternative” fuel buses. They now have 2,221 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses, one electric, and six gasoline-electric hybrid buses. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Catwalk Queen/ Ecostiletto Until she was engaged to, married to, and expecting with actor Orlando Bloom all in the space of a few weeks, model Miranda Kerr was most recognizable for her runway work — and for the naked Rolling Stone cover that showed her standing up for protected koala habitats. But in a four-part series on
Continue reading …CO2 Levels Could Rise to Concentrations Unseen in 30 Million Years by 2100
January 14, 2011 No Comment
image: Wikipedia Now this is really a pretty shocking projection, but one which is by no means certain provided we take action now to change course from our business-as-usual levels of greenhouse gas emissions : New research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (h/t
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The gray bay cats captured in the recent photos are even more rare than the red variety, seen here. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Almost everything scientists know about the Bornean bay cat is based on just 12 samples, the first of which was a skin collected in 1855 in Sarawak, Malaysia. In the several decades following this original discovery, seven other skins appeared. It wasn’t until 1992 that a living specimen was obtained. Then, after another was captured in 1998, the species disappeared. It was widely thought to be extinct until a photograph was taken of a single cat in … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Canada Mothballs High-Tech Oil Spill Detecting, Arctic Ice Monitoring Planes
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photo: sbamueller / Creative Commons Last December Canada’s Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development admitted that the nation is badly prepared to handle an oil spill . Yet, according to a new article in TheStar.com Environment Canada has now mothballed … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …With the current House of Representatives doubting the science of climate change and the importance of investing in clean energy, it’s always nice to have new voices supporting these causes, especially when those voices are members of the US military. In an op-ed for the NYTimes, retired General Steven M. Anderson comes out swinging with a great argument for the fact that saving en… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo by SMercury98 via Flickr Creative Commons The trend of China taking the lead on smart grid spending isn’t new. Zpryme showed that the country would outspend the US in this sector during 2010. However, the numbers projected by the research firm for China’s smart grid spending over the next five years will send it far out into the lead ahead of other countries investing in an intelligent grid, including the US. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo by stevendepolo via Flickr Creative Commons Bottled water is not a very green thing to do. But is it slightly better if you’re foregoing funneling remote mountain springs into plastic containers, and bottling recycled wastewater instead? Singapore’s NEWater is doing just this. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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