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Idle Talk
UrbanWorkbench | May 15th 2008 by Mike Thomas
Cars and trucks idling has been a contentious issue among drives, but I don't see people taking the sort of advice that I'm reading these days - That leaving your vehicle running, if you are stopping for more than 10 seconds, is worse than shutting read more
Bush Administration Falls for Polar Bear Gimmick
NeoConstant | May 15th 2008 by Erik Kain
As originally reported on TownHall.com, the Bush administration took a page from Al Gore’s playbook and named the polar bear to the “threatened species” list because of anticipated losses of the polar bear due to global warming. Co read more
Polar bears listed as U.S. threatened species
An Inconvenient Blog | May 15th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Polar bears were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting away. But the new protection was not accompanied by any proposals to address either climate change, which environmentali read more
Tread lightly: Install cavity wall insulation
An Inconvenient Blog | May 15th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Here at AIB we love the Guardian’s “Tread Lightly” campaign. This week its that old chestnut “Cavity Wall Insulation” - Got yours done yet? If not, read below!!! Installing cavity wall insulation will save you money on read more
Is a motorised bicycle ethical?
An Inconvenient Blog | May 15th 2008 by Wayne Roden
You can buy a specifically built motorised bicycle, or convert one by adding a small engine, such as the nano-motor (above) Here’s an interesting ecoconundrum. If you take a bicycle, one of the greenest forms of transport available, and put an read more
Fears for Amazon rainforest as Brazil’s environment minister re…
An Inconvenient Blog | May 15th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil. Photograph: Stephen Ferry/Getty Fears for the future of the world’s largest tropical rainforest grew yesterday, after the sudden resignation of Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silv read more
Earthwire News 14th May 2008
An Inconvenient Blog | May 14th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Superleaves are new dream power I C Wales WELSH scientists hoping to develop a groundbreaking form of cheap solar energy by copying the way plants absorb sunlight are on a mission to create superleaves. Pollution ‘ups blood clot risk’ read more
Is the deep ocean the next endangered ecosystem?
An Inconvenient Blog | May 14th 2008 by Wayne Roden
The rich concentrations of gold, silver and copper on the seabed have until now been out of reach. But what effect will mining have? The first deep-sea mining machines - for extracting gold, silver and copper deposited near volcanic fissures on the o read more
Study sees threat from big-particle pollutants
An Inconvenient Blog | May 14th 2008 by Wayne Roden
On days when there is a lot of dust and other large-particle pollutants in the air, slightly more elderly people go to hospital emergency rooms with heart problems, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. There was also an increase in hospital visits by el read more
Medieval church re-emerges as Spain ships in water
An Inconvenient Blog | May 14th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Perhaps the most striking image of Spain’s drought, so severe it has forced Barcelona to ship in water, has been that of the underwater church which emerged from a drying dam. For most of the past four decades, all that has been visible of the read more
Footprint Friends - Get your children to grow green
An Inconvenient Blog | May 14th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Footprint Friends calls all VIP Young People, parents and influencers to sign up and get involved. Start making a difference by actively taking part. Signup Why? We all leave footprints and we need to demonstrate that people around the world do actu read more
Trust tracks down its plants in hunt for treasures
An Inconvenient Blog | May 14th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Experts and volunteers armed with satellite positioning systems and digital cameras yesterday began what is billed as the UK’s biggest plant count. Over the next three years the flora at 80 properties owned or managed by the National Trust, fro read more
Pastie Lady Rolls North to Oregon
Death by 1000 Papercuts | May 13th 2008 by Randy B.
The Pastie Lady, Jennifer Moss, rolls north to Oregon in search of an area friendlier to her environmental exhibitionist message. read more
Greener Coffee
UrbanWorkbench | May 13th 2008 by Mike Thomas
How do you feel about your morning java after reading this... There are lots of problems with disposable cups. Up to 90 per cent of flavour comes from the aroma you inhale, so the non-recyclable styrene lids make your morning jolt about one-tenth as read more
Grumpy’s News Flashes XVI
From The Grumpy Old Man (Environment) | May 13th 2008 by Eddy De Clercq
Farmers in Estonia need to pay flatulence tax for the the methane their cows produce. A cow farts and burps on average 350 litres of methane and 1,500 litres carbon dioxide. All herds together are in this way responsible for 25 percent of the total read more
Task force gives housing the green light
An Inconvenient Blog | May 13th 2008 by Wayne Roden
· Builders reach accord with environmentalists · Hope for zero-carbon homes before 2016 The zero-carbon homes of the future should self-generate the vast majority of the energy they use, but a small amount of near-site or off-site renewable genera read more
Comeback for falcons thriving in towns
An Inconvenient Blog | May 13th 2008 by Wayne Roden
A peregrine falcon. Photograph: Corbis The world’s fastest bird is staging a comeback in Britain by moving from the often-hostile countryside to an enthusiastic welcome in cities and towns. More than a dozen pairs of peregrine falcons are nest read more
World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warn
An Inconvenient Blog | May 13th 2008 by Wayne Roden
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to new figures that renew fears that climate change could begin to slide out of control. Scientists at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii say that CO2 levels read more
A Summer Splash for a Birmingham institution
The Terminal | May 12th 2008 by Andre Natta
The Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham Southern College is starting to celebrate its 10th anniversary this month with its first ever online auction. Summer Splash currently has 19 items available for visitors to bid on with all proceeds goin read more
Guess Where I was Saturday…
The Day After An Inconvenient Truth | May 12th 2008 by Cara
…Queens, at the first installment of Stop ‘N Swap, which was put together by the Office of Recycling Outreach and Education and Build It Green! NYC. It was cool. People brought things they wanted to get rid of and you could take anything read more
Cardboard Animal Busts Are All Kinds Of Friendly
OhGizmo! | May 12th 2008
By Andrew Liszewski Got an animal loving friend with a birthday coming up? Instead of flying to Africa, shooting a rhinoceros and then mounting its decapitated head on a plaque, you might want to consider one of of these cardboard busts as a gift ins read more
Is organic so bad? Possibly not!
An Inconvenient Blog | May 12th 2008 by Wayne Roden
The great organic myths rebutted Rob Johnston argued that organic foods are not as good as supporters claim. His article sparked heated debate. Now Peter Melchett of the Soil Association puts the case for their defence Organic farming is not perfect; read more
Climate change plea from tribe of herders who face extinction
An Inconvenient Blog | May 12th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Olav Mathias-Eira is a reindeer-herder. So was his father. And his father’s father. He is a member of the Sami community, one of the largest indigenous groups remaining in Europe, and his family have been herding reindeer in the same stretch of read more
Benn gives go-ahead for new GM potato trial
An Inconvenient Blog | May 12th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Ministers have given permission for thousands of GM potatoes to be grown in Britain, a decision that is bound to provoke a new confrontation with environmentalists. Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for the Environment , has agreed to let scientis read more
Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fast
An Inconvenient Blog | May 12th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Arctic ice is melting fast and the area covered by ice sheets in ocean could shrink this summer to the smallest since 1978 when satellite observation first started, Japanese scientists warned in a report. Ice sheets in the Arctic Ocean shrank to the read more
Patagonia fears environmental damage from volcano
An Inconvenient Blog | May 12th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Volcanic ash raining down from the Chilean volcano Chaiten may cause long-term environmental damage and harm the health of people and animals in picturesque Patagonia, scientists say. Ash from the volcano, which started erupting 10 days ago for the f read more
China punishes 6 for protest against chemical plant
An Inconvenient Blog | May 12th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Chinese authorities arrested one person on a charge of inciting subversion and warned or detained five for their roles in a protest in the southwest against plans for a petrochemical project, local media reported on Monday. Police were seeking anothe read more
Funday Sunday
The Day After An Inconvenient Truth | May 11th 2008 by Cara
It’s Funday Sunday Game Day. Today’s game is a game and quiz. The best of both worlds. Beat the banger Good times. -Cara Reason 86 from, 101 Reasons Why I Am Vegetarian: More than half of the nation’s seafood companies do not follow fed read more
May 10th - Relevant Links
Spatially Relevant | May 10th 2008 by Jon Gatrell
Sharing the links for the day: Peak Oil How low will lake levels go? Cubicle Culture: The 10 worst workspaces in tech Biodiesel Boat Circumnavigates Globe, read more
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