Time-Lapse GIFs Show Earth Transforming Over 25 Years
• popsci.comSatellite images from every year since 1984 show the march of human progress—and the retreat of nature.
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Once a Smelly Nuisance, Mexicali’s Wastewater Now Brings Life to the Colorado Delta
• newswatch.nationalgeographic.comIf there is one place that transforms wastewater from trouble-maker to life-saver it’s the site of Las Arenitas sewage treatment plant in the Mexican state of Baja California.
New York's Zoning Ban Movement Fracks Big Gas
• truth-out.orgOn Thursday, May 2, New York State's Appellate Court upheld the right of two townships - the Tompkins County town of Dryden and the Otsego County town of Middlefield - to use their zoning laws to ban gas drilling.
Can Carbon Capture Clean Up Canada’s Oil Sands?
• Technologyreview.comAlberta will serve as a test bed for large-scale carbon capture and sequestration.
One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply
• Wired.comNearly one in three commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died or disappeared last winter, an unsustainable decline that threatens the nation’s food supply.
EU Pollution Push in Disarray on Debt Crisis Distracttion
• Ewa Krukowska & Alex Morales via Bloomberg.comEurope’s program to halt climate change is in disarray with lawmakers in the region expressing concern the drift is undermining the planet’s most significant effort to combat global warming.
The Amount of Oil We Can Recover Keeps Growing
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comThe U.S. Geological Survey doubles its estimate for the size of a huge U.S. oil and gas resource.
Oil boom threatens Amazon tribesmen
• nbcnews.comWauroni tribesmen, who live in the rainforest of Ecuador, are getting ready to challenge the Ecuadorian government’s plan to auction as much as 8 million acres of rainforest for oil drilling, saying they are prepared to fight to the death......
Is Chinese Big Oil Going to Destroy Ecuador's Amazon?
• http://www.vice.com, By Sascha KouvelisTo oil and gas companies, the Amazon rainforest is one huge cash cow just begging to be milked. But anyone who'd rather not rid the world of 30 percent of its animal species would probably argue it's a region that shouldn't be destroyed by rich peopl
Seabirds Carry Warnings of Ocean Pollution
• Stephanie Pappas via LiveScienceThe best tools for tracking how well pollution-reduction laws are working may be seabirds.
NASA Rover to Explore… Greenland
• space.comNASA's newest rover won't be exploring another planet, but will take a look at part of our own. Named Grover, the rover will explore Greenland's ice sheets to better understand how they form, and how quickly they may be melting.
Clever Drones See Truth of Ice Sheet Meld And Seal Level Rise
• LiveScienceIn harsh arctic regions, it's very tough to get good data while on the ground. Researchers at the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) use aircraft including unmanned UAV drones and elegant new software modelling to watch changes in ice.
New Biofuel Possibility in Horse Gut Fungus
• Jacqueline Conciatore via LiveScience.comAt a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, scientists announced a potential new biofuels source — anaerobic gut fungus (yeast) found in horses' waste and digestive tracts.
Sewage Plants Dumped 11 Billion Gallons Of Waste Into Waterways After Sandy [Infographic]
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comThat's the equivalent of New York City's Central Park, packed 41 feet high with untreated sewage.
Flow of Tainted Water Is Latest Crisis at Japan Nuclear Plant
• New York TimesWorkers at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are struggling to contain groundwater that is pouring into the plant’s reactor buildings by the minute.
EPA increases acceptable radiation exposure
• Washington Post....would allow Americans to drink water contaminated thousands of times past the legal limit. It would allow residents to remain in a disaster zone even when there’s lots of dangerous material in the air.... would allow resettlement of unfit areas
When Laziness Pays: Getting Your Groceries Delivered Is Good For The Environment
• popsci.comSit back, and let FreshDirect bring the milk and cookies to you.
Are Electric Vehicles Really Zero-Emission?
• Marc Lausier/ Green Car ReportsAs the owner of the first Nissan Leaf electric car sold in Maine, it is my pleasure to give slide presentations to various groups about the history, benefits, and personal experiences of driving an electric vehicle.
California Joins Chinese Province to Go Green
• Tom Peterson via LiveScience.comWouldn't it be nice if the globe's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, the two largest energy users and the two largest industrial producers found a way to help each other succeed on an issue that neither they, nor anyone, can afford to lose?
How Earthquakes in Chile Have Permanently Deformed Earth
• Charles Q. Choi via LiveScience.comEarthquakes can permanently crack the Earth, an investigation of quakes that have rocked Chile over the past million years suggests.
Ban CO2 And The Sun For The Planet!
• PrisonPlanet.comOr at least pay the UN and Al Gore a tax to make up for you guilt! Yes this is a joke and the joke is on us because people all over the world are already paying CO2 taxes and the fat pig Gore is making money of of it.
Fukushima's Catastrophic Aftermath Continues
Stephen Lendmannuclear disaster
How Stopping Deforestation Would Make Us Richer [Infographic]
• popsci.comBad news for the timber industry but great news for tourism
A Solution to Solar Power Intermittency
• Technologyreview.comConverting methane to an alternative fuel using energy from the sun could reduce carbon-dioxide emissions.
A Solar Dish That Makes Electricity And Fresh Water
• popsci.comIt's not exactly a solar panel. It's more like a solar dish. And not only does it generate electricity, it makes water, too.
Volcano's 'Infrasound' Roar Is a Weather Vane
• Becky Oskin via LiveScienceThe thunderous roar of Chile's Villarrica volcano carries for miles.
Colorado Avalanche: Deadliest in 50 Years
• Courtney Spamer via LiveScience.comOn Saturday afternoon, the wet snow piled in the mountains of the Loveland Pass gave way, creating a fatal avalanche.
The Enduring Technology of Coal
• Technology ReviewDespite the need to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions, the burning of coal hs only been accelerating.
6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Kuril Islands
• LiveScienceAn earthquake of preliminary magnitude 6.0 struck today east of the Kuril Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Google Hacks Power Regulators to Build Greener Grid
• Robert McMillan via Wired.comGoogle has figured out a brand new way to get cleaner power into old-fashioned power grids. It’s hacking the regulators.
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