I thought readers might appreciate these 10 “mind-blowing facts about the solar system.” If nothing else, they form a reminder of how precisely balanced everything is (or at least was) here on Earth, and how vital it is that humankind …
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From Guest Blogger Alec Holland: The Barter Economy Grows Globally to Include Astonishing Concepts
Bartering Gains Increasing Acceptance Bartering, meaning the practice of people and companies trading goods, is a concept that has been around for centuries. Recently, Internet communications have added a new spin to the classic practice. Niche markets and large-scale bartering …
From Guest Blogger Amy Morin: Are Resorts Going Green?
Many U.S. resorts are choosing to go green. By making their resorts environmentally friendly, they can save money, as well as the planet. Whether a resort is located in the middle of a desert or on the top of a …
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From Guest Blogger Tina Samuels: Going Green in Canada
Like many countries, Canada has been busy making the environment a better place. Their green movement focuses on finding sustainable agriculture options, families going green by saving on water and energy, switching to solar energy, and more environmental-related jobs. There …
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Google and Jim Inhofe
I don’t claim any inside track on what the hugely moneyed U.S.-based companies and the families that underlie them are doing – whether they’re the descendants of the Rockefellers and their 125-year-old oil companies, or the duPonts, or the new …
Dow Chemical and Corporate Sustainability
This morning, Rebecca McKenzie, one our most talented and hard-working interns, joined me in an hour-long telephone interview with three spokespeople from the Dow Chemical Company on the subject of corporate sustainability. I’ll link to a transcript of the interview …
Climate Change – Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
In an earlier post today I wrote on nuclear energy, I mentioned the average American’s lack of awareness of and interest in climate change. And while there are a number of reasons for this, most of them political, one could …
More Nuclear Energy?
A reader asked me to comment on this: “As the US moves toward a more sustainable energy future, simply maintaining nuclear energy at 20 percent of US electricity supply will require the construction of 20 to 25 new nuclear power plants by …
Electric Transportation in Europe
It looks like Europe continues to embrace electric transportation. According to my colleague Fritz Maffry, the Renault Twizy is selling very well on The Continent. The doors are optional, and windows are unavailable. Good thing it never rains in Europe. …
The Keystone XL Pipeline and Climate Change
Most of us who pay attention to the key environmental issues of the day have some opinion on the legitimacy of the Keystone XL pipeline. At the risk of oversimplifying: • Hard-core environmentalists say the approval of the project means, in …
