Plastic is non-biodegradable and leads to serious pollution when it’s not recycled. Plastic recycling is the process where scrap or waste plastic are recovered and remade into some other useful products. This process includes sorting, shredding, washing, melting and pelletizing of plastic bottles which can be cast as plastic tables, chairs and lots of other products. (more…)
Just take a look at the weather channel and it’s clear to see that global warming is definitely an issue worth fixing. The sporadic temperatures and changes in different parts of the globe could be lessened if each person did their part to take better care of Mother Nature. Businesses are no different. It might seem like an arduous task, but take a look at five simple changes to make a business become more environmentally friendly and conscious. (more…)
There’s nothing quite as frustrating as high energy bills. An energy inefficient home can also help contribute to pollution and global warming. Many home owners may be looking for new ways to make their homes more energy efficient.
One part of your home you may have not considered in regards to energy consumption is your plumbing. However, your pluming may be wasting a lot of energy. With that in mind, below are a few steps you can take to make your plumbing more energy efficient. (more…)
Boston’s new ordinance banning the sale of dogs from puppy mills is just one of many thousands of local rules on the city’s books, and may therefore seem inconsequential. Looked at another way, however, it’s a statement that its people will not tolerate institutions that traffic in animal suffering. Right on.
(Note: I chose the fairly tame image above so as not to make readers vomit. Those seeking greater realism can go here.)
Every couple of weeks we like to provide a little update on what the Koch Brothers are attempting to pull off, often with a nauseating level of success, with respect to blunting the progress of renewable energy in favor of expanding their fossil fuel empire. In particular, they’re currently using their huge wealth and political clout to apply enormous pressure on state legislators to pass laws that create disincentive for homeowners to power their houses with solar electricity. I hope readers will check out the petition linked above.
Commenter Gina Rozier writes in my response to our lack of response to climate change:
It intrigues me what threats people react too and which ones they ignore. I remember reading a quote. Science says climate change is here. We must act now. People do nothing. Science then says Ebola is not a threat and people panic. Perhaps we acknowledge Ebola because we have no personal responsibility to act. Whereas with climate change everyone must accept some level of personal responsibility.
This is really profound, Gina, and it’s 100% correct. My favorite theories include: (more…)
Here’s an excerpt from this week’s Green Auto Digest, published by my colleague Jon LeSage: Plug-in electric vehicle sales were up substantially month-over-month and year-over-year – 17% over January and 6.7% over February 2014. The Tesla Model S, Chevrolet Volt, and Ford Fusion Energi saw sizable gains over last year, while the Nissan Leaf was down 22.4%……. The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq might have been the most interesting green car news story from last week’s Geneva Motor Show. The hatchback was displayed in all three forms in which it’ll be sold. (more…)
When a climate change skeptic wrote: Climate models have crucial flaws making them useless, I wrote, “This idea lives on the outer banks of the remotest fringe of science.”
At the end of his explanation, he cautions me in response: It’s very important to keep an open mind.” (more…)
A colleague in England, Gary Tulie, sent me this concept for extracting the energy from wind without a turbine. Here’s our conversation:
Craig: Thanks for this, but aren’t you extremely skeptical? The wind blows charged particles apart from one another? Where do the charged particles come from? How does the wind separate them? And, imagining that this were possible, how does that create a high voltage? Where are they with respect to TRL (Tech Readiness Level)? Btw, can you take a stab at explaining it to me in layman’s terms? (more…)
Here’s a story about a town that has all but vanished due to climate change. Of course, many people, when they see how remote the village is and how foreign its people are to our more “civilized” ways, will discount this story as irrelevant. I’m not sure we’ll feel the same way when we start talking about Boston and Miami.
