Well here’s some news: radiation emitted from wireless devices such as cell phones and routers prevents seeds from sprouting; i.e., life from living. Thanks to David Kofahl for passing this one along:
“The students placed six trays filled with Lepidium sativum, a type of garden cress into a room without radiation, and six trays of the [...]
Truthout talks to Ozzie Zehner about Green Illusions:
Every day, the news about climate change and the harms that are sure to accompany it gets worse and worse. To many environmentalists, the answer is simple: power shift. That is, shift from fossil fuels to clean, green, renewable, alternative energy. Well-meaning concerned citizens and activists have jumped [...]
Virtual Energy Conference Focuses on Solutions for Florida Economy, Environment & Consumers
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Powerful solutions are available now to meet energy needs of today and tomorrow. Tapping these solutions will boost environmental quality and economic vitality while helping consumers save energy and be energy secure. The Future Is Now Foundation is hosting a three day [...]
Ag Industry Caught in Legislative Embarrassment: Not the Way A Democracy Should Work
Posted: 14 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT By Susan Schneider of the University of Arkansas School of Law:
In late March, Congress was finally able to agree on budget legislation that would avoid a government shut down and provide funding for 6 months. The [...]
There are at least two things to know about this high desert city. One, the sun just keeps on shining. Two, the city’s mayor, a class-action lawyer named R. Rex Parris, just keeps on competing. Two years ago, the mayor, a Republican, decided to leverage the incessant Antelope Valley sun so that Lancaster could become the solar [...]
As renewable energy gets cheaper and machines and buildings become more energy efficient, a number of countries that two decades ago ran on a fuel mix much like America’s are successfully dialing down their fossil fuel habits. Thirteen countries got more than 30 percent of their electricity from renewable energy in 2011, according to the [...]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new study says New York could get the power it needs from wind, water and sunlight by 2030 with a concerted push, though the state’s decade-long effort to significantly boost green energy shows how challenging that could be.
The study, led by researchers from Stanford and Cornell universities, provides a theoretical [...]
TOKYO — The operator of Japan’s crippled nuclear plant said Saturday that it was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leakage, in a blow to the plant’s struggles with tight storage space.
Tokyo Electric power Co. said about 120 tons of the water are believed [...]
In 2011, Alcoa officially unveiled a building panel that could “eat” pollution out of the air. Not only that, but the panel, using the chemical reaction of titanium dioxide and sunlight, could also clean itself. The original panels were unremarkable, modest looking pieces of aluminum, but the use of silver titanium dioxide pigment they were [...]
The Obama administration is inching ahead with a plan that would allow wastewater from fracking to be shipped on barges, fueling a debate whether it is safer than other transportation modes or risks polluting drinking water.
The Coast Guard last month quietly sent to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget a proposal to allow [...]
YAKIMA, Wash. — Underground tanks that hold a stew of toxic, radioactive waste at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site pose a possible risk of explosion, a nuclear safety board said in advance of confirmation hearings for the next leader of the Energy Department.
State and federal officials have long known that hydrogen gas could build [...]
19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The device consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world. Instead of moving through the ocean, the array would span the radius of [...]
Rep. Steve Crisafulli has proposed a two-year moratorium on local ordinances that put stricter rules on fertilizer use than what the state recommends.
There is no bill yet, but under Crisafulli’s proposed legislation, the moratorium would run until the middle of 2015, and a 13-member commission would be appointed to review local ordinances statewide to make [...]
The Silk Roads Discussion Series continues Tuesday with “Is Religion Holding Back Science?” Speakers from a variety of backgrounds will briefly address the topic from each of their own perspectives.
Those attending will then have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss in an informal setting.
Following a brief reception, the discussion will begin at 7 p.m. [...]
The Lancaster, California City Council unanimously approved changes to the city’s zoning code that require housing developers to install solar with every new home they build.
This is the latest piece in what Republican Mayor R. Rex Parris described at the City Council meeting as a plan to make Lancaster “the solar capital of the universe.”
Lancaster’s [...]
Chris Cano and Steven Kanner cycle through Gainesville regularly, collecting garbage that they turn into gold.
Black gold, that is.
It’s a term some gardeners use when referring to compost, and it’s created by mixing the right amount of brown material, such as dried leaves, with green material, such as plant-based food scraps.
The result is nutrient-rich, dark, [...]
Join Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig, Archivist for the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries and Director of Medical Humanities at the College of Medicine for a discussion on Plants and Medicine: Art and Science in Botanical Prints. This event is free and open to the public and will take place at the Harn Museum of Art.
Winifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little report on continuing impacts of nuclear disaster in Earth Island Journal:
Late in the spring of 2011, the pale grass blue butterflies seemed no different. Flitting about the meadows of Fukushima Prefecture, their satin wings shimmered as they moved among the notched leaves of wood sorrel and feathery pampas grass. [...]
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) says solar power, a business it abandoned four years ago, may expand into the world’s biggest source of energy in the next half century.
The proposition that photovoltaic panels will be the main power source by 2070 is one of the New Lens Scenarios Europe’s largest oil company published today in a report [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heat-trapping gases from U.S. power plants fell 4.6 percent in 2011 from the previous year as plants burned less coal, the biggest source of greenhouse gas pollution, according to a new government report.
The report, released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, said power plants remain the largest stationary source of carbon dioxide [...]
The legal battle continues to grow between the city of Gainesville and the company behind the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center biomass plant.
On Friday, GREC filed a counterclaim to Gainesville’s prior demand for arbitration. GREC’s counterclaim seeks unspecified monetary damages from the city.
In December, the City Commission filed for arbitration on the premise that the late [...]
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