Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet
Highly toxic by ingestion or inhalation of the dust, it can also poison a person through exposure to soluble forms, inhalation of its vapour, or eating fish contaminated with it. It’s mercury. We all know mercury for its presence in thermometers. And we all know what it means for the mercury to be rising (as is currently a major global issue). But what does it mean when mercury is falling?
The week in environmental protests worldwide.
Hopefully the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill will get through the Senate like it did the House. Unfortunately, for these moguls of rap from the 1990′s, it’s too late…
A few weeks ago Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) called for a new energy solution. A solution that came in the form of 100 new nuclear power plants. That vision has not left the republicans’ eyes. And on Tuesday, Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) added his two cents.
Greenpeace activists in the United States and Italy stage protests calling on G8 nations to take action on climate change.
As more shipping—ranging from container vessels to oil tankers to cruise ships—is using Arctic waters, the risk of major oil spillages increases but the actual incidence of minor spills resulting from trimming vessels or flushing tanks is growing and remains largely unreported by shipping lines.
This week, US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev are meeting in Moscow to negotiate a treaty to succeed START. President Obama seems to understand that if the US expects Iran and North Korea to give up their intentions to develop nuclear weapons, we can’t act as hypocrites hoarding our own nuclear arsenal. Russia and the United States currently own “90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons”.
The Indian government has failed to announce any funding schemes for the massive clean energy plans it unveiled in its National Action Plan on Climate Change.
While global grain reserves had been replenished in the last couple of years, this was simply a short-term achievement. Global food security remains a goal, not a reality.
Cities around the world should use a mix of energy efficiency measures and affordable renewable energy schemes to reduce their carbon emissions.
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