From the monthly archives: January 2008
Large herds of buffalo once trampled the Great Plains, making the landscape appear black and in motion. Wolves roamed the continent, creating complex societies. This time period now lives as legend, in accounts from early settlers and Indian stories. Scattered reserves are home to relatively small populations.
A recently study by [...]
It’s not too late to get involved in what organizers are calling an unprecedented U.S.-wide teach-in focused on solutions to global warming.
Organized by “Focus the Nation,” the teach-in — scheduled to culminate on Thursday, Jan. 31 — aims to get millions of students, teachers, people of [...]
Lettuce and biodiesel too, that’s the plan of Glen Kertz, CEO of Valcent Products of El Paso, TX. Kertz, who has worked in the greenhouse business for nearly two decades, believes the time has come to localize and simplify food production, and he says his Vertigro system will do just that. I spoke [...]
Japan backed the United States last month during the United Nations-led talks in Bali, opposing the European Union proposal for cutting emissions by 2012. Japan however has helped redeem itself by pledging $10 billion over 5 years to help developing countries reduce carbon emissions.
The “Cool Earth Partnership” fund pledges $8 [...]
While coral reefs around the world are increasingly threatened by pollution, climate change and development, scientists in Bonaire are investigating a coral reef success story.
Aimed at kicking off the International Year of the [...]
Venture capital investments in clean technology reached an impressive $5.18 billion last year in North America and Europe. North American-based companies received three times the investments of the European-based companies. Not surprisingly, energy generation was responsible for $2.75 billion in investments, with solar energy shining.
“In 2007, solar emerged as [...]
How much do we really know about the damage done to lives and property by more than 50 years of uranium mining and milling in the Navajo and Hopi Indian Nations? I didn’t know very much until I read three articles by Marilyn Berlin Snell in the Sierra Club Magazine.
Marilyn was chief [...]
Every now and then what we know and thought we knew about science gets turned on its head. And while this particular story isn’t necessary as head-turning as some, it is definitely throwing the academic world in to a spin.
According to new research to be published on the 23rd in Geophysical [...]
We’ve all read about the drought in America’s Southeast, and if it doesn’t let up very quickly, some nuclear power stations may have to either cut back operations or shut down temporarily because of a lack of water.
An Alabama reactor had to shutdown for a brief period in the summer, and officials [...]
The US has blocked what is being labeled a landmark assessment of oil and gas activity in the high north polar regions. Not surprisingly, this comes at the same time that they are trying to sell off drilling-exploration licenses to the highest bidder for the Chukchi Sea off Alaska.
Sadly, this is [...]
How do we meet the world’s future energy demands? Not an easy question, but it gets even more complicated when you factor in another critical need: water.
While water hasn’t always been factored into energy discussions — or vice versa — the [...]
This is the third and final segment of our interview with Robert Loux, Director of the agency for Nuclear Projects in Nevada.
In our previous podcasts, Yucca Mountain: The Nevada Case Podcast, Part One, Mr. Loux talked about his agency, it’s mission and why the state is so critical of the
I vaguely remember mentioning recently my love affair with New England. The postcard shots of the streets strewn with autumn leaves make me happy. One day hope I to live there, but according to new research, the northern forests may be losing their autumn coloring earlier.
Published in a recent issue of [...]
This is the second part of a podcast with Robert Loux, Executive Director of the Agency for Nuclear Projects in Nevada.
If you missed the first installment, it’s available at: Yucca Mountain: The Nevada Case Podcast, Part One .
In this segment, Loux discusses the Department of Energy‘s regulatory process, [...]
In a day and age where environmental pleas for help often fall on deaf ears, one can only hope that this one does not. The Red Cross, the world’s largest and arguably most recognizable humanitarian aid group, is blaming climate change for worsening disasters the world over.
According to the Swiss-based federation, [...]
I’ve been going on for some time now about the nuclear industry, the possibility of more nuclear power stations going online, and especially what to do with radioactive waste that’s been piling up for 50 years.
The answer to the waste situation was supposed to have been Yucca Mountain, a remote natural structure [...]
