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How Music Festivals Can Save You Money While Saving the Planet

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Guest Contributor

You’re going to the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago this year. You’re psyched. You’ve dropped over $100 on a three-day ticket, but you know Pitchfork always puts on a good show so it’s well worth the price for you. Unfortunately, you live in Peoria and drive a 2003 Ford Explorer. A quick search on Illinois Tollway’s toll calculator tells you to expect to pay $20.40 in tolls, round trip. Parking, if you can find it, might cost you as … Read More

The Cost of Free Speech in Sarawak

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Guest Contributor

When popular radio presenter Peter John Jaban decided to return home to the Malaysian state of Sarawak, he was aware of the risks that he was taking. Jaban had previously received death threats, though had maintained that “no matter what they do, I will continue my work.” Speaking to the 7.30 Report on April 14, 2011, Jaban described his urge to return to Sarawak. “It’s my land, my people, my family. I miss my home so much, and of course … Read More

What’s Our Long-Term Forecast? Why TV Meteorologists are Uniquely Qualified to Impact the Way America Thinks about Climate Change

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Guest Contributor

I recently had the pleasure of attending a panel discussion on Climate Change here in Chicago which featured WGN’s popular Chief Meteorologist, Tom Skilling, and University of Illinois Atmospheric Science Professor Don Wuebbles. Dr. Wuebbles is a heavyweight in the field. He has a seemingly endless CV, which includes being the lead author on the first and second international assessments of climate change sponsored by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a distinction … Read More

Offsetting and Feedback: Do the Books Balance?

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Guest Contributor

Achieving a state of so-called ‘carbon neutrality’ has long been the Holy Grail for individuals, businesses, and even nations that have an eye fixed on the threat posed by global climate change. It’s a phrase that evokes the idea of a balanced equation, where the emissions we produce can be, in one way or another, counteracted by actions that cause an equivalent reduction in our environmental impact elsewhere, thus offsetting their effect. These actions can … Read More

Offshore Wind Market Growth Expected to Reach Worldwide Market

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Guest Contributor

Over the course of the year, the global wind energy market has seen massive growth of around 20.6%, according to a report by GlobalData. Whilst the growth of major wind power markets in places such as the US, Spain, France, and India are expected to slow down in coming years, it seems likely that emerging markets within Asia-Pacific and South/Central America will more than compensate for the loss. The offshore wind power market is expected … Read More

EPA Findings Point to Water Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Guest Contributor

$ban-fracking-now$

Recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) findings have raised awareness of potentially harmful levels of water contamination that may be the result of hydraulic fracturing. Lawsuits from individuals who believe their water has been contaminated by hydraulic fracturing are coming in all across the country and support for stricter regulations is growing. Just to give you a real quick explanation of what hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is, here is a quick and dirty summary: … Read More

Bird Deterrent System Could Save Millions of Birds Per Year

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Guest Contributor

UV Paint was developed by Reel Wings Decoy Company (a leader in UV technology) to match the UV spectrum of feathers that only birds can only, in order to apply it to decoys to attract waterfowl for the hunting industry. During development, it was discovered that modifying the UV formula by making it extremely intense can actually scare birds away instead of attracting them. This led to the development of Bird Bright UV Paint … Read More

Baby in Womb

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Guest Contributor

Remember those old “Baby on Board” signs placed on car windows and bumper stickers? Sometimes they said “Baby in Car,” and their message, which went worldwide in over 35 languages, was to drive carefully and pay attention to the cars around you, especially this car with a baby infant seated inside it. Now comes the “Baby in Womb” bumper sticker, created by climate activist Danny Bloom, who says he created the decals as ”an environmental and climate action protest targeting … Read More

Cash for Electronic Scrap – Cash for Gold

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Guest Contributor

by Lynn Jackson I have a cardboard box inside my coat closet dedicated to electronic scrap I no longer use – a Discman, my old Razr phone, the charger for one thing and an adapter for something else. In addition to representing mass consumerism and my own techno-deficiencies, this cardboard box is symbolic of an escalating environmental concern. Imagine millions of these boxes dumped onto our earth’s trash reserves every day on top of an … Read More

NASA: More Rapid Global Warming in Near Future

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Guest Contributor

by Rob Painting of Skeptical Science As a recent SkS post by Dana Nuccitelli has pointed out global warming hasn’t stopped, despite a recent lull in global surface temperatures. The oceans, which are the main heat sink for global warming, have scarcely skipped a beat in soaking up heat. The hiatus in global surface temperatures appears to simply be a reflection of natural variability, principally the exchange of heat between the ocean surface and the atmosphere. But … Read More

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