California Turned Down on Pollution Suit
A federal judge in San Francisco has thrown out a lawsuit that the state attorney general filed against the six …
Category Archives: Environment
Green Construction
Although a lot of attention is paid to fossil fuel burning vehicles as culprits, a large percentage of CO2 release …
Electronic Recycling
Heard an ad on the radio this morning for ewastedropoff.com [e-waste drop-off] This is a service of A.S.L. a large …
Hurricane in 14 Hours
We’re somewhat used to watching hurricanes build in intensity from tropical depression to tropical storm to hurricane over a week …
Poor Paraguay
The heat and drought and dried trees that have ravaged Montana, Idaho, California and Greece have combined to consume huge …
Solar Cars
Caught a squib in the papers about the Wired (a magazine) NextFest in Los Angeles this weekend. It’s a geek …
Bees and Frogs
Colony Collapse Disorder, which led to the loss of some 40 – 90% of the commercial bee hives in the …
Hurricanes and Trees
Interesting article about the importance of trees and mangrove swamps to mitigate tropical storms. There is no way to stop …
Hurricanes and History
FYI: A strengthening Hurricane Felix powered ashore as a Category 5 hurricane near the Nicaragua/Honduras border at 8am EDT this …
Living Pollution
“[The] onslaught of “living pollution” has been particularly apparent and — in the case of viral hemorrhagic septicemia — gruesome …
Hurricanes
Two hurricanes are hitting Mexico and Nicaragua today. Felix, still clocking category 5 winds roared in from the Carribean and …
Hurricane Felix
Felix a possible catastrophe for Honduras Given the nearly ideal conditions for intensification–low shear and plenty of high-heat content water–Felix …