A good place to learn about balancing economics, environment and ethics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Sustainable_development
Category:5 Environment
Dearman engine prototypes high tech eco-steam power.
The BBC headline this morning Liquid air ‘offers energy storage hope’ looked interesting. I usually start looking at “new solutions” cynically because so often they are misconceived with a “command and control nature” mentality. But this looks interesting. The oil companies might not like it. Though car companies should be ok with it. The idea …
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Arctic ice disappearing faster …
4 million square kilometres and falling. That number doesn’t mean much, but when you read that ten years ago it was 5.6 million or 40% more you realise that it’s about to disappear. At a rate of 1.6 million square kilometres loss a decade it will be gone in 40 years. And it hasn’t reached …
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Fire and Ice – sad news at both ends of the spectrum.
A couple of headlines today caught my attention. Unimportant news to most of us, which probably won’t even make the TV version. In the heat of Tibetan politics, two teenagers self-immolated in protest against repression, while in the chill of the Arctic there is less ice than ever before. The stories might get some play …
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Climate change is here — and worse than we thought
Climate change is here — and worse than we thought By James E. Hansen, Published: August 4 The Washington Post When I testified before the Senate in the hot summer of 1988 , I warned of the kind of future that climate change would bring to us and our planet. I painted a grim picture of …
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Decimation of bee populations will impact food supply.
There has been concern over the past few years about colony collapse disorder as bee populations have declined dramatically. Research reported in the journal Science indicates the collapse in bee populations has been catalysed by a virus, spread by the varroa mite, to which bees have not adapted. We have noticed thecollapse of the bee …
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At last, a way to exterminate humanity.
So the headline reads: “Male pill: gene discovery may lead to contraceptive“. Followed by a note that researchers in Edinburgh identified a gene critical for the production of healthy sperm. Mmmmm. This sounds a bit like what Monsanto did with grain – modifying the seed genetics so that it could to reproduce. The “Terminator” gene. …
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Nuclear meltdown in your back yard.
This is not funny nor trivial. Nuclear reactions are highly toxic. The failure to clean up the reactor in Japan is leaving us open to a far greater spread of nuclear fallout. I had forgotten about the whole tragedy. A warning in my inbox this morning changed my day. It has always been known that …
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Tick the box. Or think.
I just had an interesting conversation with my brother. He is a senior compliance specialist who has worked with the biggest global commercial banks. He explained the extraordinary cost and consequences of poor administration of the legal framework of the finance and securities industry in the EU. I was amazed. His perspective from the City …
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$ 1 trillion in subsidies to big oil
Maybe this time action will be taken. Maybe you too think that subsidising oil is the wrong way to reduce pollution and increase fuel efficiency. Here’s a petition to sign. At the G8 Obama and others intend to finally sign in to effect agreements to stop subsidising fossil fuel companies like Exxon, BP, Texaco, Chevron, …
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