January 9, 2009
An economic plan we can all believe in.
Architecture 2030’s plan for renewing the economy through renewable energy. Hopefully, someone is listening.
British want to use the antartic as a carbon sink
By pumping iron into the ocean, algae forms, sinks to the bottom, and sequesters carbon.
Green benders?
Organic booze is better for the environment, and as Ecoble points out, it might also be good on your aching head.
WTF?
CEO of Exxon promotes the idea of a carbon tax. Hell has frozen over.
Extraterrestials hate wind power?
A wind turbine is destroyed in Lincolnshire. Residents claim a octopus-like UFO took it down. They killed JFK; Will they kill renewable energy?
(From EarthFirst)
January 8, 2009
The damned gray squirrel faces the foodies
In Britain, where the red squirrel is pushed to extinction by the gray squirrel, squirrels are moving from a gastronomic curio to a ethically-minded delicacy.
How many jobs will green tech create?
~300,000 coal jobs, ~400,000 renewable energy jobs. How will the figures balance if the renewable jobs take off and coal dies?
Exxon invests in carbon capture
In a move no doubt featuring in every future ad they will create, Exxon spends $170 million on carbon sequestration technologies.
Compare this to their $11.7 BILLION quarterly profit to put things in perspective.
Protester protects land via bidding.
Protesting the government’s sale of land to oil companies, a protester bids against the oil companies, and wins! Paying for it may be another matter.
January 7, 2009
Solution to ADHD: Go look at a damn tree.
Scenes of nature and pastoral serenity may improve cognitive function, a new study inΒ Psychological Science reports.