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Back to homepageWarning: 100-Year Climate Disasters Every 100 Days
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Warning: 100-year megafires, 100-year megafloods, 100-year droughts and all the other 100-year-cycle climate-change and global-warming disasters that are supposed to happen somewhere around the world once a century? Science is now telling us they’re
Read MoreJim Carrey - Environmental Guy
I have always enjoyed watching Jim Carrey perform. This is a funny video from early on in his career, where he plays “Environmental Guy”.
Read MoreSeparating Frack from Fiction: How Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts Water Resources
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” – a process to improve the production of oil and gas wells – has generated tremendous controversy in recent years. Fracking is hailed by some as a game-changer that promises increased national energy independence, job creation
Read MoreIs the Media Finally Getting the Link Between Climate Change and Disasters?
By Bob Keefe for NRDC The media just mightbe starting to see the obvious link between climate change and extreme weather. Of course it’s hard to miss during a week or so when we have deluges in Florida, wildfires in
Read MoreAmericans Know How to Save Energy—But Don’t: Survey Sheds Light on U.S. Psyche
By Richard Kujawski, Managing Editor The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has made available a major survey of the attitudes of Americans about key energy issues in the United States, and how they understand, learn about, and act
Read MorePlanning a Green Vacation
By Rachel Bertsche for Green Goes Simple I recently returned from a week-long honeymoon. Aside from being in awe of Croatia’s breathtaking scenery, delicious wine and fabulous seafood, I was struck by the little steps my hotel took to be
Read MoreNearly 80% of Americans Believe News Coverage of the Environment Should Be Improved
A new poll found that 79% of Americans believe news coverage of the environment should be improved. The national poll was commissioned by the Project for Improved Environmental Coverage and conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation. The results of the
Read MoreFive Easy, Inexpensive Ways to Connect Kids with Nature - In Your Own Back Yard
Many adults recall childhood summers of sunburned faces, grass-stained jeans and dirty fingernails. But kids today have become so immersed in electronic media that a fishing pole is now a Wii controller, Dora is the only one exploring, and digging
Read More6 Unusual Uses for Bamboo
When we think of bamboo, most minds will drift towards a cute mental image of a Panda having a good chew on this wood-like food. Other than feeding Pandas, bamboo is commonly used as a decorative material to create things
Read MorePlastic-Eating Fungi Found in the Amazon May Solve World’s Waste Problem
A group of students and professors from Yale University have found a fungi in the Amazon rainforest that can degrade and utilize the common plastic polyurethane (PUR). As part of the university’s Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory educational program, designed to
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