Archive for the ‘Green News’ Category

Recently San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom banned water bottles at City Office, the US Conference of Mayors pass a resolution calling for a study of the negative environmental impact of bottled water and praising the high quality of municipal tap water. Pepsico is forced to put Source labels on Aquafina, award-winning writer Charles Fishman writes that the bottled water habit is a shameful American indulgence.

All this has prompted the bottled water industry to fight back, taking out full page ads to defend their stance.

 

Read More: msnbc.com: Green Water: The bottled-water industry has taken a knock over claims that its product is bad for the environment. Now it’s fighting back.

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“A health study published in the August issue of Atmospheric Environment found that prolonged exposure to “electrical fields” can cause increased risk of respiratory diseases and infection…” The electrical charges generated in the average indoor environment, such as offices or Hospitals, and created by computers and excess static electricity carry higher risks for health problems than previously thought. But there are things that can be done.

Read More: ens.com: Electrical Fields Generate Health Problems

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Porche comes out with a prototype of a Cayenne Hybrid that will be ready by 2008.

 

Read More: Motor Cities.com: 2008 Porsche Cayenne Hybrid - First Official Information

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China may have won the 2008 Olympic, but keeping their vow to put on a “Green Olympics” may be hard to comply with.

Even with it’s pledge to put 12.2 mil into cleaning up the city of Beijing bad air, with only 365 days to go, it’s a tall order.

 

Read More: wired.com: Smog and Mirrors: China’s Plan for a Green Olympics

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Nasa and Mexican Scientists are using a dormant Volcano and the tallest mountain in Mexico

to determine if they can grow trees on Mars.

It may be 10 -15 years before we can make it to Mars, so scientists are getting their gardening skills sharpened now.

 

Read More: Environmental News Network: Mexican Volcano Is Test Bed for Trees on Mars

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Researchers from the University of Michigan’s review of existing data of yields and Nitrogen availability in Organic farms versus conventional farms, have found that Organic Farming can yield up to three times as much food using the same amount of existing fertilizer and without the need of more farmland. This refutes a long standing argument that Organic Farming cannot produce enough food to feed the world’s population…

Read More: Terra Daily: Organic Farming can feed the world

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An Earthquake of 6.8 magnitude shakes Japan early Sunday July 16th, killing nine people, injuring hundreds and causing damage to many homes and other buildings including the worlds largest Nuclear Plant. The shaker caused Tokyo’s Electric Co’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant to shut down, but a transformer caught fire and burned outside the reactor for several hours before being put out. A small amount of water containing “small amounts of radioactive material” leaked in to the ocean. According to Tokyo Electric the amount of radioactive material was far below the levels that would affect the environment.

 

Read More: ENS:Japan Earthquake Rattles World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

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Although the final effects of such a large undertaking is still to be seen, the intention was good.

Did it hurt more than it helped?

Read More: Washington Post.com: Live Earth London Glacial Pacing

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Do we really need bigger ships?

Plans to expand the Panama Canal in order to accommodate larger ships that right now don’t fit through the canal, are on the way. These behemoths are capable of carrying 8000 cargo containers each. A supposed low-impact plan, touted by the government is in the works. How low-impact remains to be seen…

Read More: National Geographic News: Panama Canal Expansion Spurs Environmental Debate

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Ice Core Sample reveals climate change from the last 800,000 years.

Changes in temperature up to 15 degrees.

Read More : National Geographic News: New Ice Core reveals 800k years of Climate Change

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