Great bit of info at the Green Guide today.
According to this post, the precise sources of carbon dioxide emissions have now been mapped, with “100 times more detail than was previously available”. The work was done by Vulcan project researchers at Purdue University.
The high-resolution, interactive maps combine carbon dioxide emissions data from power plants, factories [...]
photo by colleen_taugher
Have you ever considered what happens to ocean-bound trash?
Greenpeace has an dunbelievable Pacific Ocean pollution animation.
You really have to see this to believe it.
Plastic and other durable trash that flows from waterways into the Pacific Ocean end up in something called the North Pacific Gyre. This is basically a big swirling “trash [...]
photo by aussiegall
Two sites came up today that I thought were important to share:
Breathingearth.com succeeds because sometimes it takes some pictures to clarify where words don’t suffice.
BreathingEarth is a Flash-driven site using simulation to show how much C02 is being emitted at any given point, in any spot in the world.
The site is basically an [...]
The Environmental Defense Fund has created a very informative list of figures and numbers related to global warming. Here is the writeup, and the facts:
“Global warming is the most serious environmental threat of our time. As these facts show, affordable options are available. And America cannot afford to fall behind any more in the race [...]
Interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal: That Giant Sucking Sound May Be Your New TV
The news is that flat-panel TVs, especially plasma displays, require much more energy than most consumers expect. Did you really think your TV would use more electricity than your refrigerator?
Key takeaways:
Consider that a 42-inch plasma set can consume more electricity [...]
Vegans and vegetarians have long know about the impact of meat production on the environment. But even this is new information:
A kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.
This is among the conclusions of a study by [...]