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California’s Smog Problem Putting Giant Sequoia Redwoods At Risk

TreeHugger — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:00:10 +0000

Written by Jaymi Heimbuch An icon of the California landscape is in danger. The biggest and oldest trees in California, the giant Sequoias, are at risk from air pollution coming in to the national park from the Central Valley where farming, food processing and major highways all contribute to smog pollution. The smog makes [...]

Obama Still Can’t Say “Climate Change”

Tara Holmes — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:30:10 +0000

Climate change is a total downer. The topic is so dire and depressing in fact that very few media outlets even want to mention the phrase “climate change” or “global warming.” While that’s not entirely surprising, particularly given the right-wing funding pools of many mainstream media conglomerates (think Fox News), when our own President can’t [...]

Update On 17 Year-Old’s Climate Change Lawsuit

Beth Buczynski — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:19:48 +0000

What were you doing at 12 years-old? I’m pretty sure I was hanging pictures of horses on my walls and wishing I had straight hair instead of curly. There was no such triviality for Alec Loorz. At 12,�he founded a nonprofit called Kids vs. Global Warming and began speaking for his generation at conferences, keynote [...]

World’s First Vertical Forest

Tara Holmes — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:30:41 +0000

What if you could look out your window to see a tree directly in front of you — when you’re 500 feet in the air? That’s the question that Milan-based architects Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varrai of Stefano Boeri Architetti�have asked and their recent project, Bosco Verticale, indicates that they’re well on [...]

Keystone XL Will Increase Gas Prices

Tara Holmes — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:30:31 +0000

Keystone XL, the contentious TransCanada pipeline that would deliver tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Texas for refining and shipment, has met another challenge: the pipeline may actually increase gas prices rather than drive costs down. The reason? According to NRDC, Keystone XL is likely to “decrease the amount of gasoline produced in U.S. [...]

Spring 2012 Likely To Be The Hottest Ever

Kristina Chew — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:00:53 +0000

The spring of 2012 is due to be the hottest in 117 years, since 1895.

BP Will Spend $400M To Reduce Pollution At Indiana Refinery

Beth Buczynski — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:35:18 +0000

Chicago has long been a poster child for the fossil fuel industry’s negative effects on health and the environment.�The Chicago metropolitan region still violates federal air quality standards for harmful ozone and particulate matter pollution, mostly due to the many coal-fired power plants in the area. Now, BP, one of the worst offenders, has announced [...]

How To Purchase the Arctic With Only $4 Billion

TreeHugger — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:00:53 +0000

Written by Brian Merchant Do you happen to head up a massive multinational oil concern? Curious just how much it’d cost you to snag the long-desired right to drill in the Arctic? Well, have I got a number for you: $4 billion. That’s about how much you’ll have to fork over to wage a [...]

NOAA Wants You to Be A Force of Nature This Hurricane Season

Jennifer Mueller — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:17:55 +0000

Despite advances in weather forecasting and early warning systems, hurricanes and other extreme weather events in the United States kill hundreds of people and do millions of dollars in property damage every year. Last year’s hurricane season was particularly bad with more than 1,000 weather-related fatalities and more than 8,000 injuries in 2011. This year, [...]

Germany Breaks Solar Power Record

Sarah Vrba — Sun, 27 May 2012 19:40:36 +0000

The gravity of the Fukushima disaster has haunted the world over the last year, as fears of a nuclear crisis became a reality. Clean-up crews on the ground in Japan are still attempting to contain all of the spent-fuel rods and leftover radioactive dust. Reuters reports that Goshi Hono, the official in charge of Japan’s [...]