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Entries from June 2007

Polar Bear SOS

June 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments


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Goldman Sach’s Renewable Energy Opinion

June 26th, 2007 · No Comments

From Steve Hargreaves of CNN  comments on Goldman Sachs’ outlined five events it says are key to the rising sector’s growth.

Enacting renewable portfolio standards 
Boost enforcement of RPS standards 
Enact a carbon cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax 
A significant increase in fossil fuel prices
The 2008 presidential election 

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Where does all the CO2 go?

June 26th, 2007 · No Comments

In an interesting article The Naib on Sietch blog the uptake of CO2 by the environment is explained.  It highlights some interesting research from this weeks Science journal which goes into the details. 
What I find interesting about all of the carbon balancing is just how good the earth actually is at absorbing the abuse we [...]

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Your Actions

June 12th, 2007 · No Comments

You may never know the results of your actions, but it you do nothing there will be no results.

Ghandi

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A Greenpeace car ad

June 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This is an interesting piece of advertising from Greenpeace

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Ice Maiden Arrives

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Rob & James rendovous with the Ice Maiden as they complete their trip from the North Pole across Greenland.

They are now going to sail to New York on the next major leg of the trip.

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40% of sea = garbage dump = 25% of earths surface

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

….Though marine dumping is part of the problem, escaped nurdles and other plastic litter migrate to the gyre largely from land. That polystyrene cup you saw floating in the creek, if it doesn’t get picked up and specifically taken to a landfill, will eventually be washed out to sea. Once there, it will have plenty [...]

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Charles Moore’s exploration

June 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Charles Moore is working to highlight the danger of plastic polution.
All over the globe, there are signs that plastic pollution is doing more than blighting the scenery; it is also making its way into the food chain. Some of the most obvious victims are the dead seabirds that have been washing ashore in startling numbers, [...]

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Race to build one-stop brand

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Fast Company reports that the” race is on to build a one-stop national brand for all your clean power needs”.
The the fragmented renewable energy market is ripe for consolidation and the company that provides the simplest solution and the best pricing is set to win.
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