November 28, 2007 – 1:04 am
Cheer up Santa, some good news for a change!
Ecogeek reports that Google has today announced an initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. The newly created initiative, known as RE<C, will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough technologies.
RE<C is hiring engineers and energy experts to lead its research and development work, which will begin with a significant effort on solar thermal technology, and will also investigate enhanced geothermal systems and other areas. Google more about this excellent effort from Google Press Release.
November 21, 2007 – 10:35 pm
Paperless office has been kind of a bad joke. Computers didn’t cut the paper consumption in the first place. On the contrary, we just wanted to print everything…
The growth of the paper use in the world can turn down though. In United States the use of newspaper has already decreased about 36%. Read More »
November 19, 2007 – 8:57 pm
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC has released Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) on the 17 of November.
The report is a stern warning of what’s at stake if governments fail to take action, far stronger than three previous IPCC reports. Read More »
November 13, 2007 – 11:21 am
A newly published scientific study by the Louis Bolk Institute in the Netherlands shows that the incidence of eczema in infants fed on organic dairy products, and whose mothers also consumed organic dairy products, is 36% lower than in children who consume conventional dairy products.
You can read more from Organic Guide Blog.
The original study: British Journal of Nutrition - abstract
November 3, 2007 – 11:18 am
USA has produced about 30% of total Global Warming this far. President Bush has done nothing to slow it down, quite the contrary. But it is possible, that next president will. Send your message for US congress from Avaaz site.
Today November 3rd a National Day of Climate Action in USA organized by by Step it up 2007.
