On more than one occasion I’ve been confronted by the question: “How can you cut down a live tree for a Christmas decoration? I thought you cared about the environment.” There is an ongoing discussion about whether or not to use artificial trees or real trees as Christmas decorations, and what if any are the…
Boasting a seven passenger capacity, AWD, full autopilot mode, and a 250 mile range, this vehicle is one of the most exciting Teslas to date. Not to mention it has cool “falcon-wing” doors, the largest curved windshield ever installed in a consumer vehicle, with the ability to tow up to 5,000 lbs. Tesla’s Model X…
Today Royal Dutch Shell announced the cessation of exploratory drilling in the arctic waters off of Alaska’s coast, in the Chukchi Sea. Environmentalists and Conservationists around the world were celebrating as news traveled across the twitterverse: Reasons for the withdrawal are largely being credited to strong public opposition to the arctic drilling while others believe Shell…
Source: Ban on microbeads offers best chance to protect oceans, aquatic species
From Facebook, the photo quickly flowed to other social and viral news media sites. For the polar bear to survive in the wild, the Arctic must remain extremely cold and largely covered in ice year-round. Unless nations slash burning of coal and oil for energy in the next few decades, scientists believe, Arctic summer sea…
Pollution, industrial fishing and climate change have killed off half of marine life in the last four decades, according to a WWF report released on Wednesday. “In the space of a single generation, human activity has severely damaged the ocean by catching fish faster than they can reproduce,” Marco Lambertini, head of WWF International, said…
Ostional Wildlife Refuge is one of the two most important areas in the world for Olive Ridley Sea Turtle nesting, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles arrive once a month and stay for a three to five day stretch on the beach while laying their eggs. However, this…
Isn’t it amazing how we are at a perfect distance from the sun to provide enough warmth and energy to safely power our entire earth. Our sun provides just enough to warm our soil and grow our food. We are at an optimal distance to have temperatures which support life instead of frying us to…
This type of design would also alleviate the toll taken on hundreds of thousands birds and bats each year by bladed turbines. The Vortex bladeless turbine uses the wind to vibrate instead of spin. That makes it cheaper, quieter, and more reliable than a bladed turbine. Source: This wind turbine has no blades — and…
Great news for the first solar road. The project’s creators didn’t expect such a high energy yield this quickly. Source: The World’s First Solar Road Is Producing More Energy Than Expected | ThinkProgress
