Posts Tagged environment
4 Degrees Celsius Increase
A presentation was launched last month by the UK climate ministry. It is a Google Earth (*.KML file or plugin) which ‘highlights some of the changes that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4°C above the pre-industrial climate average.’ It spurns us, not just in the UK or the US – where [...]
Earth Hour 2010, March 27th, 8:30PM Local Time
Join many around the world for the 2010 edition of Earth Hour. Turn off the lights for one hour on March 27th at 8:30PM Local Time. http://www.earthhour.org/Homepage.aspx
Visualizing Carbon Emissions
Burning fossil fuels has contributed immensely to the problem of climate change or global warming as some call it. It is clear that some countries have contributed far more in terms of pollution and emissions. One of the big political debates hampering progress in the ‘climate debate’ is the acceptance of the share of responsibility [...]
Chevy Volt To Get 230 Miles Per Gallon?
General Motors has claimed that the first generation of its new electric car the Chevy Volt can run on an equivalent of 230 miles per gallon (one gallon equals almost 4 litres). If this is the case this is some of the best news to come out of the auto industry in a long while, [...]
Green Living: Improving Health Today And Tomorrow
Green Living: Improving Health Today And Tomorrow Much attention has been paid in recent years to what seems to be a growing environmental conscience in the United States. Going green used to be considered expensive and a luxury for those who could afford the trend. Now it appears that we are learning that not only [...]
Electric Vehicles Speed Ahead
One of the important but yet incomplete moves towards reducing harmful emissions has been the advent of the hybrid electric vehicle. Those include the now famous Honda Insight and Toyota Prius for example, running on a combination of the old and outdated propulsion system plus different forms of rechargeable batteries. Recently Honda Insight has for [...]
Wind Power Storms Ahead
The world is slowly and surely pushing ahead with green and sustainable technologies. Wind power, using turbines, is growing and is one way to generate electricity using the second most abundant source of energy after sunlight. Today there is news that China plans to increase its existing wind power output threefold by 2020. The original [...]
University Fights Climate Change
In an earlier post here on RGdot I wrote about the initiative set up to fight climate change by pledging to be smarter in use of technology. The University of Maine at Farmington has beat out several other colleges with the most number of pledges on it campus. Read below for the details courtesy of [...]
Carbon Neutrality Around The World
Carbon Neutrality is a concept of reducing or balancing the amount of greenhouses gases released into the atmosphere. Massive evidence points to fossil fuels causing extreme harm to the environment and while some voices of propaganda or even legitimate scientists do not agree the evidence seems to confirm extreme dangers. Even if the dangers are [...]
Earth Hour 2009, March 28th, 8:30PM Local Time
On March 28th at 8:30PM local time switch off all lights for 60 minutes. Join thousands of cities and millions of people all around the world and tell your friends. Vote For Earth 2009
