Climate & Environment News Round-Up
February 1, 2010, 6:51 am
Filed under: anti-biofuel, anti-ethanol, biofuel, business, climate change, collapse, consumerism, corporate corruption, crimes against humanity, ecology, environment, ethanol, fascism, global warming, health, infowar, Miscellaneous, news, poison, politics, pollution, technology, water
Filed under: anti-biofuel, anti-ethanol, biofuel, business, climate change, collapse, consumerism, corporate corruption, crimes against humanity, ecology, environment, ethanol, fascism, global warming, health, infowar, Miscellaneous, news, poison, politics, pollution, technology, water
EWG Study Finds Hundreds of Pollutants in Nation’s Drinking Water
Global supply of rare earth elements could be wiped out by 2012
Air Pollution Can Harm Human Reproduction
Six Deadly Chemicals You’re Carrying in Your Body
Environmental Coverup: Radioactive Groundwater Contamination in the Chesapeake Bay
Video: ‘Birth defects’ from Israeli bombs
India’s generation of children crippled by uranium waste
Uranium Weapons, Low-Level Radiation and Deformed Babies
Whale-Shaped Floating Garden Cleans the World’s Rivers
Ethanol burns dirtier than gasoline, study finds
One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars – not people, new figures show
The Effects of Genetically Modified Foods on Animal Health
Three Approved GMOs Linked to Organ Damage
See You in Cochabamba! Evo Morales Plans Bolivian Alternative Climate Summit for April
2.4 Million Pounds of Plastic Pollution Enter the World’s Oceans Every Hour
Compact Fluorescent Lights Dumping Mercury Directly into Landfills
Greenwash 101 Fact Sheet
Darwin’s Finches are Evolving Again
EPA Releases Interactive Map of Facilities Guilty of Eco-Crimes
Point and Counter-Point Chart Sums Up the Climate Change Debate
If you’re looking for a great graphic that sums up the climate change debate, check out this handy chart by Information is Beautiful. All of the major debate points from climate change deniers on one side, with the counter points by climate change activists on the other side. Information – pure and simple – lays out the debate, including graphics.
It’s too large to past the whole graphic here, but Information is Beautiful provides the entire thing. Debate points like “We don’t even have accurate temperature records” and “It was actually hotter in medieval times than it is today” are all addressed, along with the oh-so-relevant “When the evidence doesn’t fit, scientists edit the evidence.”
The mini ice age starts here (UK)
Climategate investigated by – WTF? – the ‘National Domestic Extremism’ team
No Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years, New Research Finds
Most of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity does not remain in the atmosphere, but is instead absorbed by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems.
Rolling Stone Calls Out the 17 Worst ‘Climate Killers’ in the US
Carbon trading fraud in Belgium – “up to 90% of the whole market volume was caused by fraudulent activities”
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Even more reasons not to use biofuels
July 3, 2009, 4:23 pm
Filed under: alternative energy, anti-biofuel, anti-ethanol, biofuel, business, climate change, consumerism, ecology, environment, ethanol, genetically modified food, genocide, global warming, politics
Filed under: alternative energy, anti-biofuel, anti-ethanol, biofuel, business, climate change, consumerism, ecology, environment, ethanol, genetically modified food, genocide, global warming, politics
Stan Cox : Biofuel’s Drug Problem – CounterPunch 6/9/09
Corn Ethanol Worse than Oil? California Rules Yes – Treehugger 4/20/09
So Thirsty: Corn Ethanol Uses Up to 300% More Water than Previously Thought – Treehugger 4/14/09
Robert Bryce : Why the Promise of Biofuels is a Lie – CounterPunch 2/21/09
The Higher Cost of Biofuels – Center for Media and Democracy 2/11/09
A new study found that there is a higher health cost associated with corn-based biofuels than with traditional energy forms. The researchers “found the total environmental and health costs of gasoline are about 71 cents (50p) per gallon, while an equivalent amount of corn-ethanol fuel has associated costs of 72 cents to $1.45, depending on how it is produced.” The health concerns include “increased cases of heart disease, respiratory symptoms, asthma, chronic bronchitis or premature death.” There is also concern that using a food crop for fuel will continue to drive up the cost of foodstuffs, affecting everyone, but especially the most vulnerable populations. There is evidence that the costs associated with the next generation of biofuels could be much lower. Those products may be produced from organic waste or plants that are grown on non-agricultural land.
Biofuels may increase global warming – Raw Story 2/14/09
New Study Finds Corn-based Ethanol More Harmful Than Oil-based Gasoline – Treehugger 2/7/09
