Couple of interesting pieces in newspapers last week. Flooding– A study by the Union of Concerned Scientists warns of cities at risk of regular flooding in years to come. Some may view UCS as left-leaning politically. Perhaps you can edify me …
Some of you may know that Amtrak offers its passengers the choice to offset the carbon associated with train travel. For an upcoming trip to New York I was offered the opportunity to pay $.40 to offset .04 tons of …
Some who know me know why I have an affinity for FoMoCo. For one, I grew up in Motown. I even knew a Ford or two, including a racy Cougar. So, the Baltimore Sun picked up a piece about Ford originally printed …
The marine environment is under attack, globally. First news: regional. Second: global. While the spotted sturgeon are resurgent in the Chesapeake Bay, the rockfish population has fallen. For more, click here. What’s caused me to post is news today: “Humans …
How Could It Be? Marine and Other Wildlife Habitats in Very Big Trouble! Read more »
“We’re not aligning with skeptics.” So claimed Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, last week in an interview with Steven Mufson of The Washington Post. “The real challenge is not so much how do we accelerate renewables but …
“For us, climate change…is a threat that we want to act on.” Read more »
Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman, has been on a book promotion tour the last few weeks. On NPR’s Diane Rehm show earlier this week he out-and-said the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) was “literally lying” about the reality of climate …
A. Definition Eco-labels are affixed to products that pass eco-friendly criteria laid down by government, association or standards certification bodies. The criteria utilise extensive research based on the product’s life cycle impact on the environment. (source: Google search) Here are …
…or, what else to call it? Its inventor, John Kellett, has several names for it, including “trash mill.” On the Healthy Harbor website it’s called “Inner Harbor Waterwheel.” (Healthy Harbor’s an initiative of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.) This …
“And when our assessments reveal a material, process or system that’s making a significant negative impact on our carbon footprint, we re‐examine how we design that product, process or facility.” Apple, Inc., the world’s second largest information technology company, grabbed …
