Archive for June, 2008

• White House refuses to open EPA emails on global warming

  The White House has apparently refused to open an email from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a proposed rule that would limit greenhouse-gas emissions from new vehicles. And what is more surprising (!?) is that they managed to get …

• Airship will help the US coastguard to chase smugglers

  Image shows Spirit of Dubai – The Palm, on the UK leg of her 2006 tour. Note the scale of the airship from the two technicians standing below her. Photo by: Antony McCallum I have written in the past about …

• Dr James Hansen says we should prosecute climate change liars

  Dr James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and one of the worlds most prominent climate scientist, says in an article on the WorldWatch Institute website that climate change liars “should be tried …

• “Remember this number for the rest of your life.”

  The world is starting to realise that the goal of 450 ppm as a reasonable level to balance and stabilize the CO2 in our atmosphere is based on wrong and outdated science and won’t be enough to stop man-made climate …

• Japan arrests environment blogger for exposing a whale meat scandal

  Japanese police have arrested two Greenpeace activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, for exposing a whale meat scandal in Japans government-sponsored whaling programme last month. According to the police the activists are “being investigated for allegedly stealing a box of …

• Stop the fires!

  It has been almost one year since the last big fires were set in Europe. Last summer, many square kilometres of forests were burnt into ashes, with Greece being the most serious example. One year later, authorities have taken no …

• Noise pollution

  Noise can actually be a form of pollution that characterizes urban and industrial areas. It affects not only the human hearing, but all our functions. The unit for measuring how loud a sound is, is called decibel. One decibel describes …

• We are back with the latest Green Videos

  Below are some of the best Green videos of the week, collected by the Ecolive.TV community. Can’t Close Our Eyes. Narrated by Harrison Ford, “Can’t Close Our Eyes” outlines the threats we face from destroying the world’s natural life support …

• Two polar bears are killed on Iceland just weeks after USA lists them as a “threatened” species

  Iceland has killed two polar bears since the U.S. Department of Interior formally listed the polar bear as a “threatened” species a few weeks ago. The first polar bear, named Björn Björnesson, came to Iceland in the beginning of June …

• Al Gore endorses Barack Obama

  DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 30JAN05 – Al Gore at the Annual Meeting 2005 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 30, 2005. Photo by Severin Nowacki. Al Gore has just sent out this email: “A few hours from now I will …