Tag: Environment

  • Why Climate Change Denial Is Just Hot Air

    Phil Plait, slate.com I was thinking of writing a lengthy post about climate change denial being completely unscientific nonsense, but then geochemist and National Science Board member James Lawrence Powell wrote a post that is basically a slam-dunk of debunking. His… http://flip.it/ag9vG Why Climate Change Denial Is Just Hot Air Related articles Two Documentaries on…

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  • How to describe environmental science to conservatives

    Concept Of “Purity” Makes Conservatives Care About Environmental Issues By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com Re-framing environmental rhetoric so it appeals to conservatives can really work, a study finds. It’s not that polit­i­cal con­ser­v­a­tives don’t care about things like cli­mate change, recy­cling and deforestation—it’s that they don’t care ab… RT @PopSci: Pro tip: Framing environmental issues in…

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  • Climate change caught in action in iceberg destruction

    Behold: The Largest Iceberg Breakup Ever Caught on Film Eric Liu, theatlantic.com The effects of climate change, in one gorgeous, terrifying video So, wow. Wow­wow­wow. A group of film­mak­ers, mak­ing a movie called, aptly, Chas­ing Ice, have cap­tured what they claim to be the largest ice­berg calv­ing ever filmed.… RT @megangarber: This is *literally* awesome:…

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  • Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change

    By Eric Roston, bloomberg.com In the halt­ing, mea­sured lan­guage we’ve come to expect from his impromp­tu pub­lic remarks, Pres­i­dent Obama posed a core dilem­ma of cli­mate change yes­ter­day at his first post-election press con­fer­ence. Explain­ing the pos­si­ble… Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change Related articles Keystone XL will “lock in” more climate…

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  • Green peace analyzes clothing brand safety

    Greenpeace Exposes Toxic Chemicals in Zara, Other Fast-Fashion Brands ecouterre.com How toxic are your threads? If you’re a fan of cheap, dis­pos­able fash­ion, the answer isn’t one you’re going to like. A new inves­ti­ga­tion com­mis­sioned by Green­peace found residues of hormone-disrupting and cancer-causing chem­i­cals in… http://flpbd.it/34Ylh Related articles Fast Fashion and Its Ugly Step Sister,…

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  • The best water filter for field use

    Berkey Water Filters Provide Clean, Fresh Drinking Water At Home and In Disaster Relief | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Mark Boyer says:, inhabitat.com With bot­tled water and potable tap water both so read­i­ly avail­able in devel­oped coun­tries, it’s easy to take clean drink­ing water for grant­ed. But when nat­ur­al dis­as­ters…

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  • Hurricane Sandy: another climate wake up call

    Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY, npr.org Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY If you ask cli­mate sci­en­tist Radley Hor­ton, it’s dif­fi­cult to say that Hur­ri­cane Sandy was direct­ly caused by cli­mate change, but he sees strong con­nec­tions betw… http://flpbd.it/L0BSs Related articles Connecting…

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  • Scott Bernstein: move to the city and start walking

    Stop climate change: Move to the city, start walking By Jeff Speck, salon.com Climate change is helped along by suburban driving culture. We need to embrace cities — and walking In 2001, Scott Bern­stein, at the Cen­ter for Neigh­bor­hood Tech­nol­o­gy in inner-city Chica­go, pro­duced a set of maps that are still chang­… http://flpbd.it/KtKdq Related articles…

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  • Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan

    Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan: ‘A Political Document Not Worth Serious Analysis’ By Climate Guest Blogger on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm, thinkprogress.org by Wal­ter Frick, via BostIn­no The cen­tral ener­gy chal­lenge we face as a nation and a plan­et is the tran­si­tion away from fos­sil fuels, which con­tribute to cli­mate change, to clean…

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  • BU Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures

    Nice new center that will work to build clean energy ventures. Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures. Related articles United States Aims To Win Clean Energy Race (earthtechling.com) The New Sustainable Energy Factbook: A Strong Case for Consistent Policy (thinkprogress.org) Department of Defense: Clean Energy Tied to National Security (climateandsecurity.org) Greenpeace report urges 100%…

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  • Eat Wild Massachusetts

    Excellent site for those interested in sustainable foods. Eat Wild – Massachusetts Related articles Drivers ‘could avoid red lights’ – Confused.com (confused.com)

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