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Global Warming - Why Should I Care?
By Robert Utter, Fri Dec 9th
I attended the June 2005 ASHRAE (American Society of Heating,Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) meeting andtechnical conference in Denver, CO. One of the things I alwayslike to do at Read more...
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Can Bamboo Flooring Really Help Save The Worlds' Environment?
S.A. Smith, Fri Dec 9th
Probably not on its own, but its an excellent example of howconsumers can vote with their buying dollars to sway marketdemand to bring more environmentally friendly products into themarketplace. Bamboo flooring is a rising trend in home flooring and a greatalternative to traditional hardwood floors. It is the mostenvironmentally friendly natural hardwood flooring alternativeyou can select for your home, it is a renewable resource, isstronger than steel, and has a greater resistance to expansionand contraction problems associated with temperature andhumidity changes. The bamboo grass is one of the fasted growing plants on theplanet, only takes 5 years to grow to maturity, and can provide25 times the bio mass of a comparable stand of trees. Bamboo isharvested every 5 years, and starts to re-grow immediately withnew shoots when harvested. Bamboo is also strong and has atensile strength exceeding mild steel. It can withstand up to50,000 pounds of pressure per square inch versus some steels50,000 psi ratings.
Bamboo flooring is also become a very trendy interior designstatement with its rich and beautiful golden earth tones. It isimportant to shop around for a quality bamboo flooring productthat contains no formaldehydes in its binding compounds. Manyoffshore brands use cheaper binding agents that may containformaldehydes, and this can cause indoor air pollution problemsdown the road as all chemical compounds will slowly releasetheir toxins into the air. So why look to bamboo to save the environment? Bamboo is anexcellent replacement product for much of the hardwood speciesthat are being harvested in our global equatorial rainforests.Once harvested, these hardwood species often never grow back dueto the thin layers of soil and lack of sunlight under the junglecanopies, and if they do grow back it can take up to 200 years!Our global rainforests are the lungs of our planet and provide asignificant contribution to our global oxygen production, secondonly to the ocean. By selecting bamboo flooring you reduce the consumption demandfor rainforest hardwood materials, and in the process help saveto the environment for our future generations. For moreinformation and tips on bamboo flooring visit:http://www.laminateflooringzone.com/bamboo-flooring.htm
About the author: About the Author S.A. Smith is a freelance writer, contributor, and editor of theLaminate Flooring Zone and can be reached athttp://www.laminateflooringzone.com
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Skirmish Over Auto Industry’s Emission Reduction
A General Motors Corp. executive intimated to a federal judge Tuesday that vehicle carbon emission reductions ordered by California and ten other states would require the average fuel economy Read more...
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Virus Of The Mind
By Tom Horn, Thu Dec 8th
VIRUS OF THE MIND You’ve heard of ordinary viruses – thosemicroscopic entities that get inside your body and replicatethemselves. They war against your natural resistances and makeyou feel rotten. Read more...
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Electricity from Trash
Capturing methane from rotting garbage will help reduce climate change due to greenhouse gases.
Waste Management is creating electricity from rotting garbage at 100 of its landfills, and plans more such projects. This is a double win, as the methane gas produced by the garbage has a 21 times worse greenhouse gas effect than carbon dioxide. But now it can be captured to create energy rather than being emitted into the atmosphere.
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Astrologer Fails to Predict Cyclone
It wouldn't be important that an astrologer failed to predict the Myanmar cyclone if astrology weren't important there.
Continuing on the theme of what can and cannot be predicted, the weather is the next logical topic and evidently a noted Burmese astrologer has publicly apologized for his failure to predict Cyclone Nargis. But in a country like Myanmar where they take astrology seriously, evidently the citizenry depends on their astrologers for this kind of thing:
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Climate Analysis
From a post on calculating CO2 impacts correctly.
?m using this as an example of the kind of armchair analysis I would love to see more consumers and voters do on their own when faced with any buying or voting decision that has significant energy and/or environmental implications. Does this candidate?s claim make sense? How much money can I save by adjusting my thermostat a couple of degree or car pooling? How much CO2 can I avoid by signing up for 100% green electricity?
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Angelo's Is Back
Angelo's Restaurant in St. Marks was swept away by Hurricane Dennis.
Angelo?s was washed away by Hurricane Dennis in 2005 and just recently reopened this winter. It?s a beautiful place, lovely view and great food, but not the place to grab a quick and cheap bite to eat. We had enjoyable meal, though, sitting on the deck and watching the boats and birds over the bay.
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Is Carbon Neutrality Actually Possible?
A look at whether products can achieve carbon neutrality.
The big question is where do you draw the line and say that this company is carbon neutral/negative and this one is not when they all rely heavily on carbon positive support?
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Review: The End Of Suburbia
Will climate change force us to re-think suburban development?
Of course, no one knows what?ll happen to the suburbs we have now. Will they become the slums of the future? At least one expert in the film predicts a scarier scenario where we may not even have time to build new ?hoods with new urbanist design principles; we may just need to salvage what we have left in the face of global climate change.
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Why Do They Hate Us?
A look at climate change and politics.
Yet another hot button topic these days is climate change and the environment. On the surface, you wouldn't think that this should be a conservative vs. liberal topic. After all, climate change is either happening or it isn't. And yet this is an issue that divides conservatives from liberals as much as any other.
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The Perfectly Timed Vacation
Hurricane Ivan and other hurricanes have changed travel economics.
The best deals on lodging aren?t necessarily found in the hotels, but the low-rise condos. Thank Hurricane Ivan for that, she says. Many hotels were damaged by the 2004 storm, and have recently been repaired and reopened. So if you don?t mind staying in a condo, low season ? at least when it comes to saving money ? may last longer than a season. It could extend months, or longer.
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We Interrupt This Program
Has the federal government lost all credibility in natural disaster recovery?
Excuse me, while I open a space in the political discussion to point out something beyond the primaries on Tuesday - a powerful series of thunderstorms ripped through the Mid-South with tornadoes that killed at least 54 people and injured hundreds. They have been promised help by George W. Bush, which I can tell you as someone who lives in an area struck by hurricane Ivan in 2004 and knows what the Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas Gulf Coast still looks like after Katrina and Rita in 2005, is not going to happen any time soon.
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Anatomy Of A Local Breaking News Story
A great behind-the-scenes look at coverage of Hurricane Wilma from the local point-of-view.
Back in 2005, when Hurricane Wilma was about to smack the Naples area, our news organization made a commitment that when it came to real-time coverage, we were not going to get beat on this story by CNN or The Weather Channel or any other news organizations.
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Hurricane Felix Making Landfall
Is the quote machine broken:
The Nicaragua coast is experiencing powerful winds and surge at this time, as the wrath of a catastrophic monster category 5 hurricane Felix with winds of 160mph and gusts close to 190mph moves inland over Nicaragua very close to Punta Gorda and Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Felix is the second category 5 hurricane to make landfall this year, and before Hurricane Dean a week or so ago, there were no land falling hurricanes at category 5 status for 15 years.
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Save The World From Your Desktop
Seven good tips to reduce climate change from the comfort of your computer.
Use GoLoco to make carpooling a whole lot easier, and do your part to reduce CO2 emissions and lessen traffic congestion.
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Dean Update - Monday, Aug 20, 11 AM
Waiting for Hurricane Dean.
Everybody?s talking about the hurricane and now everyone?s saying that it looks like it?s going south. We?re continuing our preparations (and so is everyone else, apparently), but we?re less worried. We?re reminded that with both Hurricane Emily and Hurricane Wilma, it barely even rained in Merida. It?s good to keep in mind that what happens on one end of the Yucatan Peninsula, doesn?t necessarily effect the whole peninsula.
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600 Naked People On A Vanishing Glacier
Click through for pictures of the living sculpture atop the vanishing glacier.
Installation artist Spencer Tunick and Greenpeace Switzerland present a living sculpture: hundreds of naked people symbolise the vulnerability of the glaciers under climate change.
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Bad Climate Change News Was Too Optimistic
The news on iceberg meltdowns is bad.
However, China is preparing for climate change induced disasters and plans 24 hour response with food and water for any emergency. Too bad the US isn?t doing the same.
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