environment news

Although this story is old I still think it it news that should be spread. The Global Carbon Project posted the most recent figures for the worlds' carbon budget, a key to understanding the balance of carbon added to the atmosphere (Sep25th)

A blog of one man who keeps ALL his trash in his house. And recycles it too!

Nuprana.com, dedicated to promote water conservation in the US recently opened its Water Conservation News site to publish what bloggers are writing about the issue.

Twitter, the free micro-blogging and social networking site, enables its users worldwide to discuss (among other topics) all things green. From green living tips to local, national and international environmental news, users can follow the green musings of its 2 million users. The Best: @GreenNews, @GreenLiving, @GreenTweet, and others!

Decrease in Oil Price Pulls down Carbon Prices in Europe to 5-Month Low

Australian Securities Exchange to Bring in Various Alternate Energy Futures Contracts before Launching Carbon Futures in 2009

UK: Coal-Fired Power Operator Drax Experiences Nearly 50% Cut in Profits Due to Purchase of Carbon Credits

Chinese Government Will Have to Spend US$3.25 Billion Next Year to Execute Emissions-Reduction Plan

Australia: Leading Economist Says Government’s Carbon Trading Scheme Will Fail

Carbon Trading Maturing, Going through Different Phases

Australia: Opposition Says Coalition Leaders Will Have United Stance on Emissions Trading Scheme

American Military on Its Way to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Ireland: Green Party Wants Carbon Tax to be Part of December Budget

Truckers to File Suit against LA Ports over Rules Aimed at Cutting Truck Emissions

South African Archbishop Tutu Says Brits Emit Carbon, Africans Die (Brits are killing Africans ... With CARBON)

Both Obama and McCain Spend Huge Sums on Print Ads, No Mention of Offsetting Carbon Emissions (They have left that for Al Gore may be)

Canadian Politician Uses Carbon Tax up, Income Tax down Theory for Election Campaign (We may have something new here in the Keynesian Economics)

Los Angeles Energy Firm Aims to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Government, People and Industries (Now this is a goodie. Let's hope we have more of them)

Port of Auckland Devoted to Cuts CO2 Emissions

Sri Lanka Opens Carbon Fund, Carbon Selling at US$14 per Tonne

Chevron Worried Australia’s Emissions Scheme Will Hurt LNG Project

Environmentalists Think Australia’s Carbon Plan Too Lenient, Ask for Increase in Carbon Price

UK Plans to Make Government Computer Systems Carbon Neutral by 2020

A Canadian couple has committed to implementing green ideas around their home, every single day for an entire year. Three months in, they have done everything from build a solar cooker and buy a manual lawnmower, to making their own butter and body wash. Our Green Year can be seen at http://ourgreenyear.blogspot.com

IVERMORE, Calif. — New research suggests that ocean temperature and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

-Chris Cappuccilli

Hundreds of the nation’s most prominent scientists and economists have issued a first-ever joint statement calling on policymakers to require immediate, deep reductions in heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming.

ZIMBABWE is suffering more from the impact of global warming like most other countries in Africa signalling the burden of climate change risks to be felt more by the poor in the near future.

An environmentally themed festival will be taking place in Norwich, UK from the end of May to mid June. It will feature international writers such as Nobel prize winner JM Coetzee  and the Pulitzer prize winning poet CK Williams as well as nature writers such as Gretel Ehrlich, Richard Mabey, Adam Thorpe and Mark Cocker. They will be joined by Tony Juiper (Director of Friends of the Earth UK), Scientists from the RSPB and the renowned University of East Anglia's centre of Climate Change Study and all will take part in debates, readings, performances and workshops.

This site managed to snag some videos of the Goldman Environmental Prize recipient speeches. I went to the event and it was a moving, inspirational experience.

Colorado has introduced an initiative that would offer drivers the option of a environmentally-friendly license plate in exchange for a carbon-offsetting donation. Now your SUV can be cool as a Prius too!

Marine biologists believe seahorses could be breeding in the London's River Thames as the river becomes cleaner

If global warming is evident, that means that all nations should do a considerable effort to reverse the effects of our situation. Apparently India is not going in this direction. It has been said that a $4.2 billion coal-fired power plant is an upcoming project to respond to India’s enormous need for more and affordable electricity.

Europe's environmental news

Tomorrow night at 8:00h turn off your lights for one hour. Get as many people as you can to do the same. Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement.

This brand-new household environmental calculator is the first of its kind — it shows not only the carbon but also energy, water, wastewater, trash, and stormwater runoff footprints of your home and lifestyle. In addition, it recommends projects based on your specific inputs that can save you money, reduce your environmental impact, or in many cases both at the same time! The Impact Calculator also calculates a score called the Low Impact Living Index™, or LILI™, that encapsulates in one number your overall environmental footprint. Please give it a test drive!

An eco-terrorism act strikes close to home, as one of ListedGreen.com's green residential listings advertised for sale takes a hit along with several others.

Even though large luxury homes can be built very green and energy efficient, it was sad to see this type of terrorism is still amongst us. ListedGreen will continue to embrace green luxury properties, because those type of homes will still be built, regardless of what most of us think, so the responsible effort lies with building  these bigger homes as green and energy efficient as possible.

The 1 Odd Duck iBuilding is the worlds only information based building and it is technologically advanced, green friendly, and media driven. It is a building that is designed to cut green house emissions, reuse water, collect and use wind and solar energy, and ensure environmental responsibility.

With biodegradable caskets and shrouds, no embalming, and often a tree planted in the honor of the deceased instead of a headstone, green funerals are gaining traction as an environmentally sound option. The best part is besides being morally satisfying, they’re cheaper than traditional funerals! With less preparation and chemicals required and the less extravagant caskets, it takes far less money to have a green funeral.

So you want to buy an existing green home but don’t know where to look? Or maybe you’re worried about the greenwashing that some use to differentiate themselves due to a souring market?

The age of sail could be staging something of a comeback as part of an imaginative attempt to cut greenhouse gases on the high seas.

Climate change is set to hit the tropics as badly as the polar regions, according to a seris of new studies unveiled at the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) annual conference in San Francisco.

It’s a simple device that gives you up to the minute stats on your energy usage and calculates your current electric bill. The front panel is laden with LEDs forming a floral pattern. The more energy you use, the more light is emitted as if the florals are growing.

We are experiencing warmer years than ever, our actions cause irreversible damage to the environment. Here are some shocking information about our actions.

Public policy, innovative companies, breakthroughs in sustainable design and consumer demand are all converging to reimagine and reshape human habitat, starting in an unlikely place: Chinese gated communities. This feature from Lara Abrams Melman on GreenBiz.com explores the future of eco-cities