The "Excuse Me" Study - Cows and Farts

Ever wonder what's new on the Environmental front in Argentina?  Well, Argentine researchers discovered that methane coming from cows makes up over 30% of their country's total greenhouse emissions.  That's...

Beijing Olympians' Health vs. Air Pollution///by Stephen Fox, Managing Editor...

I must make it really clear right off the bat that I have always been contemptuous of Beijing holding the Olympics because of my knowledge of the genocidal toll on the Tibetans that China has exacted since 1949 in which almost 20% of the Tibetan population was killed by...

If You Buy Chinese Made Goods Read This

I've just finished reading The China Price The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage  by Alexandra Harney, Penguin Press New York 2008.  It should be read by anyone who buys Chinese made products.  That would be all of us.  The book carefully and...

Death by Dust

"It was October 6, 2004, three years after Ernie Vallebuona's three-month stint as a rescue and recovery worker at ground zero in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and he was hunched over and trembling, racked...

What would happen if all humans disappear from earth today?

Via buckleupnow.com "Our team came across this interesting information piece from timesonline,uk, which just goes to show the kind of damage that the human race has done to earth. check this picture which teaches us a lot, Very Interesting indeed"

Ambrose WHO

"Will the Tories new anti-smog legislation meet WHO standards? "

Cement plant wants tires for fuel

"Lafarge Canada Inc. is proposing to burn some of the 10 million tires thrown away each year in Ontario at its cement plant in Bath, making it the first company in the province to use tires as fuel. Its plans call for the tires to replace some of the coal it now burns at the...

NOVA | Dimming the Sun | PBS

New evidence that air pollution has masked the full impact of global warming suggests the world may soon face a heightened climate crisis.

Pigeons get backpacks for air pollution monitoring

"A flock of pigeons fitted with mobile phone backpacks is to be used to monitor air pollution, New Scientist magazine reported on Wednesday. The 20 pigeons will be released into the skies over San Jose, Calif., in August. Each bird will carry a GPS satellite tracking...

Prince Charles - Extreme Environmental Hypocrite? (1)...

  Check out Question 16 and the postscript in the BIG BBC / Live8 / Africa / ' eden ' ' project ' Quiz at: www.eden-project-insight.tk , the Duke of Cornwall's generally casual, self-interested and...

Air Pollution Becoming Problem in Asia

Recently, air pollution has received priority among environmental issues in Asia, as well as in others parts of the world. Exposure to air pollution is the main environmental threat to human health in many towns and...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from