China's Carbon Effeciency Goals will Lead to Increased Emissions

I doubt many people would have guessed it but China is ahead of the rest of the world in carbon emissions efficient.  Sound suspicious?  China counts its carbon emissions differently then the rest of...

Japan Vows 25 Percent Emissions Cut By 2020

Japan's next prime minister has announced that the country will aim to slash carbon emissions by 25% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels. Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama takes over as prime minister on September 16. His predecessor, Taro Aso, had previously stated that...

Arctic 'warmest in 2,000 years'

" Arctic temperatures are now higher than at any time in the last 2,000 years, research reveals. Changes to the Earth's orbit drove centuries of cooling, but temperatures rose fast in the last 100 years as human...

G8 Carbon Pledge Disappoints World Environmentalists

The G8 carbon pledge has dissappointed world environmentalists, as the G8 delegates said they supported reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, but they did not set any short term targets for any...

China to Back North Korea Sanctions

China is believed to be on board with U.S.'s attempt to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear-bomb test and missile launches."“I believe China is on board, together with the major countries of...

Arctic CO2 Levels Up - Methane Released. Do humans have time?

Carbon Dioxide levels up - its bad - Methane is worse. Recently scientist reported that humans have not reduced thier carbon footprint on this planet. If anything, we are increasing. This will lead to a relase of a...

Hold the Earth in your hands

Visit earthhour.org/earthinyourhands and you can see a video of yourself holding the earth in your hands. You can add your own name, see everybody else who has done it, and save a photo to send to your friends. The...

The sky has gone dimmer over the past 35 years

Over the past 30 years, the increase in pollution has caused skies to dim slightly over most of the world. Aerosol is the main culprit as the burning of fossil fuel blocks sunlight from reaching the earth's surface. ...

Obama wants mandatory cap and trade system

President Obama in his speech to Congress last night announced that he wants a mandatory cap on greenhouse emissions even though the country is going through a tough economic time right now. Obama did finally...

Germans told to stop eating so much schnitzel and bratwurst

Germany's federal environmental agency has asked Germans to limit their meat intake and only eat meat on special occasions. German's mostly have a diet that is heavy on animal products. The production of meat...

Japan launches satellite to track greenhouse gases

Japan successfully launched the world's first satellite dedicated to monitoring global greenhouse gas emissions on Friday as part of efforts to tackle climate change. " The project will help scientists measure...

Vertical Farm Building Towers in Our Cities

An innovative project where technology races against population growth and global warming changes." The world is going to need vertical farms because conventional agriculture can’t handle what’s to come,...

After Y2k, its E2k now

Barely a day goes by without a headline about the impact of CO2 emissions or greenhouse gases on the environment: melting glaciers, vanishing coral reefs, floods and freak weather. Isn’t it! I, therefore, have...

Ice Age is coming soon: geologicaly speaking in 10000years

Nature is full of suprises and the more humans tries to solve the mystry the more it gets confused.The latest study on changing climatic pattern suggests that we are heading towards ice age.. " The planet could...

Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry

Hold on to your electric bill ... Barack Obama is at it again. I can not believe that these truthful revelations from Barack Obama may have some who voted early asking, CAN I HAVE MY VOTE BACK?"Imagine if John...

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