The ecological footprint of nations (Graphic Detail - The Economist)
The press still thinks [global warming] is controversial. So they find the 1% of the scientists and put them up as if they’re 50% of the research results. You in the public would have no idea that this is basically a done deal and that we’re on to other problems, because the journalists are trying to give it a 50/50 story. It’s not a 50/50 story. It’s not. Period.
Source: anolecannoli
It’s time. Support the bill to end fossil fuel subsidies.
Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Keith Ellison just introduced a bill to end ALL fossil fuel subsidies. Give them the support they need to pass it and end this wasteful, dangerous spending by signing this petition from 350.org
In throwing away any and all of your beliefs because a bad person shares them.
350.org has a petition against such madness.
Solar powered rail connects Paris and Amsterdam
Europe’s first high-speed international trains to use solar panel generated electricity were introduced Monday. The trains link the cities of Paris and Amsterdam.
Solar power is used in a 3.6 kilometer (about 2 mile) stretch of tunnel crossing Antwerp, Belgium. 16,000 solar panels were installed on the tunnel’s roof and cover an area of 50,000 square meters (about 12 acres.)
The project costs about $22.8 million.
The panels produce 3,300 megawatts per hour of electricity, or the average annual consumption of nearly 1,000 families, reports Agence France Presse.
They will not only power the high-speed rail, but also support inter-city trains while providing enough electricity to charge the train station, according to The Daily Mail.
The electricity produced feeds into the line’s infrastructure, for lighting, signals and in-train power points, Frederic Sacre, spokesman for Infrabel, which runs the rail network, told AFP.
47.3 million kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions are expected to be eliminated by the project over the next 20 years.Meanwhile in the U.S….
Source: waterman12053
UK Aid Helps Fund Forced Sterilisation of India's Poor
Tens of millions of pounds of UK aid money have been spent on a programme that has forcibly sterilised Indian women and men, the Observer has learned. Many have died as a result of botched operations, while others have been left bleeding and in agony. A number of pregnant women selected for sterilisation suffered miscarriages and lost their babies.
When will we learn that people without as much money as we have are deserving of the same amount of respect and autonomy? If we’re going to make decisions for other people to solve our planet’s problems, we’d do more good taking away wealthy Westerners’ money so they have to consume less.
Source: deus--ex-machina
350.org on the relationship between climate change and extreme weather. Join them on 5/5 for a worldwide day of action against climate change. Read the full infographic here.
Source: climatedots.org
Meet ioby.org, a platform for connecting environmental projects to donors. The best part: The average donor lives 2 miles from the project site.
What a great way to foster neighborhood buy-in, interdependence, and environmentalism. As of now, they serve only New York City.
Companies Pick Up Used Packaging, and Recycling’s Cost - NYTimes.com
A growing number of large food and beverage companies in the United States are assuming the costs of recycling their packaging after consumers are finished with it, a responsibility long imposed on packaged goods companies in Europe and more recently in parts of Asia, Latin America and Canada. Several factors are converging to make what is known as “extended producer responsibility” more attractive and, perhaps, more commonplace in the United States.
“Local governments are literally going broke and so are looking for ways to shift the costs of recycling off onto someone, and companies that make the packaging are logical candidates,” said Jim Hanna, director of environmental impact at the Starbucks Corporation. “More environmentally conscious consumers are demanding that companies share their values, too.”
Perhaps most important, he said, “companies are becoming more aware that resources are limited and what they’ve traditionally thrown away — wow, it has value.” It is now cheaper to recycle an aluminum can into a new can than it is to make one from virgin material, and the same is becoming true for plastic bottles.
And you know, if we’re going to get this country out of it’s current energy situation, we can’t just conserve our way out, we can’t just drill our way out, we can’t bomb our way out, we’re going to do it the old-fashion American way. We’re going to innovate our way out, working together.
Donald Sadoway, from his TED Talk on The Missing Link to Renewable Energy.
Source: ted.com
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