Entries Tagged as 'Environmental News Headlines'
NY Times Opinion Piece Breaks Down the Science/Food Politics Line
Just read a really nice, cogent piece in the Times regarding how vegetarianism does or does not affect the environment. By breaking down the three principal gases involved in creating damage to our planet’s climate, the author, Nicolette Hahn Niman, does a really thorough job at [...]
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Tags: climate change·greenhouse gas·soy bean farming·vegetarianism
CNN Technology: Solutions to Environmental Issues
Whether it’s about the environment, global warming, energy technology or climatology, CNN will do the digging at its website called CNN Solutions. Give it a look over and see what they’re up to. Still going strong after at least the past year, Solutions continues to offer new and relevant information [...]
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Tags: cnn·cnn news on environment·cnn solutions·environmental solutions cnn·green blogs·solutions on cnn
Happy Earth Day to Everyone. Find more info here: Earth Day Resources
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Tags: earth day·earth day 2009·earth day april 22·earth day resources
Earth Hour 2009
On March 28, at 8:30 pm local time, one billion people will go dark for Earth Hour. World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.
Already [...]
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Tags: earth hour·earth hour 2009·lights out for earth hour·march 28 2009·world wildlife fund
Environmentalists and patrons are in an uproar over a recent discovery that, according to corporate policy, Starbucks shops around the country waste millions of liters of water every day. Making this fact even more upsetting is that Starbucks has a demeanor of being a green business and very environmentally aware, contradicting recent findings.
24.3 liters of [...]
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Tags: environment·green living·Recycling·starbucks·Sustainability·water shortage·water wastage