SINGAPORE (Reuters) – South Africa’s Standard Bank is close to launching a A$250 million ($230 million) forestry fund in Australia, aimed at selling carbon offsets to companies, in what is believed to be the largest fund of its kind so … Continued
Bikes(Bicycles), cars, and people are an interesting triumvirate in the USA.They all exist on the roads but in varying degrees of politeness and coexistence. One of our co workers was almost injured badly while riding his bike(bicycle) Saturday in a … Continued
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – By any yardstick, it’s an ambitious project: allow energy to flow more freely across the nation’s three massive power grids, breaking down significant barriers to ramping up alternative energy in the United States. A proposed “Tres Amigas … Continued
The advantage of the accessibility to the sun and small solar powered gadgets give many in the world an experience those in the first world take for granted. Selections from this Reuters article speak to this solar solution So when … Continued
Paper or plastic? How about neither? Florida environmental officials want to make the state the first in the nation to prohibit throwaway plastic and paper bags. The proposed ban would follow a five-year phaseout during which escalating fees, starting at … Continued
The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Self-taught William Kamkwamba has been feted by climate … Continued
We are agreed that the human population needs to be replaced daily or it will fade away. But we feel that overpopulation could contribute to humanity fading as well. We feel that each family should have a threshold of a … Continued
John Muir was a great naturalist and a large reason the USA has an offering of large tracts of land prevented from development by the government, ie our National Parks. He traveled to our state, Florida, at a young age. … Continued
From the limited reading we have done on the subject of electric-powered motor vehicles, it seems range is one of the main complaints, ie they can only go around 100 miles without charging. That would make them a plausible option … Continued
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Billionaire George Soros said on Saturday that he would invest $1 billion in clean energy technology as part of an effort to combat climate change. The Hungarian-born U.S. investor also announced he would form and fund a … Continued
