Here some suggestions for Eco-destinations this winter from Earth911.com(Top Winter Eco Destinations by Lori Brown 1-11-10) Vancouver, BCThe home of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It will be very crowded but here is Lori’s suggestion on a great hotel, “The Listel … Continued
Our friend Mighk recently had a feature article in the local Orlando alternative newspaper the Orlando Weekly(Mr Bicycle 1-13-10 by Lindy Shepherd). Mighk is a lead for the central Florida regional transportation planning board, Metroplan, and focuses on bike and … Continued
Gordon Johnson of Hapoalim Securities in New York is sort of an oracle of what solar photovoltaic(PV) stocks and companies are doing. I saw him on Bloomberg’s “Taking Stock” recently. He feels that the Chinese producers are the one’s to … Continued
We congratulate the EPA of the Obama administration for attempting to strengthen the requirements of parts per billion of ground level ozone to as low as 60 -70 ppb down from the 75 ppb allowed by the Bush administration. “That … Continued
Here’s an alternative view on global warming. The reporter shows that China has historically prospered during periods of warming. Of course the rub is that the results of the type of greatly man-induced warming that we are experiencing today do … Continued
The following Orlando Sentinel editorial(Capping Offshore Drilling 1-12-10) offers great news for our state of Florida since the potential environmental consequences of close-to-Florida oil and gas drilling cannot be quantified. The states of Texas and Louisiana are so tied into … Continued
According to an Economist article(Blowing in the Wind-12/15/09)it is often times difficult to verify the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. “ONE of the many sets of initials being bandied about at the climate conference in Copenhagen is MRV—monitoring, … Continued
I ride my bike to and from work and to do errands often in central Florida. Save the summer afternoons when we often get rain, biking in Florida is a joy. I’ve biked in other American cities and other countries … Continued
Britain has major plans to greatly increase their wind energy production? Here are some of the highlights of the plans: -Construction to begin in 2014 -A projected 6000 turbines to be installed -The project could support up to 70,000 jobs … Continued
Here are some more important Florida Bicycle laws(courtesy of the Florida Bicycle Association). We will do spot checks on bicycle laws in other states and put them on our blog on occasion. –When a lane is too narrow for a … Continued
