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I Don’t Like Ike

By on September 16, 2008 in Financial Crisis

Hurricane Ike was only a category 2. If this storm had been a category 4 or 5, our oil refining industry probably would have been severely crippled or even destroyed. Oil is our Achilles heel and Mother Nature can smite us upon that heel anytime she feels like it and America will be devastated. This [...]

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China May Be the Death of the Environmental Movement

By on September 10, 2008 in Pollution

I am all for a green planet, cleaner water and air. Since there a lot of people watched the Olympics and China moved a lot of factories to clean up around the Bird Nest stadium, lets take a look at what is happening to China and their environmental impact on the world and the U.S [...]

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Attack of the Food Clones?

By on September 4, 2008 in food prices

The FDA says that cloned food products may have entered the food chain. Check out this LINK, FDA says cloned meats and milk o.k. for consumption by consumers. EU not sure about safety of cloned animals. LINK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may already have entered the U.S. [...]

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Christmas in July for Alaska This Year

By on September 1, 2008 in Environment

The coldest summer ever? You might be looking at it, weather folks say. Not in Georgia, or the lower U.S. states, but Alaska. Check out this article from the: Anchorage Daily News Anchorage Alaska, (photo credit: retro traveler) Right now the so-called summer of ’08 is on pace to produce the fewest days ever recorded [...]

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Want to Save at the Pump? Try Blending Fuel Pumps

By on August 27, 2008 in ethanol

Perhaps a break for consumer fuel prices Picture Credit: (Cole_H(Old Skool) Unity Biofuels plans to save consumers money with new blending fuel dispenser: Clean energy company Unity Biofuels has announced that it is developing self-blending ethanol fuel dispensers, to help blend ethanol with gasoline directly in the pump and thus help consumers to avoid the [...]

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Destroy Rainforests to Grow Sugar Cane?

By on August 25, 2008 in Biofuels

One Side of the Story NEW YORK (Reuters) – Primate scientist Jane Goodall said on Wednesday the race to grow crops for vehicle fuels is damaging rain forests in Asia, Africa and South America and adding to the emissions blamed for global warming. Picture Credit: (Irene Roxanne) “We’re cutting down forests now to grow sugarcane [...]

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Is California loosing its Grip on Green?

By on August 22, 2008 in health

California chemical ban bills are defeated. An avalanche of lobbying buried two bills in the Assembly on Monday that sought to ban controversial chemicals from fast food containers, microwave popcorn bags and baby bottles. From Sacbee.com: The measures, Senate Bill 1713 by Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, and Senate Bill 1313, by Sen. Ellen Corbett, [...]

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How to Check Your Carbon Footprint

By on August 20, 2008 in Environment

Would you like to measure your carbon footprint? Global Footprint Network has announced a new ecological footprint calculator. Currently there are calculators available for the U.S. and Australia, with more countries being added all the time. To use it, click on click here and then click one of the countries to help see how your [...]

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