Global Warming’s Effect on Travel
Imagine a beautiful island in the Pacific. Home to one of the smallest nations in the world and one of the most remote. An ideal spot for rest and relaxation. The spectacular marine environment consisting of a vast expanse of ocean interspersed with atolls, magnificent lagoons, coral reefs and small islands all provide a unique South [...]
EU Promotes Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL’s)
The 27 member European Union, along with Australia, Cuba and the Philippines have all voted to ban all incandescent light bulbs by 2010. This will make a huge impact on the amount of energy consumed by these countries.
The WWF published a report on the savings that are projected by this move. One of the most pronounced [...]
New Website Launched
Sustainable Development is a broad reaching concept. Besides the core blending of environment, social and economic components, sustainable development is concerned with all the issues involving our planets resources. A new website has been launched http://pollutionwebsite.com. This new website contains guides on topics such as:
Air Conditioning; http://pollutionwebsite.com/ac
Ecosystem; http://pollutionwebsite.com/ecosystem
Pollution; http://pollutionwebsite.com/pollution
Air Pollution; http://pollutionwebsite.com/air
Emissions; http://pollutionwebsite.com/emissions
Pollution Control; http://pollutionwebsite.com/control
Air Quality; http://pollutionwebsite.com/air-quality
Emissions [...]
Clean Coal And Sustainable Development
Clean coal has been touted as an alternatve source of energy here in the United States. I read an interesting post about the use of mountaintop removal of coal that could very well change your mind about using coal as an energy source. Read the post on the “sustainable development and more” blog.
http://www.elrst.com/2008/10/16/why-clean-coal-is-nowhere-near-happening/
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