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Youth get in bed together on Lennon anniversary
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
It was 29 years ago today that a lone gunman assassinated John Lennon and the anniversary was the spur behind a youth "bed in" at the COP15 conference center. Socres of young folks from around the world used the day to remember Lennons famous bed-in protest of the Vietnam War and to put their own spin on it. They ...2 days ago -
Thank you, EPA: U.S. solar companies
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
Many businesses chafed on Monday at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s declaration that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health. But executives at the two largest U.S. solar power companies took a shine to the statement, which clears the way for federal regulation and came as a global climate ...3 days ago -
Fossil of the Day Award: And the winner is…
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
The UN Conference on Climate Change is a weighty gathering of serious folks looking for a way to cut carbon emissions. Its also a great place to bring some much-needed humor and along the way hammer a few perceived laggers in the fight against global warming. Enter the Fossil of the Day Awards, a tongue-in-cheek ...3 days ago -
Icebergs, Copenhagen hot topics in Southern Ocean
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
The Southern Ocean is toying with us, like some killer whale tossing its prey before devouring it. The small French research ship l’Astrolabe is being battered by 55 kmh (35 mph) winds and tossed like a cork in icy, three metre (9 feet) waves. Many onboard have retreated to the safety of their bunks where, ...4 days ago -
State of the Oceans Forum II: important ocean conservation panel discussion
RTSea Blog: keeping an eye on Nature —
Authority: 462
As a member of the Explorers Club , I have had the honor and opportunity to meet some amazing people involved in a variety of scientific endeavors and participate in some great events. One such event that is coming up this Monday, December 7th is the State of the Oceans Forum II , a follow-up to an earlier event ...5 days ago -
Taking the Tesla for a spin
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
We took a short spin in a Tesla to see what an all-electric sports car was like. The Roadster Sport wasn’t totally silent, but it wasn’t loud — and it was fast (zero to 60 miles per hour in under 4 seconds). We got lots of looks, too. Tesla calls it “performance with a clean conscience” but building the ...6 days ago -
U.S. says no to Arctic fishing
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
(Reporting by Yereth Rosen in Alaska) There is currently no commercial fishing conducted in U.S. Arctic waters, and now there won’t be: a formal ban on commercial seafood harvests in U.S. waters north of the Bering Strait went into effect on Thursday. Environmentalists and fishery managers applauded the move as a ...6 days ago -
Forest carbon schemes – new hope for the Amazon?
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
By Stuart Grudgings In the tiny settlement of Boa Frente on the banks of a tributary to the Amazon river, bright blue butterflies flitting through trees and the constant squawks of parrots add to the feeling of a paradise on earth. The poverty endured by most of its residents quickly shatters that illusion, but ...6 days ago -
What to do while the world burns
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
A firefighter puts out a fire at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang This opinion piece by Mort Rosenblum originally appeared in GlobalPost . The views expressed are his own. For the full article, click here . PARIS, France — Back when primal-scream therapy was the rage in ...6 days ago -
Sailing into an icy cauldron
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
Reuters employee Pauline Askin has sailed for the Antarctic for a six -week expedition on the icy continent where she will help restore Mawson’s huts named after Australia’s most celebrated Antarctic explorer on Commonwealth Bay, the windiest place on earth. During the expedition, Pauline will report on ...1 week ago -
After 25 years impact of Bhopal leak lingers
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
Controversy still surrounds one of the worlds worst industrial accidents 25 years after an estimated 8,000 people died in the immediate aftermath of a toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India. At around midnight on December 3, 1984, a leak at a Union Carbide plant of methyl isocyanate gas -- a chemical compound used ...1 week ago -
Comfortable conservation and global warming
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
-- John Kemp is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own -- Energy efficiency will have to make the single most-important contribution if policymakers are serious about limiting greenhouse gas emissions and dampening growing demand for fossil fuels. Energy efficiency will not remove the need to invest ...1 week ago -
Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...2 weeks ago -
National Ocean Policy
Almost There —
Authority: 129
I received the following in an email yesterday. I would like to add it to my Think Green Thursday post. If you are interested in helping to restore health to our oceans, please click on the link and send a letter to the President, supporting his efforts. Thank you. Support the Presidents National Ocean Policy ...4 weeks ago -
Oceans Sans Frontier
Sea Notes —
Authority: 99
In the U.S., President Obamas Ocean Policy Task Force is charged with recommending a way forward to create a National Ocean Agenda and Policy for U.S. oceans. Much needed and long awaited. You can support this process on our website...4 weeks ago
