by Admin | May 26, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change
A formerly stable region of Antarctica has been melting at a rapid rate since 2009. The Southern Antarctic Peninsula has been shedding ice over the last five years, based on data collected from CyroStat-2, a European Space Agency satellite launched to measure ice at...
by Admin | May 22, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change
A recent study by researchers at Lund University and Stanford University has found that semi-arid zones such as savannahs are extremely valuable in reducing carbon in the air, possibly even more than rainforests. The need to keep rainforests alive and well is widely...
by Admin | May 19, 2015 | Articles, Conservation
Climate change isn’t just a matter for environmentalists—investors are getting involved as well. Many groups such as MSCI, BlackRock, and State Street Global Advisors are putting together “low carbon indexes”—recommended investments based on companies that have...
by Admin | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
California is in the midst of a four-year drought, which is bad enough that the state has instituted its first mandatory cuts in water use. And sourcing bottled water there is just making that state’s water problems even worse. Recently, Starbucks ceased bottling...
by Admin | May 17, 2015 | Articles, Conservation
In recent years, there has been an increase in the amount of crude oil that is transported across the United States by rail. Normally, cargo trains are a safe, cost effective way to move goods, but they aren’t immune to accidents. Unfortunately, when those accidents...
