by Admin | Aug 24, 2016 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Electric vehicles, or EVs, are the center of a lot of debate about carbon emissions and consumer needs. It’s pretty obvious that replacing traditional combustion engine cars with EVs would do a lot to help reduce emissions. In fact, one study found that replacing...
by Admin | Jul 18, 2016 | Business, Conservation, Green Energy
It’s easy to think of big business as constantly being at odds with environmental preservation. But more and more businesses are actually finding it profitable to care for the land around them. Whether it’s a utility firm implementing carbon offsets, a...
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 7, 2015 | Articles, Environmental hazards
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill released 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, covering 100,000 kilometers, including 1,000 linear miles of coastline. Luckily, the coastlines of Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama were spared by the use...
by Admin | Aug 28, 2014 | Environmental hazards, Green Energy
There is a massive solar energy plant in the Mojave Desert that typically provides many environmental benefits, but lately there seems to be a new environmental concern associated with the plant. The solar energy facility, which is a joint project between NRG Energy,...
