Some gruesome pictures are circling the Internet of Japanese vessels killing whales for food. Gray whales migrating south along the coast of California looking for breeding grounds and to escape […]
Read MoreMajor cities are vulnerable for natural disasters
Global warming is resulting in more damaging events more often than ever. This is more apparent from recent damaging floods that destroyed lives and properties in Colorado, landslides in Washington […]
Read MoreFreedom Industries, West Virginia chemical spill disaster
On January 9, 2014, an estimated 10,000 gallons of coal-processing compound spilled at the Freedom Industries in West Virginia creating an environmental disaster of epic proportion. It prompted several subsequent […]
Read MoreMega data centers looking at fuel cell to power up and help the environment
Mega data centers have become a sore thumb for environmentalists. They suck up lots of power not only to run mega computer servers but also to cool down huge buildings […]
Read MoreA chemical spill not just limited to environmental damage
On January 9, 2014, a chemical spill at the Freedom Industries chemical plant near Charleston, West Virginia cut off water to more than 300,000 customers due to more than 7,500 […]
Read MoreGlobal warming may generate more killer typhoons
An exceptionally powerful Typhoon Haiyan, a tropical cyclone hit the mid-section of the Philippines in early November 2013. The scale of the disaster it caused is at such a scale […]
Read MoreWhat is going on with the TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline?
Remember the controversy over the proposed 1,173 mile long TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline that proposes to bring heavy crude from oil sands in Western Canada to the refineries in the […]
Read MoreChina is cutting back on coal consumption
With the rise of China, the world wide coal consumption is hitting record levels. China’s coal consumption equals the total consumption of the rest of the world. In 2011 the […]
Read MoreEnvironmental concerns take center stage in Nicaragua over the proposed interoceanic canal
In the 1850s, railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt attempted and later abandoned an idea to build a canal connecting two oceans, Atlantic and Pacific, in Nicaragua. There were several other attempts […]
Read MoreEarth Day to bring out impacts of climate change
The global Earth Day is April 22, 2013. This year’s theme for the Earth Day is “the face of climate change.” Many factors caused this year’s Earth Day to concentrate […]
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