Overall Company Scores Plummet As Greenpeace Tightens Requirements for Their Impact on Global Warming
June 25, 2008
Of the 18 electronics companies evaluated in the 8th edition of Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics released today, only two companies - Sony Ericsson and Sony – score above 5/10. The overall score of the ranked companies has plummeted as Greenpeace tightens requirements on electronic waste (e-waste) and toxic chemicals and adds new requirements for evaluating companies’ impact on global warming. Read more
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Rare Ghost Orchid Blooms At Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, Fla.
June 25, 2008
A rare ghost orchid growing on an ancient bald cypress tree at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples is in bloom for the second consecutive summer, this time with seven buds that will likely produce blooms visible from the Audubon sanctuary’s boardwalk for the next three weeks. Read more
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Going Green to Save Some Green
June 25, 2008
The same week that gas reached $4 a gallon earlier this month, diesel hit $4.71 a gallon. What does this mean for commercial truckers? It means that it now costs about $1,200 to fill up a tank of gas. At least 935 trucking companies went out of business due to rising fuel prices in the first quarter of 2008 alone, and these numbers have been climbing every quarter for the last five quarters. Read more
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Nitrogen Discovery Should Help Climate-Change Predictions
June 19, 2008
A team of researchers led by a first-year UC Davis faculty member has resolved a longstanding paradox in the plant world, which should lead to far more accurate predictions of global climate change. Read more
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Greenpeace has Welcomed the Extension of the Amazon Soy Moratorium
June 18, 2008
Greenpeace has welcomed the decision to extend by one year the Amazon soy moratorium. The announcement was made at a press conference in Brasilia by the soy traders association (ABIOVE), together with Brazil’s new Environment Minister Carlos Minc, Greenpeace and other non governmental organizations (NGOs). Read more
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Atlantic Tropical Storm Season Set to Top the Average
June 18, 2008
During the 2008 North Atlantic tropical storm season the Met Office is forecasting 15 named storms, with a 70% chance that the number will be in the range 10 to 20 between July and November. This represents above normal activity relative to the 1990-2005 long-term average of 12.4 and is more than last year’s total of 12 storms for the same period. Read more
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