Tag: climate change
How the chemicals industry’s pollution slipped under the radar
The hidden climate costs of America’s free parking spaces
Meet The Men Who Ditched Well Paid Jobs In Big Energy To Tackle Climate Change
HuffPost – Lition Energy uses blockchain to connect consumers directly with renewable power plants.
People’s Climate March: To Change Everything, It Takes Everyone … And Washing Machines
To change everything, we first need to make sure that everyone has access to washing machines.
Pictures From New York City’s People’s Climate March
Photo: An estimated 310,000 people marched for accountability, justice and action for climate change at the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday.
How I Changed My Mind On Ethanol Biofuels
When Project LIBERTY, the first large-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in the U.S., opened in Iowa last Wednesday, I went from a naysayer to a still-skeptical-but-now-believer in biofuels and the Renewable Fuel Standard.
ICYMI: Environmental Reads From Last Week (Labor Day Weekend Edition)
In which I share the five most interesting and important environmental stories (IMHO) that I’ve read this week on various environmental threats that birds face globally, the latest IPCC draft report leaked Tuesday, a mysterious blue substance born from the Mount Polley mine disaster and more.
Carbon Day 2013
A treat for passers-by at Copley Square yesterday: Carbon Day 2013! Co-sponsored by Boston University Sustainable Neighborhood Lab and the City of Boston Greenovate, Carbon Day is a public exhibition event to promote awareness about carbon and educate the public about steps they can take to reduce their carbon footprint, according to organizer Linda Grosser from Boston University. Pictures available!
Did human activity cause lobster shell disease?
Here’s a treat for lobster-lovers: a video from the American Chemical Society featuring the New England Aquarium director of research, Dr. Michael Tlusty, explaining why they turn red when they’re cooked, but also introducing shell disease, a problem that has been troubling lobsters for a while. This was one of the videos that I produced with colleague, Kirk Zamieroski, while I was on internship with the American Chemical Society over the summer.