Al Muratsuchi’s Bill Could Lower Plug-In Car Taxes in CA
A new bill to make plug-in vehicles a little less expensive has been announced in California. The Assembly Bill AB1077 suggested by Assemblyman Al...
Oslo Imports Trash for Power Generation, But There’s Not Enough Trash to Go Around
The city of Oslo, Norway, burns its trash in specialize plants for power generation and heating, but there are more trash-burning plants than there...
Behavior of Marine Microbes Reveals Changes in Global Carbon Cycle
A team of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was granted $1 million by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative,...
Truth About BP’s Oil Spill in The Gulf of Mexico Uncovered
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is known as the largest unintentional environmental disaster in history, with around 210...
Pesticides or High-Fructose Corn Syrup Cause Bee Colonies Collapse?
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science by a team from University of Illinois, found that the reason for...
Bob Lutz asks, “Should the US Bail Out Fisker Automotive?”
There are plenty of moves by the US government that have controversial, bailing out General Motors and Chrysler is one of them. Should...
Record Levels of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Expected by Mid-May
Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere are expected to raise up to 400ppm by mid-May for a first time in human history, according...
Particles Emitted by Green Plants Form Clouds, Reduce Warming
A study published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Geoscience emphasises the importance of plants in forming sunshade of clouds, which slow...
Rules of Fair Trade Neglected by American Manufacturers
The blooming number of westernized manufacturers that move their production to developing countries, raises the important and yet somehow neglected question about the fairness...
Sunlit Snow Predominant Reason for Arctic Atmosphere Changes
In the Arctic, sunlit snow is the predominant source of atmospheric bromine, the key to unique chemical reactions that purge pollutants and destroy ozone....
