Aviation Tax for Carbon Emissions Needed, Study
A recent study suggests that the only way to reduce aviation pollution would be to set a price on airline carbon emissions. This statement...
Fuzzy Math, Washington State Wants to Tax Cyclist Carbon Emissions
That's right, Washington State wants to tax cyclists for their use of the roads, citing carbon emissions and the fact they pay no gas...
NOAA Receives Full Operational Control Over Suomi NPP Environmental Satellite
The environmental satellite The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) is now fully transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), by NASA.
Initially a...
A Common Cause to Save Polar Bears Brought Russia and The U.S. Together
The U.S. and Russia are two of the five countries in the world inhabited by polar bears. At a conference in Bangkok this week,...
German Automakers Install Renewable Energy Systems, a Win, Win, Win Situation
In Germany, industrial businesses pay a premium on renewable energy, a tax which seems to be funding the development and and installation of further...
Honda Recycles Rare Earth Metals to Manufacture New Batteries
Honda has devised a way, the first process of its kind, to extract the rare earth metals from used batteries and other products, recycling them to be...
Arctic Drilling Suspended as Shell Regroups After Mishaps
In 2013, the Arctic is safe from at least one oil company’s drills. Royal Dutch Shell announced on Wednesday that it will not be...
Crops Affected by Water Shortage, not Climate Warming
Professor Graeme Hammer, a leading Australian crop scientist at The University of Queensland, developed a complex model which explains how agricultural crop yield will...
Oregon Considering Per-Mile Tax on Fuel Efficient and Electric Vehicles
The current Oregon bill is considering a 1.5¢/mile tax on vehicles getting over 55mpg, meaning an driver of an electric vehicle would have to pay an additional $225 if he drove...
How Recycled Milk Jugs Can Make 3D Printing Cheaper and Greener
By recycling milk jugs, Joshua Pearce, a DIYer and researcher from Michigan Technological University is working on a method to drastically cut down costs associated with...
