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To mark Earth Day, Jones Soda Co. reduced its electrical needs for the day so that about 10 riders on bikes attached to generators can provide power all day for the beverage-maker’s operations. Here’s a brief history Earth Day, reposted from CAP. Earth Day was founded at a time when laws protecting the environment were either weak or nonexistent, and manufacturers were more or less unrestricted in recklessly polluting the environment. Sen. Gaylord Nelson founded the holiday in 1970 as a way of forcing his fellow representatives in government to recognize the growing contingency of Americans who felt strongly the need to protect the environment for future generations. Nelson’s idea caught on quickly—more than 20 million people around the country took to the streets and demonstrated on the occasion of the inaugural Earth Day
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Earth Day, then and now
During the recent budget showdown, as House Republicans made their boldest effort yet—and failed, at least for now—to repeal mainstream climate science, Democratic Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts managed to find some dark comedy in the situation. It’s customary during legislative debates for members of Congress to preface their remarks with “I rise” in support of (or opposition to) the bill under consideration. As the GOP majority on the House Energy and Commerce committee prepared to pass a bill prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon pollution, Markey said that although he opposed the bill, “I …
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Climate Science – Safe for Now
The future’s looking bright for sustainable cars. You may have read our article on Electric Cars for 2011 and wondered what is ahead for 2012 and beyond. Here’s a preview of what’s in development. We’ll provide specs where we can, but as many of these are early-stage concepts, you can’t really take the car company’s word for it. Once the automotive press gets ahold of it and consumers can drive it, then we will have a good idea of each car’s strengths and weaknesses. To briefly recap, electric cars have an electric drivetrain with power coming from powerful, high-tech batteries. Electric cars can be plug-ins, or feature a small, fuel-powered internal combustion engine that works as a generator to recharge the batteries
Unlike the majority of Olympics preceding it, the 2012 Olympic Games in London are making a point to focus on the environment. The work which goes into creating an Olympics is immense, such as the amount of building which generally goes into the games. In addition, the number of people attending the games increases the carbon footprint significantly. So for the 2012 games, officials are aiming to drastically reduce the carbon footprint of the games. The organizers of the 2012 London games recently released a report detailing the progress made to include the environment in their decision making. Five aspects the organizers have taken a great effort to include in the planning include climate change, waste, biodiversity, inclusion and healthy living.
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2012 Summer Games Environmental Report Released
Operator suspends fracking in state As a natural gas well in Bradford County continued to leak super-salty flow-back water after a blowout Wednesday, well operator Chesapeake Energy suspended all hydraulic fracturing operations in Pennsylvania on Thursday. The leak, which began in an accident Tuesday night, produced water and natural gas until about 10 p.m. Thursday, when Chesapeake said it had stopped the flow. Chesapeake’s Atgas H2 gas well in LeRoy Township, near Canton, suffered a blowout when a piece of equipment failed during hydraulic fracturing just before midnight Tuesday into Wednesday, sending a reported 30,000 gallons of water spilling from the well pad, some of it reaching a tributary of Towanda Creek
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April 22 News: Chesapeake suspends fracking in PA after blowout and leak; Contemplating the human cost of energy