Al Gore’s call to move to a clean energy society by 2018 has not exactly been received with overwhelming support. Yesterday the former vice president challenged the next US president to help switch all of the nation’s electricity to solar, wind and other clean energy sources within 10 years to help end global warming and […]
Environmental News Network recently noted the 20th anniversary of the day Dr. James E. Hansen of NASA testified to Congress that worldwide temperatures had risen beyond the range of natural variability. Speaking before Congress on Congress June 23, 1988, Dr. Hansen said he was “99 percent certain” that humankind was altering global weather. Now, after […]
How big is your carbon footprint? According to CarbonCounter.org, the average American is responsible for emitting 16.64 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. This dwarfs the world average of 4.44 tons per person. Are you above or below average the national average? Grab your latest energy bill and your computer mouse and visit […]
One of the things I love about the Internet is all the free stuff: free information, free games, free videos, free coupons and my personal favorite - free donations. The Hunger Site was the first site to encourage web surfers to do good with just the click of the mouse. Since its launch in 1999, […]
It took a newspaper editorial to finally motivate me to start this blog. While I’ve been thinking about blogging about global warming for awhile, it was the opinion piece in the Las Vegas Review-Journal that actually got me moving.
The Review-Journal may be Nevada’s largest newspaper, but I certainly hope they don’t speak for the majority […]
