Category Archives: Environment

Canada’s Oil Sands Conundrum

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Ian

There is a new not totally unbiased review of the impact of the Athabasca Oil Sands on climate and Alberta’s economy. You can download it here. We all know that the technology is polluting and wastes too much natural gas … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Ian

From Seed Magazine, In a small village in the center of Gujarat, India, a society grows from clean water and satellite maps. They have used technology to save and take good advantage of the monsoon rains. For more on water … Continue reading →

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Pond scum the next fuel

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Ian

Embedded video from CNN Video There was also a feature on this in Quirks and Quarks.

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Surprising, what a coral reef is really like without man’s influence

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Ian

An Uneasy Eden—Photo Gallery—National Geographic Magazine

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Rethink What It Means to Be Green

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Ian

They also don’t agree with carbon trading which I’ve always thought was stupid. Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What It Means to Be Green

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Asbestos warning on nanotubes

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Ian

I figured something like this would come up. Carbon nanotubes, the poster child of the burgeoning nanotechnology industry, could trigger diseases similar to those caused by asbestos, a study suggests. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | ‘Asbestos warning’ on nanotubes

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Collection of posts

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Ian

From boingboing: Flinstones car victory in court. True and hilarious. And on a less shallow note. The next world crisis will be water. Can aviation go green with algae-based biofuels? Also from boingboing. I’ve been thinking of this lately. It … Continue reading →

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Green Housing

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Ian

Green housing! bookofjoe: Michael Reynolds is the ‘Garbage Warrior’

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AK-47s, Arab Jails and Animal Smugglers: Interview with Conflict Photographer Alex Smailes – Part I at CameraPorn

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Ian

An amazing interview with a photographer. You will read it all, very interesting. AK-47s, Arab Jails and Animal Smugglers: Interview with Conflict Photographer Alex Smailes – Part I at CameraPorn

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More on what a farce carbon offsets are

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Ian

There are a couple of posts on the Becker Posner site about what nonsense carbon offsets are. I’ve blogged about this previously. Carbon Offsets–Posner On Carbon Offsets-Becker Click here to see my previous posts!

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