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GreenTech Pastures - Sep 23, 2008
Less ice, more water. More swimming, fewer polar bears. That seems to be the conclusion from some recent Arctic data. Oh, and the ARctic is belching methane, a greenhouse gas far worse at warming the atmosphere than …
Also tagged: climate change, research, air pollution, green tech, state government, blogroll, environmental health, law and 38 politics
GreenTech Pastures - Sep 17, 2008
Above phjoto taken last week by NASA satellite. The Arctic ice cap is relatively small this year, but it ranks as only second smallest. The Ice Class of ‘07 still reigns. That’s the latest word from the National Snow …
Also tagged: europe, global warming, climate change, research, weather, antarctic, blogroll
GreenTech Pastures - Sep 16, 2008
I’m betting the offshore oil drilling moratorium in the United States is toast. It expires on September 30th. And the rush among Congressional Democrats to pass a new moratorium bill is not likely to find much support …
Also tagged: energy, climate change, ocean, fossil fuel, renewable energy, conservation, federal government, air pollution, petroleum, green tech, state government, blogroll, environmental health, law and 38 politics
GreenTech Pastures - Sep 8, 2008
Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It’s more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and …
Also tagged: europe, energy, global warming, climate change, research, weather, ocean, conservation, antarctic, air pollution, green tech, blogroll, environmental health, law and 38 politics
GreenTech Pastures - Jun 28, 2008
This map of Greenland at end of last year, courtesy NASA. This may the first time in history that the North Pole is open water, not ice. We’ve blogged about the disappearing ice cap on Greenland, and the opening of the …
Also tagged: global warming, climate change, research, canada, ocean, air pollution, blogroll
GreenTech Pastures - Jun 21, 2008
Shell Oil has obtained one of its needed permits to begin exploratory drilling offshore in Alaska. It got the EPA’s permissions to release a certain amount of nitrogen oxides at each of its proposed drilling sites. The …
Also tagged: energy, canada, ocean, fossil fuel, federal government, air pollution, petroleum, blogroll, environmental health, cars and 38 traffic, law and 38 politics
GreenTech Pastures - Jun 18, 2008
Salmon are not healthy in warm water. As the rivers of Alaska get warmer, the salmon there get sicker. Just one more reason food prices are rising, a larger proportion of the salmon caught in Alaska are being thrown to …
Also tagged: global warming, water, climate change, blogroll, environmental health
GreenTech Pastures - Jun 6, 2008
And you can read it for yourself. Drill more oil=lower gasoline prices. Life will be better. Meanwhile we American drivers are getting the gsoline prices we deserve, says this George.
Also tagged: energy, ocean, fossil fuel, conservation, federal government, petroleum, blogroll, cars and traffic, law and politics
GreenTech Pastures - May 29, 2008
Courtesy USGS and NOAA. Global warming is opening the once mythical Northwest Passage and ships are expected to be able to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific by going past Greenland,Canada and Alaska. Five nations …
Also tagged: global warming, climate change, canada, ocean, federal government, law and politics
GreenTech Pastures - May 15, 2008
The U.S. Department of Interior has just listed the polar bear as a “threatened” species, that is legally and technically different than being listed as “endangered.” The Feds based their announcement on studies by …
Also tagged: global warming, climate change, research, canada, ocean, fossil fuel, conservation, federal government, petroleum, blogroll, environmental health, law and politics