A Rasmussen poll conducted on June 27th-28th revealed that the majority of Americans are now against offshore oil drilling. Before the BP oil spill disaster, only 31% of Republicans and 70% of Democrats were concerned or somewhat concerned about the environmental impact of offshore oil drilling. This most recent poll showed, however, that 50%...Read more »
Most experts agree that the BP oil spill that began with a bang on April 20 is shaping up to be the U.S.’s worst environmental disaster. Once terms like “worst” are used, additional bad news might lose some of its impact. However, “worst” is given even greater meaning when considering the fact that, bad...Read more »
The EPA has issued a directive to BP to search for alternative dispersants to combat the huge quantities of oil being released from their well into the Gulf of Mexico. The president's adviser on energy, Carol Browner, explained during morning talk show interviews this week that the EPA is concerned about the long-term environmental impact...Read more »
In a recent study by University of Adelaide's Environment Institute in Australia, two rankings were developed based on seven indicators; the subsequent results were used to rate countries’ environmental impact. The two ranking were absolute environmental degradation and impact against the total resources available to a country. Economic data and data on human health were not...Read more »
Climate Ground Zero is promoting an online campaign to alert consumers about the coal mining practices financed by Chase Bank that have a negative impact on the environment. The movement, supported by the Sierra Club and the Rainforest Action Network, is concerned that permits are still being issued for mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining because...Read more »
The EU's goal of having 10% of the vehicles run on alternative sources like bio-fuels may be compromised by reports of biofuel's potential damage to the environment, impact on global commodities and excessive carbon footprint created by production facilities. Nusa Urbancic from T&E green transport noted that "for the third time in six weeks...Read more »
Analysts have debated for years how to measure greenhouse gas emissions that occur when items are manufactured in one location, and imported into another. Should the responsibility for environmental impact rest on the shoulders of the exporter or the importer?
Two scientists from the Carnegie Institution For Science, a think tank founded by Andrew Carnegie in...Read more »