This is the kind of thing I love. Scientists have discovered that a particular type of rock, named peridotite, can actually soak up Carbon emissions and store them as solid minerals like calcite.
Geologist Peter Kelemen and geochemist Juerg Matter said the naturally occurring process can be supercharged 1 million times to grow underground minerals that can permanently store 2 billion or more of the 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted by human activity every year.
ASUS’s bamboo version of its U2E Notebook which is now available (currently only in Asia). ASUS says buyers will be able to choose different color treatments for the bamboo. But the eco-minded manufacturing does not end there. In addition to the bamboo cases the computers use a new "Super Hybrid Engine" that extends battery life by between 35 and 70 percent.
The Toronto Transit Commission, who control the streetcars, buses, subways and most notably, the Vomit Comet (Yonge St - After 3AM) - are going to ask the government if they can back out of purchasing 120 new hybrid buses in 2010 citing that the buses just are not showing us transit riders the love anymore.
BMW Mini E is being unveiled in the LA Auto Show in November. Here's a quick rundown of what its all about! Heres to BMW for rolling out an all Electric car to the North American Market (even if it is a limited test release and costs $850 / month to drive)
Ok so i just got back from the Toronto Ski and Snowboard show and got all geared up for this winter shredding season. What did I get you asked? Well i got an environmentally friendly ARBOR Snowboard. I actually picked up last years model with some sweet TechNine Bindings for a pretty sweet price.
Buckle up, here is another sweet hybrid car. The 09 Escalade Hybrid is all that and an electric motor. Well a 2 mode electric motor actually. The Escalade boasts the worlds first 2-mode engine which allows for seamless switching between electric and combustion modes depending on power requirments. It is stated that this will allow for an approximately 50% increase over city driving economy from its non hybrid predecessor.
MGM is well underway on construction for the Las Vegas City Center. The worlds largest privately funded construction project to date. It will be right in the middle of the strip and boast several condo residences, hotels, casinos, conference center, retail mall and LEED Certification.
Old growth forests (like our boreal forest here in Canada) have recently been a topic of discussion in environmental news and politics as new research has led to the discovery that they are not carbon neutral (as earlier thought) but in fact still contribute to the scrubbing of carbon from the atmosphere. They do Not collect Social Security and do NOT complain about the weather and kids these days.
Good news for boaters, bad news for mostly the rest of the Earth. The arctic ice has now receeded to it's second lowest point in recorded history and now the Northwest and Northeast passages are navigable by sea.
The Antarctic ozone hole appears every year and normally stretches to about the size of North America, reaching its maximum size in late September or early October.
Did you know that cement is the third largest source of greenhouse gas pollutants and contributes over 5% of the earths CO2 emissions? I did not know that until i read this article from ENN.com
According to said article, cement is bad mmm k. For every one tonne of cement produced, one tonne of greenhouse gases are released into our atmosphere, making cement one of the worst offenders of any manufactured product.
IS this commercial even real? Dion is a total disaster and so is his Carbon Ripoff the Green SHAFT. Please look at this commercial he put out and HUGG it to express your distaste, i am still rinsing out my eyes.
Geeks of the world experienced a collective tent-pole yesterday when scientists from around the world fired up and performed the first tests on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). No black holes yet and we're all still here.
Well it's official. Canadians will once again go to the polls on October 14th, 2008. Mr. Harper once again using the backs of the Canadian voters to advance his agendas.
In yet another indication of Nissan's renewed commitment to alternative-fuel vehicles, the Japanese automaker on Thursday introduced the clean diesel X-Trail 20GT. The clean-diesel SUV will go on sale in Japan only on September 18.
Looking for a small, quiet wind turbine to stick on your roof and generate free energy for you whenever there's a breeze? Take a look at the Energy Ball.
Google Pulled the plug on Forestle, the eco-friendly search engine, by revoking their AdSense account for speculation of click fraud! Forestle has answered this charge on their website and are working on rectifying the problem. But is it really as cut and dry as it seems, and does Forestle have the case, or does google?
n August the UK's Advertising Standards Authority ruled that Shell had misled the public by branding it's Canadian oil sands operation as "sustainable" in an Financial Times advert in February.
The ad that was the target of the WWF and the ASA was carried in the Financial Times February 1st and accompanied Shell's financial results. The company claimed: "We invest today's profits in tomorrow's solutions." Shell explained it was harnessing its technical expertise "to unlock the potential of the vast Canadian oil sands deposits".
The wound is still fresh for many of North Toronto's residents. Earlier this week Sunrise Propane's North Toronto facility blew up in a massive fireball that rocked Toronto and left two dead.
Today i read about a new program the federal government of Canada is thinking about launching which will see electronic waste (computers, fax machines and crap like that) recycled instead of put in the dumps (most likely in Michigan). The Canadian Press reported that the feds want to curb the dumping of electronics as many of these products contain toxic elements such as lead, cadmium and mercury. The above may leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy about our guv and their awesome plans to save our earth, there are a few items that i do want to shoot holes through, so hold on.
Okotoks, Alberta is home to the Drake Landing Solar Community. A 52 home sub-division that utilizes solar energy for 90 percent of it’s space heating needs. This revolutionary implementation is a first for North America in both technology innovations regarding solar collection but also with regards to new home construction and sustainability.
The good ol' United States of America is now the world's top producer of wind powered electricity beating Germany out halfway through this year.
Actor and Hollywoods Greenest Guy Ed Begley Jr. talks about Carbon Offsetting and what he does to live a carbon neutral life. He provides excellent tips and this video is a great ammendum to our previous post on Carbon Offsetting. Also we think he's about as good as it gets when it comes to a notable environmental activist. He has an awesome T.V. show called "Living With Ed" and he's constantly embroiled in heated competitions with Bill Nye (The Science Guy) over who is living a more Carbon Neutral life.
You may be wondering just what exactly is this Carbon and why do we need to offset it? Well sit down and grab a pen because I am going to explain it to you right now in a (hopefully) short and concise post with few tears.
The federal government has made a significant investment in Suncor Energy's ethanol plant in Sarnia. Ottawa has provided an additional $25 million to Suncor to help out with their $120 million plant expansion which will double ethanol production to 400 million litres.
The annual Council of the Federation meeting was just held at Queen's Park and Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, joined Quebec, BC, and Manitoba in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) and supporting a North American cap-and-trade carbon system.
The Ontario government just announced the single largest conservation effort in Canadian history - with their pledge to save 50% of Ontario's share of Canada's Boreal Forest. An area roughly the size of Great Britian will now be saved from development forever. Way to go Canada!
Bombardier is launching a new series of environmentally "minded" jets. New materials and better technologies mean a reduction of CO2 and other dangerous gases, and a more cost-effective operation.
