Recycling is always better than just throwing away and when it comes to old rubber tires, recycling old tires is always the best option.
Until recently, there were only a few uses for old tires so the majority of all tires were just ground into smaller rubber pellets and placed in landfills. However, this process uses [...]
Very few people may ever think about the importance of the Great Lakes, but for a water system that holds 20% of the World’s freshwater it should be on everybody’s mind.
The Obama Administration is finally taking action on its campaign pledge of $5 billion to help preserve and restore the Great Lakes.
The Obama Administration has [...]
A new study from U.C. Berkley scientists suggest that climate change may be threatening the survival of the Redwoods along the coast of California.
The scientists have been researching the temperature readings from 114 weather stations along the west coast as far back as 110 years as well as area fog readings since 1951.
The U.C. Berkley [...]
Fortune 500 companies continue to listen to their consumers and even reach their environmental impact reduction goals early.
Global food company Kraft Foods has recently announced that the company has reached its reduced packaging materials goal 2 years early.
In 2005 Kraft Foods announced multiple initiatives that would be enacted to reduce the company’s environmental impact. One [...]
Even though new climate legislation and reform is still being debated, that does not mean the original Clean Air Act doesn’t apply. A Kansas utility company found that out once it agreed to a $500 million fine for greenhouse gas emission violations.
It is unfortunate that some executives and companies believe they can do whatever they [...]
The latest development in the fight to reduce and regulate carbon emissions has brought an interesting twist to the forefront.
In Portland, Oregon public officials have mandated that coal-fired power plants must install carbon emission scrubbers and cleaning technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 or shut down.
But at Portland General Electric’s Boardman Power Plant [...]
A new study, authored by scientists from such institutions as Rutgers University and Columbia University, have discovered that basalt formations could present a huge repository for carbon dioxide emissions.
Some preliminary results from lab work conducted by the scientists shows that the basalt formations are extremely effective at storing carbon dioxide.
However, that’s not all the basalt [...]
More garbage landfills around the U.S. are beginning to realize the benefits of capturing the escaping methane gases and converting it to a clean liquid-natural-gas (LNG) fuel.
Waste Management Inc, one of the nation’s largest landfill operators, already has 270 active methane-to-LNG project around the U.S. and is looking to increase their activities.
In California, Waste Management [...]
The city government of Washington D.C. has “one-upped” their federal counterparts and will begin taxing the use of plastic bags at local supermarkets this week.
The city has imposed a 5 cent tax per plastic bag requested at local supermarkets that will be paid for by the consumer. Naturally, the producers of plastic bags are outraged [...]
After some recent controversy over “BPA-free” (bisphenol A) products, two U.S. Senators are taking a much closer look at the substance and calling for a BPA ban for certain age groups.
After a much read Consumers Report discovered many products that claimed to be BPA-free did in fact contain BPA in significant amounts, the U.S. Senators [...]