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Anyone with a webcam and an Internet connection can make a videocall so I’ve decided to see if I can Skype more and travel less. Here’s my half-year of no-flying and lots of Skype-ing.
Is the US government going to personally save the environment somehow?
The Obama administration has quietly approved one of six major mountaintop removal permits that were said to be undergoing close scrutiny by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Without announcing the move publicly, the EPA gave the nod for the federal Army Corps of Engineers to issue a Clean Water Act permit for CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Peg Fork Surface Mine in Mingo County, West Virginia.
Climate change is a burning issue. Several technologies have emerged which claim to reduce the ‘carbon footprints’ of companies and individuals. What is the ‘carbon footprint’? How does it affect the climate? Describe some of the technologies used to reduce the ‘carbon footprint’, giving the advantages and disadvantages associated with each of them.
A.Pollen from transgenic crops could carry the recombinant genes to wild relatives, with unpredictable consequences.
B.Wild animals might eat the transgenic crop and become genetically mutated "monsters."
C.Transgenic crops could escape cultivation and replace natural populations.
D.Transgenic crops use more nutrients, depleting the soil more quickly.
E.The products of the modified genes these crops carry are usually toxic and would be released to the environment if the plants die.
Oct 24th - Artfulchange sponsors carbon-neutral online benefit concert The Carbon-Neutral Online Concert Fundraiser from Artfulchange will feature the Jay Trainer Band, other local musicians and San Francisco based visual artists. The goal of the event is to catalyze environmental action through the arts. Artfulchange sees the web as a way to create a great music experience, bring people into the studio, work with other artists and reduce the carbon footprint of the entire experience. The Carbon-Neutral concert will be part of 350.orgs International Day of Climate Action on October 24, bringing both awareness and action toward finding solutions for climate change. Artfulchange will offset the carbon emissions from their studio time and the server-energy used for the online concert itself. Donations and product purchases during the concert will be donated to San Francisco- based environmental causes. Visitors to the online concert will find a streaming concert from the Jay Trainer Band, videos from a variety of bands for download and audio downloads. In addition, there will be an array of visual art created by local artists for sale. Visitors will be able to donate money to the cause or purchase any of the video, audio or visual downloads- all proceeds will go toward environmental causes. As Jay puts it, “The core principle behind Artfulchange is using our passion for the arts to have an impact on the environment. The carbon neutral online concert is about helping people …