Those of you who think Europe is a green paradise, think again. The International Heral Tribune is carrying some alarming news about the use of coal in Europe. It is estimated that 50 coal-fired plants will be built over the next five years, plants...
Archive - April 2008
The bubbly British green website Green Bang published some time ago a piece of news that caught my attention. It mentioned a report published by Lux Research that said that the annual solar industry will grow to $70.9 billion in 2012, up from $21.2...
The Toronto Star has a report about a grass roots initiative in Toronto that is ‘bringing solar power to the people’ (nice pun). It says it all started with the formation of RISE (Riverdale Initiative for Solar Energy) by local artist...
I have never understood leaf blowers. And I am a product and part of suburbia. They are loud. They run on a gas/oil mixture. They pollute horribly. And all they do is move some grass clippings back into the grass from the sidewalk or...
Pope Benedict’s visit to America, home to 66 million Catholics, has been generating a great deal of press. It’s great to see the focus he’s been putting on environmental and animal welfare issues, regardless of the restrictions I...
