Green IT, Manufacturing Green, Farming for the Future, Oil Sands, UK Offshore Wind, Alien Species, and Solar Power’s Water Debt
IT Companies Go Green Thanks to the Eco-Logical Initiative:
“Would you like to see the companies that provide your favorite IT services go green? Well, with some help from the Eco-Logical initiative, it is actually happening.”
Some U.S. manufacturers see benefit to going green:
“Some small and medium-sized U.S. manufacturers, once skeptical about conservation efforts, say they’re seeing benefits to installing equipment and implementing practices that curb energy use and save money.”
The Flexible Beauty of Farming for the Future:
“Choosing to farm sustainably is not a call to forsake technology, lower your productivity, and mortify your flesh. Far from “returning to the 19th century” (the straw man that some critics love to first erect and then tear down), contemporary sustainable farming methods are rooted in a careful balancing of the old and the new. In other words, we will no more blindly accept tradition than we will heedlessly race after the newest fad, simply because a someone swears that the latest model will solve all your problems and wash the dishes too.”
Environmentalists Rachet Up Campaign Against Oil Sands:
“In a broadside aimed squarely at Canada’s energy heartland, a coalition of 18 leading environmental groups launched a high-profile campaign this week, calling on the United States government to discourage imports of crude oil derived from tar sands.”
Offshore wind farms could meet a quarter of the UK’s electricity needs:
“The UK’s seas could provide enough extra wind energy to power the equivalent of 19m homes, according to an assessment by the government. The government’s strategic environmental assessment (Sea) confirmed projections that an extra 25GW of electricity generation capacity could be accommodated in UK waters.”
Alien Species Cause Extinctions, Increase Poverty, Erode Ecosystems:
“Continent-hopping alien species are worsening poverty and threaten the agriculture, forestry, fisheries and natural systems that underpin millions of livelihoods in developing countries, warn biodiversity experts.”
New Solar Power Plants May Threaten Scarce Desert Water Resources:
“Congress’s rush to embrace solar power is having some unintended consequences. It will turn over a large chunk of federal land to private energy companies, and it may involve withdrawing billions of gallons of water from sensitive desert habitat.”
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