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Nancy Trautmann

In The Know: Coal Lobby Warns Wind Farms May Blow Earth Off Orbit | The Onion - America... - 2 views

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    Onion video spoof: "Panelists debate whether the U.S. is doing enough to heed the warnings of coal industry scientists who say turbines could blow the Earth right into the sun."
Michael Batek

Study Finds Mercury in More Northeastern Bird Species - 0 views

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    Tony Cenicola/The New York Times The strict new federal standards limiting pollution from power plants are meant to safeguard human health. But they should have an important side benefit, according to a study being released on Tuesday: protecting a broad array of wildlife that has been harmed by mercury emissions.
Matt Wasilawski

Animated World Maps - 1 views

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    Posted on behalf of Mike Batek-Thanks Mike! This is a great Site for generating discussions in class for APES teachers or any Life and Geoscience teachers. The program draws to scale maps of the world based on different variables (i.e. coal consumption, oil production etc...)
Nancy Trautmann

CHART: How Many Birds Are Killed By Wind, Solar, Oil, And Coal? | ThinkProgress - 1 views

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    "even with high-range estimates for renewables compared to low-range estimates for fossil fuels, fossil fuels are responsible for far more bird fatalities than solar or wind"
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