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Benno Hansen

Environmental progress looks south | Blog | Ode Magazine - 0 views

  • the overdeveloped nations of the world need to follow the example of their poor neighbors to the south, which dump far fewer pollutants into the global commons
  • these are the places where precious biodiversity, rainforests and other ecological treasures still exist - the natural ecosystems of Europe and North American were largely ravaged a century ago
  • In 2008, Ecuador became the first nation in the world to enshrine the rights of nature in its constitution. The document now asserts that nature "has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution"
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  • Kenya adopted a new constitution that declares in Article 42, "Every person has the right to a clean and healthy environment, which includes the right - a) to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations through legislative and other measures."
  • Article 69 of the new constitution also holds the state responsible for maintaining tree cover over at least ten percent of the nation’s land; for encouraging public participation in protecting and managing the environment; protecting indigenous knowledge of biodiversity; and establishing systems of environmental impact assessment.
Mark Kabbbash

New Plant - Some of the highest quality diesel fuel in the world from Animal Fat. - 0 views

  • Operations are underway at the new Dynamic Fuels plant, which is successfully converting animal fats and greases into high quality renewable fuels, officials from Syntroleum Corporation (NASDAQ: SYNM) and Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) announced today. Production began in early October and the volume being produced is 2,500 barrels per day and growing.
  • Gary Roth, chief executive officer of Syntroleum, said, "Our U.S. plant is producing some of the highest quality diesel fuel in the world, and best of all, it is renewable with a carbon footprint 75% below that of petroleum diesel. We can also make renewable, high value specialty distillate products that can be used in a wide variety of applications such as dry cleaning, ink cartridges and drilling fluids, and we are actively pursuing these markets."
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    This is an excellent means to create (reuse?) Check this video out ...
Mark Kabbbash

Hydrogen Stocks HYDB Hydrogen Hybrid Fuel Cell - View Message - 0 views

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    A Hydrogen assist car is a clean solution.
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    Hydrogen Hybrid Fuel Cell Corp. has created the Diesel Hydrogen Hybrid Fuel Cell specializing in improving fuel economy for large diesel tractor trailers, SUV's, domestic and import vehicles through on demand hydrogen/oxygen injection, fuel vaporization, ionization, and fuel delivery control via onboard computer system. Its strength being specialized in cutting edge technology that is universal in application, installation, and efficiency of increased fuel mileage for most internal combustion engines, hybrids, and diesel engines.
Benno Hansen

Reuters AlertNet - CLIMATE CHANGE BLOG: Does poverty equal vulnerability? - 0 views

  • 'poor people are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change'
  • But is it the state of being poor that makes people vulnerable to climate change, or the processes that lead to their impoverishment?
  • if you have access to a clean and healthy environment that provides for your needs - meaning you don't need two dollars a day (or perhaps even one) - then you aren't living in poverty!
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  • most of those who are poor and face the biggest threat from climate change are descended from people who had indigenous adaptation strategies to climatic and other environmental hazards which would - if they hadn't been colonised - have made them far less vulnerable than the 'rich' to the impacts of climate change.
  • If some of the worst-case climate change scenarios do come to pass, then the rich are also going to be extremely vulnerable and, if push comes to shove, I'd prefer to have knowledge of my land and how to grow food in inhospitable environments
  • the very wisdom that could help make us all less vulnerable to climate change is being lost as more and more people are sucked into a global economy that values only certain types of knowledge and beliefs.
Maluvia Haseltine

Xeros - 'Waterless' washing machine cleans using nylon beads! - 0 views

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    Wow - this is really awesome! Reduce water usage by 90%, and energy consumption by 98% in washing a typical load. Brilliant.
Alex Parker

Team green - the world's most environmentally friendly sports stadiums - 1 views

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    Sports stadiums around the world are turning green, adopting solar and wind technology to improve their cities and win over fans
Alex Parker

Leading the way - CCS fitted coal-fired power stations now a reality - 1 views

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    Despite being touted as the best way to clean up dirty fossil fuels, commercial deployment of carbon capture storage (CCS) in the power industry has been near non-existent. Now, for the first time ever, a coal-fired power plant is being retrofitted with CCS.
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