Month: February 2011

  • Risk Management Rules and Farms

    Farms do not have highly hazardous chemicals? It is not just factories that use such chemicals but so do farms. ADI Agronomy, Inc., which owns a group of farm supply facilities in southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas, has agreed to pay a $54,922 civil penalty to the United States for chemical Risk Management Program violations…

  • Top Ten Highlights of Cleantech in Mexico

    Over the last few years, there has been a large decrease in the crude oil production in Mexico. To counter the effects of it, the Mexican government has started to look for new venues for energy that would create less of a dependence on fossil fuels.

  • Celebrate the Jewish Holiday of Purim the Old-Fashioned Way

    Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim on the 14th day of Adar II, which falls this year on the evening of Saturday, March 19 until sunset on March 20. In Jerusalem and other ancient walled cities, the one-day celebration begins Sunday evening and is known as Shushan Purim (see Esther 9:18-19). Purim commemorates the events…

  • China vows to cut energy, carbon intensity by 2015

    China aims to cut the amount of energy and carbon dioxide emissions needed for every unit of economic growth by 16 to 17 percent from this year to the end of 2015, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday. This was the first time a top Chinese leader had spelled out the nation’s energy and…

  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent in January is Lowest in Recorded History

    While extreme weather conditions and unusually cold temperatures have gripped much of North America and Europe this winter, unusually warm temperatures farther north produced the lowest Arctic sea ice extent ever recorded for the month of January, according to NASA. Areas such as Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, and Davis Strait — which typically freeze over…

  • Government reviewing applications for deepwater Gulf permits

    U.S. officials on Friday could not offer a firm date when deepwater permits to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico will be issued, as crude posted its highest weekly close in more than two years. “We are carefully and rigorously reviewing drilling plans,” Michael Bromwich, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,…

  • The Gerat Northern Lights

    An aurora is a natural light display in the sky, particularly in the polar regions, caused by the collision of charged particles directed by the Earth’s magnetic field. An aurora is usually observed at night and typically occurs in the ionosphere. It is also referred to as a polar aurora or, collectively, as polar lights.…

  • Islamic Leaders Preach Conservation in Sumatra, Indonesia (updated)

    Do religious texts mandate respect for the earth and other species? Some Islamic leaders in Sumatra believe the Koran does. In Indonesia, the country with the highest rate of deforestation and some of the most diverse habitat in the world, many Islamic leaders believe religion is the key to conservation. In Sumatra, habitat is disappearing…

  • New from BBC Earth: The Monarch Migrates

    Dating back to over 250-million years ago, this simple milkweed butterfly is master of change. With it’s name literally being translated from the Greek as “sleepy transformation”, the Monarch Butterfly develops from egg to caterpillar to butterfly without a bat of a wing! However this seemingly effortless metamorphosis, lasting approximately two weeks, is just the…

  • BMW Unveils Sub-Brand for Sustainable Vehicles

    February 22, 2011 – BMW on Monday unveiled a new sub-brand, called BMW i, with the motto “Born Electric”. The German car company is rebranding its sustainable vehicles division in an effort to differentiate its upcoming line of electric vehicles.