Monthly Archives: May 2009
How to select your Summer Vacation Destination?
Have you and your family made the decision to plan a summer vacation this year? If you have, you are not alone. Each year, a large number of families decide to vacation in the summer months. If you have already selected your summer vacation...
Recyclables Are Still Being Dumped in Landfill
Our house is resembling Steptoe’s Yard these days with ‘rubbish’ piling high – all in the name of recycling – and yet it’s apparently still going in the landfill!
We’ve got a composter, and bins for...
Obama Moves to Improve Car Efficiency
President Barack Obama has announced groundbreaking plans to make cars more fuel efficient as part of an ambitious package designed to cut vehicle pollution by almost a third.
Under the proposed standards, passenger cars will be required to...
Environment Muddle Oil Outlook
A global economic downturn, lower but lately rising oil prices and an aggressive U.S. environmental agenda have made for one of the most bewildering energy investment landscapes in decades.
Oil prices whipsawed from nearly $150 a barrel to $30...
How Global Warming Laws Protect Poor People?
Heat waves, droughts and floods affect poor people disproportionately, according to a new report that recommends legislation to alleviate the impact as the climate warms.
African Americans living in Los Angeles have a projected heat-wave mortality...
Respiratory Ills Hike Due to Global warming
U.S. health researchers say projected global warming will result in more children with respiratory ills.
In one scenario, researchers Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City project respiratory hospitalizations for children under age...
Asia Construction Frenzy Needs Green Injection
Powered by solar energy generated on its roof, Taipei 101, the world’s tallest completed building, is not only a leader for its breathtaking height but also for its eco-friendly features.
Finished in 2004, the skyscraper is a rare example...
CNN Poll: Global Warming Can be Stopped
A new national poll indicates that a majority of Americans think that global warming is real, and that the federal government can do something to slow or stop the phenomenon.
Fifty-four percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation...