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• 02.25.07
  Newsbreak: Bush to Sell National Forests? The Environment | (0)

  This is definitely discomforting news, especially since the largest source of carbon capture (carbon sequestration) is forests. Instead of selling forests, we should be adding dozens of trees per person on the planet... Check out this project to develop a forest visible from space in Africa. The Bush administration will unveil a proposal Friday to sell up to 200,000 acres of national forest land in "isolated parcels" ranging from a quarter of an acre to 200 acres, much of it in California. The sale is part of a National Forest Service plan to raise $800 million over the next five years to ...
• 02.17.07
  The Inconvenient Truth about the $25 MM Virgin Prize The Environment | (0)

  On February 9th, 2007, the affable Richard Branson and the former US Vice President Al Gore announced a $25 MM prize for a viable idea that will reduce the growing volume of greenhouse gasses over a ten year period. The buildup of greenhouse gasses is warming the Earth at an alarming rate, which is causing severe floods, droughts, storms, and species extinction. The goal of this “Virgin Earth Challenge” is to focus public attention on solving the root cause of global warming: the continuing and unrelenting growth of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Will the “Virgin Earth Challenge” succeed? Well, to ...
• 02.16.07
  100 MPG & Pretty Dang Cool The Environment | (0)

  In the war of the machines, a new breed of cleaner, faster, and smarter cars is coming to the market and ready to destroy their older, dirtier, and less efficient Detroit counterparts. There is the Tesla Roadster, which looks like an electrified Porsche. Then, there are the ominous three wheel machines that remind you of some frankenstein driving monster that your mother would reprimand you for owning. One of these new "threebies" or "thrycycles" has a pretty innovative driving design: it rotates on axis to hug the road. The "VentureOne" moves with you to get 100 MPG in hybrid mode. Best ...
• 02.08.07
  $25 MM Virgin Earth Challenge Announcement The Environment | (1)

  Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore Announce The Virgin Earth Challenge a $25 MM Global Science and Technology Prize This is republished from The Virgin Earth Challenge site. To encourage a viable technology which will result in the net removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases each year for at least ten years without countervailing harmful effects. Today, Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore announced the setting up of a new Global science and technology prize – The Virgin Earth Challenge – in the belief that history has shown that prizes of this nature encourage technological advancements for the good of mankind. The ...

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