Scientists Build Case for Undersea Plumes

The New York Times May 28, 2010 By Justin Gillis

Anxiety grows as the skys turn black and the color of the water turns a musky color. Scientists and students help out with the oil leak and they try to study the effect it has on the sea. They come prepared with gloves and flasks to determine the effect and with tools and refrigerators. These people are mostly looking for fine oil droplets beneath the waves of the water instead of the thick oil that is glazed along the surface.
The author describes the scene of the oil spill has an unfortunate event and a terrifying place to be. Hopefully the scientists and the students observing the oil spill will get a chance to figure out what is happening to the water as the oil is slowly destrying it.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/science/earth/29plume.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

‘Top Kill’ Fails to Plug Leak; BP Readies Next Approach

The New York Times May 29, 2010 By Leslie Kaufman and Clifford Krauss


BP engineers mentioned how the technique had failed after trying to stop the flow of oil gushing beneach the Gulf of Mexico. The BP's chief operating officer tries to solve the problem with a containment cap, but it would take several days for them to try and solve the problem. They are trying to use a hose to capture the leftover oil spill that has managed to continue leaking.
The authors entail a great amount of deal saying how the oil spill is drastic. It's gotten out of control and everyone is trying to find a way to stop this horrible incident that has occured. The BP engineers need to do something fast.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30spill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Swapping Old Duds for a Good Cause

The New York Times April 23, 2010 By The New York Times

A spokeswoman hosted her own show, "Sierra Club Radio" which swapped clothes as a way to renew her wardrobe for free and recycle the clothes with her friends. She soon came up with a fabulous idea, why not us the environment principle of recylcing to raise money for a cause? This idea grew fast and was soon called, Swap for Good. In soon went into program and slashed $16 million from violence programs to help close the budget gap last year.
This lady came up with a great idea to renew, reuse, and recycle clothing. This also benefits programs and the money raises good causes for certain situations. By recycling old clothes amongst one another, saves a bunch of money.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/swapping-old-duds-for-a-good-cause/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Imagining a Jet-Free Europe

The New York Times By Elizabeth Rosenthal April 23, 2010

A few months ago, the European Environment Agency set up a two-day workshop on how to proceed towards a more sustainable transporting system by 2050. Flying is one of the most highly emitted form of transportation, the main question was how europe would function without aviation than what we have now. There was a cloud of volcanic ash that was spreading from Iceland and ended flights from Britain to Germany.
Transportation by an airplane is so common and is so well known throughout that it would be devastating and almost unimaginable if there was a jet-free europe. Although, this had occured for about a week due to the volcanic ashes.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/imagining-a-jet-free-europe/?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Climate Bills, Side by Side

The New York Times May 14, 2010 By Sindya N. Bhanoo



The differences that are between the house and senate climate and energy bills arenergy policy.gether by the nation comission on energy policy.gether by the nation comission on energy policy. The house bill mentions how the cost would be $10 to $28 per ton, while the senate bill calls for about $12 to $25 per ton.
The effects on this new proposal should go through smoothly and hopefully will become accepted among everyone who witnesses it.



http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/the-climate-bills-side-by-side/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Obama Points Finger on Oil Mess

The New York Times May 14, 2010 By Andrew C. Revkin

Obama recently delievered a speech about the seabed oil gusher, pointing out how it was a ridiculous spectacle and how the three main companies were involved in pointing fingers at one another. Not mentioning the more direct oversight of efforts to cap the seafloor leak, he spoke more about how the oil drilling was necessary to change in the Minerals Management Service. He also didn't bother to push for the energy and climate bill.
It's unfortunate how he didn't mention the energy or climate bill, but it was necessary for him to propose the idea of new ways for the oil drilling situation.


http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/obama-on-bp-and-offshore-oil/?partner=rss&emc=rss

On Ash and the Global Aviation Boom

The New York Times April 19, 2010 By Andrew C Revkin

There has been cancelled flights all throughout Europe due to the volcanic ash clouds and there's a disruption of air travel and airborn commcerce. This just reminds us how flying has become a huge impact on our human life in just a couple of generations. It's hard to determine whether or not it is safe to fly at the moment, because the air is not clean.
This impacts almost everyone who lives in Europe and needs to commute to other countries. The author, Andrew, makes a great point when he mentions how we are becoming highly dependent on airplane transportation.

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/on-ash-and-the-global-aviation-boom/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Critics Challenge Safety of New Reactor Design

The New York Times April 21, 2010 By Matthew L Wald

While southern company are moving toward construction of two new reactors at a site near Georgia, apponents are looking at design details.The Westinghouse Ap 1000 is set up for other locations as well, but it hasn't fully been approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The purporse of this is to be safer than plants today and ensures that there will be no fuel melting in an accident.
This is a great idea and hopefully they will follow through with it. The westinghouse ap 1000 seems like it'll work out perfectly. The author of this article speaks great in detail of the upcoming events of this new piece.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/critics-challenge-safety-of-new-nuclear-reactor-design/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Solar Growth Slows, With Homes a Glaring Exception

The New York Times April 15, 2010 By Kate Galbraith

There is a new report from a solar industry group that was found at the pace of solar installations and slowed last year economic downturn. The total capacity installed for all types of energy actually starting growing by 5.2 percent in 2009, compared with 9.6 percent the previous year. The chief executive of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Rhone Resch, mentioned how the overal number hid a huge varaiation within the industry.
I't nice knowing that the Solar Energy Industries Association has noticed a dramatic increase in numbers with the solar panals. We probably needed this.


http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/solar-growth-dims-with-homes-a-glaring-exception/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Florida: A Bad Winter for Slithering

The New York Times April 16, 2010 By The Associated Press

The python season started March 8 and ends Saturday. A unbearable cold winter may have taken care of what python hunters couldn't in the first place. There hasn't been even one python caught since the state started allowing hunters to track them on state-managed lands around the Everglades. People, such as the wildlife conservation commission believe that cold weather may have killed up to 50 percent of the state's pythons.
This article is really interesting because I didn't think pythons were becoming so endangered so fast. I didn't even know there were python hunters! But, it's too bad how there are a rare amount left.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/us/17brfs-ABADWINTERFO_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Solar Powered Products in Haiti

The New York Times April 9, 2010 By Sindya N. Banhoo

Even though Haiti is high in poverty due to the recent earthquake, there's still plenty of sunshine going around. Solar companies have seen both a chance to show goodwill and a great opportunity to give their businesses a huge boost. There have been a bunch of companies that have donated solar powered products to Haiti which manufactures solar powered and outdoor lighting.
I think it's a great idea how there have been many people contributing to Haiti and providing them with the needs that are desired, such as the SunNight Solar and the Sun Oven International.


http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/solar-powered-products-in-haiti/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Reversal on Fuel Cells in California

The New York Times April 9, 2010 By Todd Woody

California Public Utilities Commission came up with a idea and denied a request from the two big utilities to instal fuel cells and regulators reversed the course and approved the projects. Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison came to a conclusion and are installing fuel cells that would generate three megawatts of electricity so they could study the impact of such technology on the power grid.
This article addresses the fact that we need more help to provide our economy with more ideas on fuel cells and emmissions. I think by generating the three megwatts, it will provide enough electricity to run throughout.

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/reversal-on-fuel-cells-in-california/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Among Weathercasters, Doubt on Warming

The New York Times March 29, 2010 By Leslie Kaufman

Global warming has been debated all over and has created predictable adversaries and coal-state Democrats against liberal.s Also, it's created tensions between scientists and meteorologists, especially television weather forecasters. Climatologists endorse the view that the earth is warming and humans actually are the ones who have contributed to climate change. Meteoroligsts predict short-term weater patterns.
This author has described the problems undergoing between climatologists to meteorologists and how things are getting stirred up. He explains how people think global warming is a fake.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/science/earth/30warming.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

E.P.A. Delays Plants’ Pollution Permits

The New York Times March 29, 2010 By John M Broder

On Monday, the environmental protection agency says that they will not require power plants for emitting greenhouse gases before next year. E.P.A regulation of gases such as carbon dioxide that contribue to global warming is a huge controversial matter arising from the agency's finding late last year. A lot of state officials and members of Congress have protested the agency's intent to regulate these gaes. The E.P.A is also facing years of litigation.
John M Broder has created an article with the involvment of mentioning how the E.P.A are regulating gases such as carbon dioxide and how we should be more careful about the new products being made.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/science/earth/30emissions.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Radioactive Leak Is Fixed at Vermont Plant

The New York Times March 25, 2010 By Matthew L Wald

There have been two holes found by technicians in an underground pipe that were allowing radioactive tritiuum to flow into the groundwater at the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor, said the Entergy plant's owner. There was a leak that didn't contaminate any drinking water, but it ended up causing a political uproar in Vermont. There is a possibility that it can be reversed but sentiment in Vermont is running firmly against the plant because Entergy executives had assured state officials about the underground leaks.
This author did a great job finding out what Entergy has down and what technicians have found. They have unraveled a great deal of secrecy and they are bound to figure out the problem sooner or later.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/us/26leak.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Audit Finds Vulnerability of EnergyStar Program

The New York Times March 25, 2010 By Matthew L Wald

There have been a bunch of ridiculous products that were submitted for approval since last June by Congressional auditors posing as companies. In a nine-month study, four fictious companies invented by the accountability office also sought EnergyStar status for some conventional devices like dehumidifiers and the heat pump models. There were fake companies that submitted data indicating that the models consumed 20 percent less energy than even the most efficient ones on the market today. Those applications were approved without a challenge or even questions.
This author has researched in and out the responses of how to get EnergStar questioned by the authorities. Matthew discovered that there were bogus products being made and no one felt the right to make it work.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/science/earth/26star.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Scientists Propose a More Efficient Way to Make Ethanol

The New York Times By Henry Fountain March 2, 2010

Making ethanol from corn is easy since the corn's sugars are already fermented into alcohol. But what is esentially a food crop to produce fuel has been criticized as a misuse of resources and it can harm both the agriculture and the environment. It's better to make cellusoic ethanol from leaves and stalks or other crop waste. The ongoing process uses lignocellulose which is the basic material of all plands and the most abundant compound in our planet today.
Fountain makes known that lignocellulose is a valuable compound found in our planet today. These compounds are making us realize that there are other ways to make ethanol. The ideas are getting more pronounced.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/science/09obethanol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Climate Goal Is Supported by China and India

The New York Times By John M. Broder March 9, 2010

Yesterday, China and India agreed to finally join the international climate change agreement reached in December in Copenhagen, the last two huge economies to sign up. Among the largest and fasted-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the world the two coutries submitted letters to the Untied Nations agreeing to be included on a list of countries covered by the Copenhagen Accord.
John M. Broder establishes an idea and mentions are China and India finally join together and form an agreement. I'm glad they are together once and for all and they will hopefully make changes soon.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/science/earth/10climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Shifting Soil Threatens Homes’ Foundations

The New York Times By: Kate Murphy March 3, 2010


An owner of a Nasvhille corporate travel business can't feel his house move, but he can definitely hear it. Two years ago there was a severe droughts that contracted within the soil beneath his house which caused a ink and cracks, while pulling down his houses. Last year, he had a flood and pushed the already compromised foundation and house back upward.
This author definitely portrays this article well by showing how hard this person must have it while his house is slowly sinking away.



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/garden/04foundation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Scientists Taking Steps to Defend Work on Climate

The New York Times March 2nd, 2010 By John M. Broder


Climate scientists have taken over vicious beating in the media and on the Internet, accused of hiding data and also covering up errors for months now. Their response until now has been largely to assert the bast amount of body of climate science and to mock their critics as cranks and know-nothings. Surprisinlgy, scientists are starting to listen to their critics and admit there mistakes while reshaping the way they conduct their work.
It's great how scienists are finally stepping up and making sure that they are getting heard. This works out perfectly and this author is always on the ball and reveals the best articles.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/science/earth/03climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Wal-Mart Unveils Plan to Make Supply Chain Greener

The New York Times February 25, 2010 By Stephanie Rosenbloom

The largest retailer store, Wal-Mart, has decided and announced that it would finally cut some 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain by the end of 2015, which is the equivalent of removing more than 3.8 million cars from the road for a year. By acheiving this goal, they plan to focus on popular product categories with the highest embedded carbon.
This new idea is a great way to lower the ratings of global warming and hopefully it goes well. It's pretty interesting how cutting millions of greenhouse gas emissions is the equivalent to removing 3.8 million cars from the road a year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/business/energy-environment/26walmart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Underwater Plate Cuts 400-Mile Gash

The New York Times February 27, 2010 By By: Henry Fountain

There was an earthquake of a magnitude of 8.8 that struck off the coast of Chile saturday morning that had occured long ago in 1960, which struck 2,000 people across the Pacific. Both of the earthquakes took place along the fault zone where the Nazca tectonic plate lies under the Eastern Pacific Ocean south of the Equator. The two are combining at a rate of about three and a half inches a year.
This disastrous thing seems to be happening all over the world. The death rates are gradually increasing and things are getting worse all across the countries. These tend to generate tsunamis which makes things horrible and unsatisfying.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/world/americas/28quake.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Study Finds a Tree Growth Spurt

The New York Times February 1, 2010 By Leslie Kaufman

In the eastern United States, a study has found that forests seem to be growing faster due to the rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmospher. The observations centered on trees in mixed hardwood stands on the western edge of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. The levels of carbon dioxide around the research center have actually increased 12 percent within the last 22 years.

It's crazy how the percentage of the trees has increased so much within the past few years. Trees play a vital role in global warming because they absorb and actually store carbon dioxide. So it's pretty interesting how this author figured out this information.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/science/earth/02trees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Panel Suggests 100 Ways Buildings Can Be Greener

The New York Times February 1, 2010 By Mireya Navarro

The mayor and City Counsel had a bunch of suggestions for New York City's building codes more environmentally better by imposing energy-saving requirements on renovation work. A few ideas included insulating glass skyscrapers and a plan that would place the temperature controls in individual apartments, so it could eliminate any winter cold to vent out the excess heat.

I think it's a great idea how new york and other places are contributing to this idea as to how to become greener and it'll be beneficial for all of us in the long run. People need to realize that global warming is a serious issue and if we all take part in helping out, the effects will be shown.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/science/earth/02green.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

E.P.A. Seeks Stricter Rules to Curb Smog

The New York Times January 7, 2010 By John M Broder

On thursday, the environmental protection agency proposed a stricter standard for the pollutants that would bring great health benefits to millions of Ameriacans while imposing large costs on local governments. Regions with the worst smog pollution, such as Northeat, Souther and Central California, and the Chicago and Houston areas, would have more time that the other areas to come into compliance.
I think this is a huge problem if they don't pass this. These places should definitely get this moving fast and make sure Obama passes it. It's a shame how the air has become so bad and we have to figure out more plans to make sure our environment is safe.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/science/earth/08smog.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In Cold Snap, Floridians Shiver, and Pray for the Strawberries

The New York Times January 6, 2010 By Damien Cave

Cold temperatures hit the Sunshine state. 25 degrees has been the tempurature in florida and the strawberries are suspended beneath hard icy, shiny icicles. It's been decent so far, but hopefully the weather remains constant in the 40 degree mark. Good thing it hasn't affected the fruits as much as people thought they would, but dozens have been destroyed. Prices have increased by $2 a pound since christmas.
I'm glad things haven't gotten too bad in florida, due to the weather. It would've been a shame if all the crops became destroyed after a horrible weather condition. The author wrote a great story about the topic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/us/07cold.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Large Oil Spill Reported in China

The New York Times January 3, 2010 By David Barboza

There has been a large oil spill in northwest China and has heavily polluted a tributary of the Yellow River, and threatens to reach one of the country's longest important sources of water. China's state-run media said that there has been a huge amount of diesel oil that leaked out of a pipeline last Thursday in Shaanxi Province. The damaged pipeline belongs to the China National Petroleum Corporation.
This is a huge problem amonst the people who live in China because they have a huge amount of diesel oil leaking. This is horrible for our global warming situation. This person has researched this topic very well.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/world/asia/04china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In California, a Scrub Oak Is an Old Pro at Cloning

The New York Times January 4, 2010 By Henry Fountain

In Southern California, there is a scrub oak that has been cloning itself for at least 13,000 years. The thickeet of the species was found about 10 years ago by scientists conducting a survey of plant diversity in the region. Palmer's oak is found at higher elevations and in areas with more moisture. Researchers couldn't find any mature acorns, all they found were small, green and incapable of germinating.
I think it's pretty sweet how we found this scrub oak that has been cloning itself for 1,000's of years now. I'm glad that researchers have conducted experiments to determine whether or not it will keeep cloning or if it's going to exist.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/science/05clone.html?partner=rss&emc=rss