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Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:57:49 +0000

“One person can indeed make a difference…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:07:31 +0000

“You don’t have to live in the ocean to want to protect it…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom. The incredible images above come from National Geographic Wallpapers.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:04:14 +0000

“What is it about our nature that allows us to destroy other species that we know little about until they are gone?” – excerpt from Wyland Ocean Wisdom. These incredible images are available at National Geographic Wallpapers.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:54:30 +0000

“Yet to imagine a planet where you could not drink the water…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom. The incredible image above came from National Geographic Wallpapers.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:43:57 +0000

“When we care enough we begin to take action…” – excerpt from Wyland Ocean Wisdom.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:22:50 +0000

“If children grow up with a vision of life in the sea they will protect it…” - quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom. The incredible images above come from National Geographic Wallpapers.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:28:23 +0000

“The magic spell cast by the sea enlightens all that embrace her…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:29:06 +0000

“Maybe you have seen God’s aquarium; it’s called the sea…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:29:28 +0000

“The most insignificant ocean animal is significant to the balance of the oceans…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:11:47 +0000

“In reality, the ocean will survive, but will we?” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom. The incredible image of the ice shelf is from National Geographic Wallpapers.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:45:27 +0000

“Once a child loves an animal they will forever defend it…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:40:39 +0000

“The sea is an endless orchestra of light and sound…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom.

Wyland Ocean Wisdom!

WebStaff — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:43:19 +0000

“We are stewards of our planet one and all…” – quote from Wyland Ocean Wisdom. The incredible images above come from National Geographic Wallpapers.

Big Oil’s Big Stall On Ethanol

WebStaff — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:38:59 +0000

“For some industries, the prospet of $3.5 billion in federal subsidies now, and double that in three years, might be a powerful incentive.Â But not, apparently, for the oil industry, which is seeing crude oil prices soar to record highs.Â Despite collecting billions for blending small amounts of ethanol with gas, oil companies seem determined to fight the spread of E85, a fuel that is 85% ethanol and 15% gas.Â Congress has set a target of displacing 15% of projected annual gasoline use with alternative fuels by 2017″. – Excerpt from Businessweek Magazine.

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Ethanol

Microbial Methane Munchers

WebStaff — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:41:11 +0000

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“Could a microbe from hell help slow the pace of global warming? In the simmering, corrosive muds of Hell’s Gate hot springs of Rotorua, New Zealand, researchers have discovered bacteria that devour methane, a greenhouse gas that environmentalists consider 20 times more harmful that carbon dioxide.

GNS Science, a research organization owned by the New Zealand government, says the tough new bug is the first methane-loving bacterium found to flourish in conditions as hot as 158F, with a chemical ambience similar to stomach acid. This makes it potentially easier to adapt to other hostile environments such as landfills, which leak methane as trash decomposes.

Matthew Stott, a GNS microbiologist, says the bug could also be adapted for use in other methane-venting sites, such as mines. Publishing in Nature, the researchers dubbed their superhardy discovery Methylokorus infernorum, a mix of the Latinized names for methane and the infernal place the bug was found”.

â€”By Adam Aston

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Methane-eating bacteria could halt warming

New methane-munching bacteria discovered

Recycling: What about those little plastic rings on water/soft drink bottles?

WebStaff — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:36:28 +0000

Okay, so you’ve decided to do your part in helping to reduce global warming by recycling.Â You know that you can recycle plastic bottles, but what about the little plastic rings?Â Yep, it’s okay to leave them on the bottles but you do need to throw away the top.Â

By recycling your plastic bottles, you are helping to keep them out of landfills.

According to the 2005 National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report, “total post-consumer plastic bottle recycling increased by more than 187 million pounds in 2005.Â The total pounds of plastic bottles recycled crossed the 2-billion-pound-per-year threshold to reach a new record high of 2,102 million pounds”.

Keep up the good work.Â Every little bit does count!

Only time will tell if global warming will be minor or catastrophic…But…Companies shouldn’t wait to find out. – Jack and Suzy Welch

WebStaff — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:40:10 +0000

“Only time will tell if global warming will be minor or catastrophic; if it can be mitigated or will destroy the planet, to use the phrase. But one thing is certain. Companies shouldn’t wait to find out.” – Excerpt from the February 26, 2007 editorial The Welch Way in BusinessWeek.

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The Global Warming Wager

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The Global Warming Wager – Podcast

GLOBAL WARMING – CHANGE HAS BEGUN – PART 7

WebStaff — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:33:12 +0000

“In China, the line below which there are no hard freezes has moved northward. Since freezing temperatures kill the snail that spreads the parasitic disease schistosomiasis, this change is putting 20.7 million additional people at risk for the illness. Field studies show that the snail can survive in the new areas, says Guojing Yang, an infectious disease expert at Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases in China.” – Excerpt from the July 17, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek Magazine.

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Business on a Warmer PlanetÂ

GLOBAL WARMING – CHANGE HAS BEGUN – PART 6

WebStaff — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:29:16 +0000

“The American Petroleum Institute has issued tougher standards, such as anchoring drilling platforms more securely.Â In San Francisco, planners are exploring beefing up the storm sewer system to deal with heavier rains.” – excerpt from the July 17, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek Magazine.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

GLOBAL WARMING – CHANGE HAS BEGUN – PART 5

WebStaff — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:28:50 +0000

“The residents of the village of Shismaref are literally on the edge.Â Melting permafrost and the disappearance of sea ice that once protected the town from pounding waves, “Shismaref is literally being battered to the point of falling into the sea.”Â The townspeople have voted to move the entire village, which will cost more than $100 million.”

“In the Arctic, where a four-degree jump in average temperature over the last 30 years is “climate change on steroids.” – excerpts from the July 17, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek Magazine.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

GLOBAL WARMING – CHANGE HAS BEGUN – PART 4

WebStaff — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:20:45 +0000

“Over the last several decades, temperatures are up two degrees in Mali, and the rainy season has decreased by more than a month,” says Exponent’s Ebi. That means the growing season is too short for standard rice. Researchers are developing a faster-maturing variety, but that’s only a partial solution, health experts caution, since the dry season’s potato crop is starting to fail as a result of increased heat. The economic system of the whole country could collapse, says Ebi. “In the village I’m working with, the elders know they are on the edge.” – excerpt from the July 17, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek Magazine.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

GLOBAL WARMING – CHANGE HAS BEGUN – PART 3

WebStaff — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:06:53 +0000

“…in Alaska, a rise of 9F in the temperature of the Yukon River since 1985 has been linked to the spread of a salmon parasite. By the time the fish make it upriver, they’re too diseased to be sold. That’s wiping out upstream fisheries and contributing to an overall decline in commercial fishing, explains Richard M. Kocan, professor of fishery sciences at the University of Washington.” – excerpt from the July 17, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek Magazine.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

This is just the beginning

WebStaff — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:47:09 +0000

“This is just the beginning.” – Excerpt from Peter Hoppe, head of Geo Risks Research at Munich Re.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

The proverbial canary in the coal mine “is dead”

WebStaff — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:46:49 +0000

“When it comes to the big picture, the proverbial canary in the coal mine ‘is dead’.”Â - Excerpt from Peter K Gleick, presiden of Pacific Institue for Sudies in Develpment, Enviroment & curity in Oakland, California.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

How do we adapt to a future of melting permafrost, less water, and more extreme weather?”

WebStaff — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:46:29 +0000

“How do we adapt to a future of melting permafrost, less water, and more extreme weather?” – Excerpt from Robert Page, vice-president for sustainable development at TransAlta Corp. in Calgary.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

This is not just an issue our kids will have to deal with. It’s happening now.

WebStaff — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:46:10 +0000

“This is not just an issue our kids will have to deal with.Â It’s happening now.” – Excerpt from Allan Carroll, an insect ecologist at the Pacific Forestry Center in Victoria, B.C.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

I think a lot of people are becoming more convinced that climate change is real

WebStaff — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:45:36 +0000

“I think a lot of people are becoming more convinced that climate change is real.” – Excerpt from Mark Anderson

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Business on a Warmer Planet

GLOBAL WARMING – CHANGE HAS BEGUN – PART 2

WebStaff — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:42:23 +0000

“Several years ago, (Allan)Carroll (an insect ecologist at the Pacific Forestry Center in Victoria, B.C.) predicted that warmer temperatures could flip an ecological switch, causing the loss of valuable forests of lodgepole pine to the mountain pine beetle.” – excerpt from the July 17, 2006 BusinessWeek Magazine.

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Business on a Warmer Planet

Does Big Business Care About Climate Change as Much as Everyone Else?

WebStaff — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:41:59 +0000

“We long ago gave up covering the skeptical antics of the Wall Street Journal or Canada’s National Post; it just got boring and repetitive. Now Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics does the numbers and asks: ” Does big business care about climate change as much as everyone else?Â Judging from the pages of the Wall Street Journal, the answer is yes.

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Headlines

We need to make environmental sustainability a national priority

WebStaff — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:35:37 +0000

“Starting here at home, we need to make environmental sustainability a national priority.” – Excerpt from the October 30, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek Magazine.

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America’s Supersized Footprint