Archive for November, 2007
Don’t Overlook This Handy Flood Preparedness Tool
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Rain doesn’t always give any warning that it’s going to be hard enough or last long enough that residents of an area should be thinking about evacuation. It would be ridiculous to pack up and flee every time it begins to rain. Floods can start as easily as a spring shower, though.
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What’s the one thing you can do to your home to save the most energy?
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007There are lots of ways to improve your home’s energy efficiency, but the best thing to do is to make sure you have enough insulation to seal your home’s “envelope.”read more | digg story
Bush Regime Boycotts Kyoto Protocol
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Supporters of the Kyoto Protocol were gleeful on Saturday after Australian elections left the United States in the wilderness as the only major economy to boycott the UN’s climate pact.read more | digg story
Track Your Air Safety Online
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Is your air poisonous? If you live in the US, you can now track your air quality using a new tool provided by the EPA and Google Earth. Check for levels of carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, VOCs, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide; and identify big emitters. read more | digg story
Magnitude 6 Earthquakes Reach Unprecedented Frequency
Sunday, November 25th, 2007If you have been following the Earth Watch series, you already know that I have been tracking Earthquakes now since March of 2006 to see if the predictions that earthquakes would accelerate in reaction to the cease of Chandler’s wobble in December of 2005 and January of 2006. The report years run from March […]
Solar Now Cheaper than Coal!
Saturday, November 24th, 2007NanoSolar’s PowerSheet cells have reduced the cost of production from $3 a watt to a mere 30 cents per watt. This makes, for the first time in history, solar power cheaper than burning coal.read more | digg story