"airports go green"
Posted by A. Caleb Hartley
February 17th, 2009
Summary: This article is all about different ways that airports are going green in areas of air quality, noise control, waste management, and water.
The goals of the water are to have a water conservation policy adopted, and to have a spill reduction training to reduces 25% of spills in the future. This is very good for the earth because less water will be wasted. Money will be saved and fresh water will be sustained. "General Environmental goals Every ACI-NA member airport will strive to have an environmental policy statement by 2010."This is also good for my family and many other people because then maybe airfare costs would reduce.
http://www.environmentastic.com/blog/airports-going-green/2009/02/17/
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Ohio river pollution
"States Join E.P.A. Study of Pathogens in Ohio River"
By BOB DRIEHAUS
Published: January 20, 2009
Summary: "Six states bordering the Ohio River are joining the Environmental Protection Agency in the largest study of its kind to identify and reduce dangerous levels of bacteria that plague the waterway."
About half of the ohio river is currently filled with pathogyns which can sicken swimmers and others that come into contact with the water. This is also very dangerous because many people get their supply of drinking water from this source. Thankfully research will be done to determine how much bacteria sewage treatment plant and factories and farms can safely discharge into the river. This will affect people in a beneficiary way because it will ensure that their water will be cleaner. I am not sure if it directly affects my family...I don't think our water comes into direct contact with the Ohio but I'm not educated on that information.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/21ohio.html?_r=1
By BOB DRIEHAUS
Published: January 20, 2009
Summary: "Six states bordering the Ohio River are joining the Environmental Protection Agency in the largest study of its kind to identify and reduce dangerous levels of bacteria that plague the waterway."
About half of the ohio river is currently filled with pathogyns which can sicken swimmers and others that come into contact with the water. This is also very dangerous because many people get their supply of drinking water from this source. Thankfully research will be done to determine how much bacteria sewage treatment plant and factories and farms can safely discharge into the river. This will affect people in a beneficiary way because it will ensure that their water will be cleaner. I am not sure if it directly affects my family...I don't think our water comes into direct contact with the Ohio but I'm not educated on that information.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/21ohio.html?_r=1
Sunday, February 8, 2009
global wamring 2
"Study Details How U.S. Could Cut 28% of Greenhouse Gases"
By: Matthew L. Wald
November 30, 2007
Summary: According to reports, the US could cut out as much as 28% of the ammount of greenhouse gases that are emitted.
This article discusses consumers carelessly use energy, which then emits gases into the atmosphere that could be modified. This is not just because people are careless, but also oblivious. "Rules for utilities could be rewritten so they make as much money in promoting conservation as in selling electricity, the study said." This idea impacts me because I am a consumer that contributes to the carbon littering. Things that i do daily without even thinking are contributing to global warming. In the future climate conferences may be held to discuss how we can help control these concepts and limit greenhouse gases.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/business/30green.html?_r=1
By: Matthew L. Wald
November 30, 2007
Summary: According to reports, the US could cut out as much as 28% of the ammount of greenhouse gases that are emitted.
This article discusses consumers carelessly use energy, which then emits gases into the atmosphere that could be modified. This is not just because people are careless, but also oblivious. "Rules for utilities could be rewritten so they make as much money in promoting conservation as in selling electricity, the study said." This idea impacts me because I am a consumer that contributes to the carbon littering. Things that i do daily without even thinking are contributing to global warming. In the future climate conferences may be held to discuss how we can help control these concepts and limit greenhouse gases.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/business/30green.html?_r=1
Global warming
"Glaciers melting at twice the rate od previous decades"
By: Thomas Schueneman
February 5, 2009
Summary: Data indicates that glaciers have melted about 29 inches in the past few years, which indicates that they are melting twice as fast as they were in the 1980s and 90s. These numbers have exceeded recent predictions and but its the long-term trends that are true indicators of change.
This is an interesting concept because 20 inches does not seem like much but over time the number is much more impacting. For example 1 decade is equivalent to 200 inches and etc. This idea of global warming is a little bit frightening to me. Wether it is naturally occurring or humans activities are causing it, its beginning to make a noticeable difference. The glaciers have been around forever and they are slowly disappearing! This has an affect on me because as they melt, the ocean levels increase which absorbs heat and melts the glaciers even faster. Then the earth may over heat and humans can not withstand a variation in temperature.
By: Thomas Schueneman
February 5, 2009
Summary: Data indicates that glaciers have melted about 29 inches in the past few years, which indicates that they are melting twice as fast as they were in the 1980s and 90s. These numbers have exceeded recent predictions and but its the long-term trends that are true indicators of change.
This is an interesting concept because 20 inches does not seem like much but over time the number is much more impacting. For example 1 decade is equivalent to 200 inches and etc. This idea of global warming is a little bit frightening to me. Wether it is naturally occurring or humans activities are causing it, its beginning to make a noticeable difference. The glaciers have been around forever and they are slowly disappearing! This has an affect on me because as they melt, the ocean levels increase which absorbs heat and melts the glaciers even faster. Then the earth may over heat and humans can not withstand a variation in temperature.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Energy round 2
"Big Boost to Alternative Energy, Clean Tech If Obama Stimulus Passes Senate"
January 30,2009By AndrewBurger
Summary: President Obama has come up with a plan that will create jobs and hopefully result in a doubling of US renewable energy output.
"Half-a-billion dollars worth of tax incentives, loan guarantees, deployment and research funding is slated to spur development of wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable energy resources. A total $25 billion is to be invested to put manufacturing workers into “green” sector jobs that would boost the economy and strengthen energy and national security while at the same time enhancing environmental protection and efforts to adapt to and mitigate climate change." This idea could have many benefits to my family and I because it will have both short and long term positive effects. This is because it will lower carbon pollutions and help with energy efficiency. It’s also estimated that this would create more than 41,000 jobs. This blog seems rather reliable because it is based off of facts that the president has planned out. Its not on opinions and its a widely known topic.
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