By Jim Marston (This post originally appeared on EDF Voices) On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Clean Power Plan, the first initiative of its kind to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing U.S. power plants. By improving air quality, the plan promises to prevent 90,000 childhood asthma attacks and avoid up to…
Water Crisis Coming
Water – its dearth or its abundance – is already a global problem. It manifests itself in poor countries, poor regions and poor neighborhoods first, but most assuredly will affect us all within the next generation. In 2015, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk Reports rated “Water crises” as the most important risk facing…
Why “Just Say No” is Just Plain Wrong: the Sound Legal Basis for the Clean Power Plan
By Tomas Carbonell The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon finalize the Clean Power Plan — a suite of historic Clean Air Act standards that will establish the first nationwide limits on carbon pollution from America’s fossil fuel-fired power plants. Rigorous carbon pollution standards for the nation’s power sector will yield immense benefits…
Netherlands plans to replace asphalt roads with recycled plastic
By Alec Cope We Are Change The Dutch town of Rotterdam, plans to be the first to use recycled ocean plastic for “snap-on” modules that will form roadways. The city will collaborate with the VolkerWessles construction company to make this dream become a beneficial reality. VolkerWessels’ easy snap-together design mimics the qualities of Lego toys…
Denmark Just Produced 140% of Its Electricity Needs via Wind Power
On Thursday, high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs, with plenty to spare for neighboring countries. On a particularly windy day (last Thursday), the country of Denmark was able to meet its domestic electricity demand and even export power to Norway, Germany, and Sweden thanks to its wind farms. As The…
New Study: Earth Will Have Mini Ice-Age By 2030
By Alec Cope We Are Change British astrophysicists have projected that the Sun will fall to 60 percent in activity by 2030, based upon new research tools that allow exact predictions of solar cycles. In 15 years many of this planet’s ice-free rivers may freeze and some regions not familiar to snow may experience it…
USDA Admits Exterminating Birds, Crops, and Bees
(worldtruth.tv)The USDA has been under fire recently for its admitted assault against nature, after multiple investigations have uncovered its deliberate tampering with both plants and animals alike. One such investigation has put an end to the mystery surrounding the death of millions of birds, with USDA documents revealing the organization’s role in the massive slaughter….