Ala Yahoo…
Since the late 1960s, much of the North Atlantic Ocean has become less salty, in part due to increases in fresh water runoff induced by global warming, scientists say. Now for the first time researchers have quantified this fresh water influx, allowing them to predict the long-term effects on a “conveyor belt” of [...]

Can you believe this?
Unconvinced that the world is warming, President Bush looks set to shun pleas by his main industrial allies to step up a fight against climate change at a Group of Eight summit next month.
You can read the rest of the story on Yahoo
Just about the only [...]

In our world where everything is bigger and better and consumes more energy we have another concern. The wide screen TV.
It’s bad enough that we watch the TV for hours on end when there is nothing on. Really, what else is worth watching other than Shark Week? But now every minute we waste in [...]

Don’t look now, but the ground has shifted on global warming. After decades of debate over whether the planet is heating and, if so, whose fault it is, divergent groups are joining hands with little fanfare to deal with a problem they say people can no longer avoid.
And the Yahoo article goes on to talk [...]

Will solar be the new Silicon Valley market? Check this out from Yahoo…
Two Silicon Valley solar cell start-ups, both at the brink of delivering more cost-effective technologies to the red-hot solar market, have raised fresh war chests of venture capital.
You can also find out more on Matt Marshall, the author of the Silicon Valley solar [...]

This came from Yahoo. It’s another article about how the Bush Administration pollutes the environment. I have a feeling it won’t be the last.
One obvious question is how does a former employee of the American Petroleum Institute get to be chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality? Seems he would be [...]

Ala CNN. Here are some of the highlights…
Lord May, president of Britain’s Royal Society, said in releasing the statement that U.S. President George W. Bush’s policy on climate change was “misguided” and ignored scientific evidence.
The statement called on the G-8 nations to “recognize that delayed action will increase the risk of adverse environmental effects and [...]

Scorecard : get the facts on local pollution
This site is great if you like to be informed of your surroundings.
Here’s some of the environmental information you can find out about your county:

See how your county stacks up against all others in the U.S.
The top polluters in your county
The top chemicals released in your county
See [...]