Archive for ‘Peeps and Places’
Price Of Pizza Ingredients Heating Up
March 4th, 2008
People in Chicago love their pizza. But these days, it’s costing more and more to make that pie.
Popularity: 10%
EU pushes for climate-change laws by end of year
March 3rd, 2008
The European Union’s environment ministers pushed Monday for EU-wide laws on fighting climate change to be approved by the end of the year, ahead of talks on a global deal due in December 2008 and in 2009.
Popularity: 9%
Eco Terror Group Signs Found Near Home Fires
March 3rd, 2008
Fires burned four multimillion-dollar show homes in a suburb north of Seattle Monday, and authorities found a spray-painted sign purportedly left by a radical environmental group at the scene.
Popularity: 4%
West looking again at building new dams
March 2nd, 2008
The Western states’ era of massive dam construction — which tamed rivers, swallowed towns, and created irrigated agriculture, cheap hydropower and environmental problems — effectively ended in 1966 with the completion of Glen Canyon Dam.
Popularity: 4%
20 key emitters to begin G-8 process with focus on post-Kyoto method
March 1st, 2008
The world’s 20 biggest greenhouse gas emitters will gather near Tokyo later this month for the first meeting related to July’s Group of Eight summit, with host Japan eager to promote its ”bottom-up” sectoral approach to fighting climate change.
Popularity: 4%
China environment agency gets more power
February 29th, 2008
China’s government is boosting the authority of its environmental watchdog agency in an attempt to rein in the rampant pollution that has become a byproduct of the nation’s rapid economic growth.
Popularity: 3%
US formally blocks California emissions waiver
February 29th, 2008
The Bush administration Friday formally rejected California’s bid for a waiver from U.S. law to set its own tailpipe emissions standard to reduce global warming.
Popularity: 2%
Lava Flows From Hawaii Volcano
February 28th, 2008
A flow of lava from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii was again threatening an all-but-abandoned subdivision of Big Island on Thursday. The new flow was entering the Royal Gardens subdivision.
Popularity: 2%
Travel to Mexico
February 28th, 2008
Mexico has something for everyone whether you’re looking to visit past civilizations or simply lay on the beach and work on your golf game. In this video clip we discover the fascinating world of Mexico. There are several hidden treasure just waiting to be explored.
Popularity: 3%
$10 billion to be invested in measures to counter global warming
February 23rd, 2008
Some 50 institutional investors in Europe and the United States have agreed to invest $10 billion, or some 1,070 billion yen, over the next two years in order to develop and spread technologies that will help to curb global warming, informed sources said Saturday.
Popularity: 3%
Olympics-Six China provinces ordered to cut pollution
February 22nd, 2008
China has ordered Beijing and five surrounding provinces to cut industrial pollution for two months from late July to ensure clean air for the Olympics and Paralympics, an official said on Friday.
Popularity: 3%
Strong Earthquake Strikes Nevada
February 22nd, 2008
Authorities are reporting damage to hundreds of buildings and homes in Wells, Nevada after a strong earthquake hit early Thursday. Several injuries have been reported.
Popularity: 3%
Brown, Barroso push for energy, climate reforms ahead of EU summit
February 21st, 2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso joined forces Thursday in pushing for a reform of the European energy market and strong action on climate change ahead of a key European summit.
Popularity: 3%
States seek clean energy many ways
February 21st, 2008
Governors who want clean energy to be a national priority are trying to bring together states with wildly different ways of producing power, like tapping ocean temperature differences off Hawaii and mining coal in West Virginia.
Popularity: 3%
Obama,Clinton top McCain on environment votes-report
February 21st, 2008
All three top presidential contenders tout their environmental credentials, but Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton cast far more “green” votes in Congress than John McCain, a conservation group reported Thursday.
Popularity: 3%
