‘The U.K. Food Climate Research Network estimates food production is responsible for between 20 percent to 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and says livestock are responsible for around half of these. Livestock production releases gases such as methane and nitrous oxide into the atmosphere and have a much more powerful climate changing effect than CO2, campaign organizers said in a release.’
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McCartney calls for Meat Free Mondays – UPI.com
June 16th, 2009Water risks ripple through the beverage industry | Green Business | Reuters
June 16th, 2009‘As environmental worries cut into sales from traditionally lucrative bottled water, beverage companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle and SABMiller are becoming more attuned to the risks of negative consumer environmental perceptions.’
via Water risks ripple through the beverage industry | Green Business | Reuters.
U.S. Holds Climate Negotiations Hostage | Friends of the Earth
June 15th, 2009‘BONN, GERMANY—Throughout the United Nations climate talks due to end today in Bonn, the United States blocked measures that would move negotiations forward, according to Friends of the Earth.’
via U.S. Holds Climate Negotiations Hostage | Friends of the Earth.
Climate Change Treaty, to Go Beyond the Kyoto Protocol, Is Expected by the Year’s End – NYTimes.com
June 14th, 2009The world is on track to produce a new global climate treaty by December, the top United Nations climate official said Friday as delegates from more than 100 nations concluded 12 days of talks in Bonn, Germany.
via Climate Change Treaty, to Go Beyond the Kyoto Protocol, Is Expected by the Year’s End – NYTimes.com.
California sees big costs to renewable power plan | Reuters
June 14th, 2009‘SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California on Friday forecast high costs for the most ambitious clean energy plan in the nation, including a 28 percent rise in electricity rates and $115 billion in construction if the state wants to get a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.’
via California sees big costs to renewable power plan | Green Business | Reuters.
Wind power makes strides in China | Video | Reuters.com
June 13th, 2009Jun 12 – China's wind power generation has doubled in the last year as the country looks for greener ways to wean itself off cheap, but dirty, coal.
via Wind power makes strides in China | Video | Reuters.com.
Environmentalists: UN Talks Too Slow, “We’re Losing Time”
June 13th, 2009BONN, Germany — U.N. climate delegates completed their first rough sketch of a new global warming agreement Friday, a draft replete with gaps and competing ideas that await decisions by political leaders.
via Environmentalists: UN Talks Too Slow, “We’re Losing Time”.
Katherine Goldstein: Food, Inc.: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In (Video)
June 13th, 2009Food, Inc. is a movie everybody's talking about, which opens today in New York, LA and San Fransisco. The film explores the dark underbelly of the what actually goes into that piece of chicken, soda, hamburger or chips that we often don't think twice about popping into our mouths.
via Katherine Goldstein: Food, Inc.: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In (Video).
Coal Ash Spills Too Dangerous To Reveal To Public, Says DHS VIDEO
June 12th, 2009‘Just how bad has the coal ash situation gotten in the United States? So bad that the Department of Homeland Security has told Sen. Barbara Boxer D-Calif. that her committee can’t publicly disclose the location of coal ash dumps across the country.’
via Coal Ash Spills Too Dangerous To Reveal To Public, Says DHS VIDEO.