Environment Articles
286: A Few Simple Steps To Conserving Water And Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Summer is here and there are a number of communities around the country that are asking their citizens to do whatever they are able to do in order to conserve water due to a low amount of rain. Droughts are not uncommon across the United States at least every few years and if you can, you should do what you can to conserve water not only during th
287: A Guide To Carcass Disposal Processes
As if incineration was not a scary thought, here's an even scarier method of waste disposal - carcass incineration. Up until recently I took no notice of this, even though I was well aware of it. However, I could not help but take an interest in the subject matter and surprisingly there really is not enough information about it.
What is carcass
288: A History Of New Orleans And Bad Hurricanes
Well it has finally been made official. Hurricane Gustav was a category three and was making a bee line straight for New Orleans and surrounding areas. This will be the second time in less than five years that New Orleans was expecting a direct hit from a hurricane that was category three, but there will definitely be differences in this storm and
289: A History Of The Human Attraction To Water
Since the beginning of time humans have been attracted to water for many reasons. The most obvious attraction to fresh water is the fact that we must ingest it to be able to survive. We can not normally go more than several days without it before we become so dehydrated that we can not function well or at all. The other reasons we are attracted to
290: A Moral Obligation to Offset Your CO2 Emissions
The carbon offset industry is new and unproven, and there are some bad examples like planting trees in silly places where they will just die. But we shouldn't let those growing pains distract us from the crucial point: If you take flights, or drive, or you have a big house, you've put some major emissions into the environment, and it's your moral o
291: A Survival Guide to Prop 65 and the Artificial Turf Market Released
If you sell artificial turf system components into the State of California don't risk the embarrassment, hassle and cost of being notified you have violated Proposition 65 Laws or are not OSHA compliant!
ASGi, the Association of Synthetic Grass Installers, has published "Prop 65 & The Artificial Turf Market" a digital handbook of frequently aske
292: Accelerated Global Warming And Atmospheric CO2 Emissions
Up to now it has been generally assumed that global warming will be a linear process. However evidence from the geological past linked with climate modelling that takes into account the global warming that is already locked into the system indicates that there may not be a linear response to rising CO2 levels. There is a danger that at some point w
293: Advantages And Disadvantages of Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy is derived from beneath the earth's surface. There are a variety of different thermal resources, each of which creates its own engineering challenge as to the way that the energy can be tapped. In some cases current technologies are not practical or economic for successfully extracting the thermal energy. To all intents and purpos
294: Alternative Fuel Sources We Need Cheaper Greener Fuel
As responsible human beings it is our moral duty that we leave this world a better place than we got it from our ancestors. There is an ardent need for saving the environment that is being polluted by emissions given out by the extensive use of gasoline.
The conventional and traditional fuel sources are becoming more and more expensive to extrac
295: Amazing Amounts Of Flooding And Other Natural Disasters Are Plaguing The World
Some people truly believe that the world has become extremely plagued by natural disasters of all kinds. Some believe that we are only recognizing disasters on a broader scale because of the availability of media coverage from all places on the earth. The thing about that theory is that we have had media coverage that could be related all over the
296: American Towns Hardest Hit By Floods In 2008
In America the year of 2008 will be remembered as one of widespread flooding. From first of the year right through hurricane season it has been a wet one for many areas. While some regions still suffer from drought, others have their share of rainfall and storms. Insurance companies will screaming for a while to come as claims continue to pur in fr
297: Americas Droughts Are Causing Major Water Shortages
There are not that many people left that you tell you about the severe consequences that many people in the Midwestern United States suffered when there was a drought there that lasted for quite few years during the first third of the twentieth century. People everywhere had to watch as their farmlands literally dried up and turned to dust blowing
298: Are Car Manufacturers As Responsible As Possible
Due to concern about the environment, different governments have imposed various rules regarding what can be disposed of and what can't. Big business and aeroplanes are deemed to be the highest air polluters of all but it is difficult to do much about this.
Finances from huge corporations pretty much keep the cogs of world economy turning and the
299: Are Increasing Threats of Fire Water and Earthquakes From Global Warming
Being just average people who do not have a specialized education in the fields of earth related issues such as global warming, the rising of the oceans due to glacial melting, and the decline of wildlife because of man made destruction, what can we actually believe is true and should we really be concerned with all these things? Well, if you prefe
300: Are There Deadly Fish In The Waters You Visit
There is hardly any kind of body of water that people do not use for their enjoyment or in making a living somehow. Even the smallest of creeks and streams can be used to swim or wade in during the hot summer months. The rivers of our country are filled with boaters, swimmers, skiers, and fishermen. Some of these activities take place all during th
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