Guest essay by Vijay Jayaraj Over the past few decades, Indonesia, an archipelagic nation made up of over 17,000 islands, has seen amazing economic progress. The strategic utilization of fossil…
Category: Carbon footprint
Big Climate Brother Coming Your Way (voluntary now, mandatory later)
…the warning signs are increasing. It is time to expose and resist, politely but firmly.
Stop Medical Testing to Stop Climate Change
Cutting down vitamin D tests could help lower carbon cost of healthcare
Royal Hypocrite: Climate Warrior Prince Harry Flew in a Private Jet, then Waited for the Car
Prince Harry spent half an hour in the jet on the ground, with the engines idling, waiting for the Polo gear he left behind to be delivered in a black…
Aussie Climate Council Demands Automobile Companies boost Fuel Efficiency
“FCAI’s members selling dirty, inefficient cars into Australia well into the 2040s is not an option”. But there is a legitimate reason Aussies tend to drive heavy duty vehicles.
SSAB Claims a Low Carbon Green Steel Smelting Breakthrough
SSAB, a Swedish Steel Foundry, claims they have delivered their first batch of steel produced from iron ore using green hydrogen instead of metallurgic coal to a paying customer.
MIT unveils a new action plan to tackle the climate crisis
Using the campus as a living testbed, the Institute has studied every aspect of its operations to assess their climate impacts, including heating and cooling, electricity, lighting, materials, and transportation.…
Rise of the Climate Change Stinkies: NYT Wants you to Shower Less and Stop Using Toilet Paper
The New York Times is praising the efforts of low carbon pioneers who reject personal hygiene to save the planet from Covid-19 and Climate Change.
Music Industry Demands Funding So They Can Stop Climate Change by Eliminating Live Tours
They would also like an effort to “nurture local artists”, to reduce the influence of foreign artists, so fans are less tempted to fly overseas to see live concerts.
Insatiable demand for cannabis has created a giant carbon footprint
It’s no secret that the United States’ $13 billion cannabis industry is big business. Less obvious to many is the environmental toll this booming business is taking, in the form…
Prince Harry: Max Two Children for Climate Change
That special royal moment when you accidentally describe your brother, the future King of England as a planet wrecker; British Royal Prince Harry thinks families should limit themselves to two…
Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms
On a daily basis, and perhaps without realizing it, most of us are in close contact with advanced AI methods known as deep learning. Deep learning algorithms churn whenever we…
“We need to change”: Astronomers Admit Their Outsized Contribution to the Climate Crisis
All those long flights to remote observatories ensure Astronomers have an outsized carbon footprint. And Astronomers keen to reduce their carbon footprints are being advised to abandon software languages like…
The carbon footprint of dinner: How ‘green’ are fish sticks?
Popular products generate significant ‘post-catch’ emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caught University of California – Santa Cruz Processing Alaskan pollock into fish sticks, imitation…
High carbon footprint families identified by sweets and restaurant food, not higher meat consumption
University of Sheffield Families with high carbon footprints consume two to three times more sweets and alcohol than those with low footprints Study by experts in Sheffield and Kyoto, Japan,…
Now They’re coming after the Roast Beef of Old England
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley At Harvard, there was once a University. Now that once noble campus has become a luxury asylum for the terminally feeble-minded. Walter Willett, one of…
UK Govt Committee: End All Private Vehicle Ownership Because Climate Change
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova; Even EVs like Tesla are not safe from this new demand from the green British Conservative Government. Ditch cars to meet climate change…
Eco-sneakers are still killing the planet, just a little slower [Study]
by Danny McLoughlin Eco-sneakers are still killing the planet, just a little slower [Study] The Adidas NMD_CS1 Parley Primeknit is made from recycled plastic bags retrieved from the ocean. With…
The Lancet: Diet and food production must radically change to improve health and avoid potentially catastrophic damage to the planet
From EurekAlert! Public Release: 16-Jan-2019 The Lancet: Diet and food production must radically change to improve health and avoid potentially catastrophic damage to the planet Feeding a growing population of…
Google's massive carbon footprint fingered with new online tool
Internet search giant emits 500 kg of CO2 emissions per second. Every Google search comes at a cost to the planet. In processing 3.5 billion searches a day, the world’s most popular website…
HuffPost Notices Academic Climate Hypocrisy
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Huffington Post has noticed that many university academics are utter climate hypocrites, that many of them rate their personal importance by how many professional air…
Climate Modeller Embarrassed by Her Air Travel
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Willie Soon – A climate modeller has spoken of her distress at her “pretty awful” carbon footprint, including air travel to climate conferences, and…
Reuters: Blame Consumers, Not China for Global Warming
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Clinton Climate Initiative backed green group C40, heavy emitters like China are not responsible for climate change; consumers in big cities who provide…
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