For 10 years, New Jersey has fought – and won – a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil for dumping refinery garbage into New Jersey’s land and water. New Jersey’s environmental protection agency said it would take $2.6 billion just to clean up the sludge and muck and that it had…
Climate Change is real: We’ve only got 20 years left Price Waterhouse Coopers, an old line, no-nonsense accounting firm, says we have 20 years left until we tumble into the abyss brought on by climate change. Pretty much only Australia and China have made progress on reducing their carbon…
Brilliant idea: Beijing riders can pay their subway fare by recycling bottles. In contrast, Chicago just rolled out a new fare card system that charges a fee if you don’t use it – not the subway, the card. Of course, it’s lighter than hauling a bag of bottles, but it’s…
Here’s the setup. Our planet is getting meaner, because we belch oil and gas into the air1. We have solar, wind and fuel cell technologies that could replace oil and gas2, but oil and gas is so much cheaper, so oil and gas dominate the market. Plus, a few…
Climate change is real and getting worse.1,2 The Southwest has entered a permanent drought.3 Storms are more frequent and more devastating. Farmers lost billions of dollars in crops. We have about 5 years to get pointed in a new direction. Otherwise, food, energy, water, transportation and housing prices will…
