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Carbon Emissions Reporting Where It Belongs: With Global Financial Accountants

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off

Energy stock performance snapshot. Image credit: Google Finance Pablo recently filled us in on the abrupt end of the Climate Leaders voluntary carbon reporting program . (Eight years with a relatively small group of industries was enough.) In parallel, a group of US states worked up a carbon reporting protocol as well; and, there are several NGO and government-led carbon reporting protoc… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Oil Spill Sparks a Crude Awakening (VIDEO)

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| 1 Comment

Check out this powerful video—made as an unsolicited donation to the National Wildlife Federation —that drives home the impact that the BP oil spill is having on wildlife in the … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Symphony of Vuvuzelas to Descend Upon BP HQ

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via Adam Quirk They’ve caused more than their fair share of headaches for soccer fans during the World Cup , but soon vuvuzela will be ringing in the ears of BP execs in London too. A monotonous symphony of sorts 100 members strong is being gathered for what’s sure to be an annoying performance just outside the oil giant’s international headquarter… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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NASA Releases Time-Lapse Video of Gulf Oil Spill

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via NASA This two-minute video by NASA shows a space-based view of the burning Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the horrifying oil spill that has followed. The images–taken using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument–were hand-picked to best showcase the disaster. The images begin with the

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Raising Water Productivity to Increase Food Security

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: stevendepolo /Flickr With water shortages constraining food production growth, the world needs an effort to raise water productivity similar to the one that nearly tripled land productivity over the last half-century. Since it takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain, it is not surprising that 70 percent of world water use is devoted to irrigation. Thus, raising irrigation efficiency is central to raising water productivity overall. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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GOP Walks Tightrope of Contradictions Over BP Gulf Spill (Video)

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via TBO The biggest splash in politics last week, at least ’round the blogoshpere and cable news circuit, was undoubtedly Representative Joe Barton’s (R-Texas) surprise apology to BP . While many conservatives supported his sentiment, many others immediately recognized the political damage it could cause, and rushed to distance themselves from the apology. The whole debacle underscores the contradiction-laden tightrope that GOP leaders must walk: The party must … Read the full story on TreeHugger