Europe Suggests Emissions Limits on Small Trucks
By JAMES KANTER
Published: October 28, 2009
Summary:The European Commision proposed emissions limits for light trucks and vans Wednesday and said that carmakers would not be permitted to use them to increase production of sport utility vehicles. Vans and light trucks make up about 11 percent of road vehicle sales in Europe.The proposal is modeled on recent legislation enacted in Europe that aims to cut car emissions by a fifth on average in 2015, to 130 grams a kilometer.
Response: While this is a good thing for the environment, the article seemed to mock the United States for wasting so much gas and having such big cars. While this may be true, it still was annoying to read an aritcle that made fun of our country.
Friday, October 30, 2009
10-30-09
China-U.S. Group Plans to Build Texas Wind Farm
By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF
Published: October 29, 2009
Sumamry: A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on Thursday to build a 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas, using turbines made in China. The wind farm will be the first instance of a Chinese manufacturer exporting wind turbines to the United States. The farm, to be built on 36,000 acres in West Texas, will use 240 of its 2.5-megawatt turbines.
Response: This is a good thing because we are continuing to use energy that we can capture, as oppossed to making our own. This will save money and save our planet.
By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF
Published: October 29, 2009
Sumamry: A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on Thursday to build a 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas, using turbines made in China. The wind farm will be the first instance of a Chinese manufacturer exporting wind turbines to the United States. The farm, to be built on 36,000 acres in West Texas, will use 240 of its 2.5-megawatt turbines.
Response: This is a good thing because we are continuing to use energy that we can capture, as oppossed to making our own. This will save money and save our planet.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Article #11
Carefully Cleaning Up the Garbage at Los Alamos
Summary:A team of workers is using $212 million in federal stimulus money to clean up the 65-year-old, six-acre dump, which was used by the scientists who built the world’s first atomic bomb. Nearly 73,000 people have applied for stimulus jobs cleaning up nuclear sites since the program was announced, the Department of Energy says, and more than 10,800 positions have been saved or created with the money.
Response: The government is trying to help the economy while helping the environment. This is a very smart idea because we are killing two birds with one stone.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Article #10 10-18
Walruses Suffer Substantial Losses as Sea Ice Erodes
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: October 2, 2009
Summary: Half a century after Pacific walruses began recovering from industrial-scale hunting, marine biologists are growing worried that they face a mounting threat from global warming. United States Geological Survey issued a report concluding that 131 walruses found dead near Icy Cape, Alaska, on Sept. 14 died from being crushed or stampeded.Walruses have endured more than 15 million years of climatic ups and downs, so experts do not foresee the species’ becoming extinct, particularly if hunting remains controlled.But there has been growing confirmation that the walrus is suffering substantial losses as the sheath of sea ice in coastal waters erodes in the summer.
Response: If these animals have endured millions of years of climate changes and they cannot survive the planet now we know that there is something seriously wrong. This is our opportunity to fix what we have messed up.
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: October 2, 2009
Summary: Half a century after Pacific walruses began recovering from industrial-scale hunting, marine biologists are growing worried that they face a mounting threat from global warming. United States Geological Survey issued a report concluding that 131 walruses found dead near Icy Cape, Alaska, on Sept. 14 died from being crushed or stampeded.Walruses have endured more than 15 million years of climatic ups and downs, so experts do not foresee the species’ becoming extinct, particularly if hunting remains controlled.But there has been growing confirmation that the walrus is suffering substantial losses as the sheath of sea ice in coastal waters erodes in the summer.
Response: If these animals have endured millions of years of climate changes and they cannot survive the planet now we know that there is something seriously wrong. This is our opportunity to fix what we have messed up.
Article #9 10-18
Debate Follows Bills to Remove Clotheslines Bans
By IAN URBINA
Published: October 10, 2009
Summary: In the last year state lawmakers in Colorado, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont have overridden local laws to ban clotheslines. While some disagree because they think they are an eyesore, many say that they are saving energy and people should be able to save money in these tough economic times.
Response: I think people should have the choice to hang up clothes if they wish. It would save energy and money which are both extremely important.
By IAN URBINA
Published: October 10, 2009
Summary: In the last year state lawmakers in Colorado, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont have overridden local laws to ban clotheslines. While some disagree because they think they are an eyesore, many say that they are saving energy and people should be able to save money in these tough economic times.
Response: I think people should have the choice to hang up clothes if they wish. It would save energy and money which are both extremely important.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Article #8 10-09-09
National Briefing | Northwest
Alaska: Habitat for Sea Otters
Alaska: Habitat for Sea Otters
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 7, 2009
Summary: In recent years the sea otter populations have plummeted. Due to this unfortunate issue the Fish and Wildlife Service has designated more than 5,800 square miles as critcal habitat for sea otters. over ninety percent of the worlds sea otters live there.
Response: It is a very good thing that these habitats have been saved because it is important to save sea otters. We need to be proactive and help endangered animal species before it is too late.
Published: October 7, 2009
Summary: In recent years the sea otter populations have plummeted. Due to this unfortunate issue the Fish and Wildlife Service has designated more than 5,800 square miles as critcal habitat for sea otters. over ninety percent of the worlds sea otters live there.
Response: It is a very good thing that these habitats have been saved because it is important to save sea otters. We need to be proactive and help endangered animal species before it is too late.
Article #7 10-09-09
Summary: Recent studies have predicted what will happen with future fish catches. Global warming isn't going to change the amount of fish being caught over all just the areas where they are caught.By 2055, the scientists predicted, countries like China, Chile, Indonesia and the United States (excepting Alaska and Hawaii) will see catches decline, while catches off Alaska, Greenland, Norway and Russia will rise.
Response: Studies like these are very important because this will effect food amounts and population. It will also change the ecology of oceans and to be able to predict things like this is a very useful tool that we are lucky to have.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Article #6....10-4-09
Vietnam Finds Itself Vulnerable if Sea Rises
By SETH MYDANS
Published: September 23, 2009
Summary: In a worse-case projection, a Vietnamese government report released last month says that more than one-third of the delta, where 17 million people live and nearly half the country’s rice is grown, could be submerged if sea levels rise by three feet in the decades to come. While this is the worst case scenario the more modest projection is one fifth. This could possibly devastate Vietnam.
Response: this should wake some people up to see how bad the situation is. And even if you don’t care about Vietnam this is not the only country that will take a hit from the sea level rising.
By SETH MYDANS
Published: September 23, 2009
Summary: In a worse-case projection, a Vietnamese government report released last month says that more than one-third of the delta, where 17 million people live and nearly half the country’s rice is grown, could be submerged if sea levels rise by three feet in the decades to come. While this is the worst case scenario the more modest projection is one fifth. This could possibly devastate Vietnam.
Response: this should wake some people up to see how bad the situation is. And even if you don’t care about Vietnam this is not the only country that will take a hit from the sea level rising.
Article #5....10-4-09
Nanomaterials Under Study by the E.P.A.
By CORNELIA DEAN
Published: September 29, 2009
Summary: Recently the EPA has found nanoparticles in things like sunscreen and industrial adhesives. The impact they may have on humans, animals, and the environment are unsure and that is why they are under investigation. The problems that they could cause are endless and need to be studied very carefully and quickly. We don’t have time to waste when things like sunscreen and tennis rackets could be hurting us and we don’t even know it.
Response: This is very scary because we could be in danger and not be aware. The negative effects are endless. Things you would never consider to be dangerous could be extremely dangerous. But there is no reason to freak out yet because the EPA has not finished their study.
By CORNELIA DEAN
Published: September 29, 2009
Summary: Recently the EPA has found nanoparticles in things like sunscreen and industrial adhesives. The impact they may have on humans, animals, and the environment are unsure and that is why they are under investigation. The problems that they could cause are endless and need to be studied very carefully and quickly. We don’t have time to waste when things like sunscreen and tennis rackets could be hurting us and we don’t even know it.
Response: This is very scary because we could be in danger and not be aware. The negative effects are endless. Things you would never consider to be dangerous could be extremely dangerous. But there is no reason to freak out yet because the EPA has not finished their study.
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