“If a scientific paper appeared in a major journal saying that the planet has warmed twice as much as previously thought, that would be front-page news in every major paper around the planet. But what would happen if a paper was published demonstrating that the planet may have warmed up only half as much as […]
“Two new studies of animal intelligence caught my attention last week because they prove that humans are no better than dogs and monkeys. This is something I’ve always felt to be true on an anecdotal level, and now cognitive science backs me up. A researcher in Vienna, Austria, trained dogs to sort photographs into two […]
“San Carlos’ next general plan will have something for all ages, and it should be more environmentally friendly, city officials said. The city is early in the process of updating the plan for the first time since 1991, said Assistant City Manager Brian Moura. The $400,000 process is expected to take 1 1/2 to two […]
“Former U.S.Rep. Cynthia McKinney, a Georgia Democrat who was voted out of Congress last year after engaging in an altercation with a Capitol Hill police officer, is now campaigning to become the Green Party’s presidential nominee. ‘The Republicans have deceived us; the Democrats have failed us,’ McKinney said in a video news release posted on […]
“China will phase in cleaner motor fuel in Beijing in the next two months while keeping pump prices unchanged, a local newspaper said on Tuesday, in a move to clean the capital’s smoggy skies ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games. Oil product wholesalers and retailers will be required to start supplying gasoline and diesel fuel […]
“Fifteen years ago, when the GreenMoney Journal was launched, a relative handful of niche companies such as Ben & Jerry’s, Timberland, and Tom’s of Maine, were integrating the social consciences of their founders and even, in some cases, their spiritual values, into the capitalist model. But these companies were far outside the mainstream of American […]
“A tiger escaped from its enclosure in the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day, mauled one man to death and left two others seriously injured. The tiger was shot and killed by police after it charged officers. A police spokesperson said the zoo was evacuated after the incident, which occurred late in the afternoon near […]
“Figures unearthed by the Liberal Democrats show that for the first time in years more than half the children being excluded from school have some special need. They place a question mark over the success of the policy of integrating children with disabilities into mainstream schools. The figures show 55 per cent of all exclusions […]
“The most efficient way to save gas, as any ‘one-less-car’ transportation activist will attest, is to leave your car in the garage. Walk, ride your bike, take the bus or train, or carpool whenever you can. When you’re in the market for a car, choose the most fuel-efficient model. That should get easier to do […]
“Make no mistake; John McCain is a climate-change true believer. In the heart of a Motor City that is in the cross-hairs of car-hating Washington regulators — McCain was not shy about his determination to go green. ‘Greenland is the most outstanding example of what’s been happening,’ says the senator who, in 2000, co-sponsored a […]
