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Alaska Airlines will fly 75 commercial passenger flights in the United States powered by biofuel, from last Wednesday Two maiden biofuel-powered flights left Seattle on Nov. 9 for Washington, D.C., and Portland, Ore. Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, will continue to operate select flights between Seattle ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Air Quality, Aviation, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Branding, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Corporate Social Responsibility, Industry & Business, Innovation, Tourism, Travel
Increased air pollution over South Asia may be responsible for an increase in the intensity of pre-monsoon tropical cyclones over the Arabian Sea, research in this week’s Nature indicates. Most Arabian Sea tropical cyclones make landfall, causing considerable damage, so these results highlight a potential additional human health impact ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Air Quality, Children and Families, Environmental Disasters, Health, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather
Does this sound incredibly familiar? Fracking has been a debate that has been going on in the US for some years . Its illegal in some states. No such thorough investigation and debate has happened here .And yet exploration of ground for fracking is taking place in Canterbury and the debate ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Air Quality, Chemicals, Children and Families, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, waste
Greenpeace and te Whānau-ā-Apanui havefiled a judicial review challenging the Government’s decision to issue Brazilian oil giant Petrobras a permit for deep sea oil exploration off the East Cape.This is the first time an oil permit has been challenged in the New Zealand courts on both environmental and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting
The West Coast Environment Network has filed an appeal with the Environment Court challenging the recent resource consents awarded to Perth based listed company Bathurst Resources. They want to mine up to two million tonnes of high-grade coal from the Denniston Plateau north of Westport. West Coast Environment Network have ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Chemicals, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, ETS, greenhouse gas, Health, Industry & Business (1 comment)
My word, there was alot of people in Auckland for the Pacific islands Forum.And no, nobody in China or the US cares too much about the Rugby World Cup. Even if Murray McCully really does think the whole world cares ,.My bet, the very large areas around the Pacific ... keep reading
Written by Vicki B in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting, Appointments (1 comment)
Animal abuse is a widespread phenomenon from Canada to Mexico to India and back. In fact, it is so widespread that there are no accurate statistics to denounce how many animals suffer at the hand of man. In fact, most abuse or neglect cases go un-reported. This is partially because ... keep reading
Written by Amy Lizee/environment911 in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting
Coal Action Network Aotearoa has condemned the decision to grant resource consent for the 200 hectare mine on the Denniston Plateau, inland from Westport, saying New Zealand doesn't need to mine more coal.Consent has been given for a massive new open cast coal mine on conservation land on ... keep reading
Written by celsias in August 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Air Quality, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Finance & Money, greenhouse gas, Health, Industry & Business, mining
Automaker BMW is to power its Leipzig, Germany, factory using wind power alone.The company plans to build four turbines at the Leipzig facility that should provide the necessary energy by 2013. BMW said that it hopes the plant can become an example of green best practice for its other ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2011, about Air Quality, Branding, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Corporate Citizenship, Design, Green energy, Industry & Business
Just when you think a good idea can’t get any better… Kiva, the king of micro lending websites, recently launchedKiva Green Loans. Green Loans allows Kiva lenders to find businesses and individuals transitioning to cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. The energy saving theme includes recycling, re-purposing used ... keep reading
Written by Raegan Payne in August 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Fairtrade, Farming, Finance & Money, Food, Innovation, Poverty & Development
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