Amazon taking steps to improve Sustainability

Amazon Green provides online shoppers a wide selection sustainable options for items commonly bought online. In addition to Amazon Green, Amazon has implemented a series of steps in order to improve overall sustainability in its operations. These include frustration-free packaging, reduced packaging waste, environmentally friendly packaging, and their Earth Kaizens program. Frustration-Free Packaging Amazon Frustration-Free…

The Battle Against Coal

According to data provided by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Environmental Integrity reports reveal that carbon dioxide emissions from US power plants rose over 5% last year. The top ten emitting states, from high to low, are Texas, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri. One thing most of these states…

SolarCity, Sees Bright Future

SolarCity, is one of the leading providers of residential solar systems in the Bay Area. The company was founded in 2006 by brothers Lyndon and Peter Rive. Currently they have completed and are working on more than 10,000 solar projects and are expanding to the East Coast. The company has grown to more than 1,000…

U.N. Official Warns, Climate Change Drives Instability

The United Nations’ top climate change official said on Tuesday that food shortages and rising prices caused by climate disruptions were among the chief contributors to the civil unrest coursing through North Africa and the Middle East. In a speech to Spanish lawmakers and military leaders, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations climate…

The Top 10 Largest National Parks

There are so many beautiful national parks throughout the United States. From Maine to Florida and Seattle to San Diego, these parks each have unique and magnificent attributes that make them special, including their size. As it happens the largest seven parks are all in Alaska. Take a quick look below to learn more about…

Energy that Stinks!

Last week the city of Escondido announced the official start-up of the first renewable energy project in California to purify wastewater biogas so that it meets state standards for natural gas delivered to homes and businesses. The city of Escondido’s Hale Avenue Resource Recovery Facility is the test site of an innovative new pressure swing adsorption…

E.P.A. Questioned by House Republicans

Wednesday Congressional Republicans convened by the energy and power subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to review the economic impact of pending limits on carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. But much of the discussion focused instead on whether climate science supports the agency’s finding that greenhouse gases are a threat to health…