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Simmons - who has written 26 posts on Environmental Graffiti.
Politically moderate leaning a little to the left. Also blogs at http://thoughtsonglobalwarming.blogspot.com
Report: Weather Disasters Have Increased 400%
Weather related disasters have increased 4-fold since 1980, according to a report published by Oxfam on Sunday. Oxfam attributed the increase to global
Continue reading...Termite Guts: Our Energy Future?
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Could termites be humanity’s answer to the quest for efficient biofuels? According to researchers at the Department of Energy, they may be. Enzymes in the stomachs of termites are overflowing with
Continue reading...Ship Emissions Cause 60,000 Deaths a Year
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Simmons blogs at Thoughts on Global Warming. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! Emissions from ships cause 60,000 deaths a year from heart and lung-related cancers, according to a report published in the journal of the American Chemical Society. “For a long time there’s [...]
Continue reading...France and U.K. to Propose Lower Taxes on Green Goods
Monday, October 29, 2007
Simmons blogs at Thoughts on Global Warming. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! France and Britain will propose a reduced rate value added tax (VAT) on green goods, the European Commission said on Friday. “Discussions haven’t started yet on a political level. It’s going [...]
Continue reading...Expert: Biofuels a “Crime Against Humanity”
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Simmons blogs at Thoughts on Global Warming. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! The UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, said this week he considers biofuels a “crime against humanity” and that he fears biofuels would only bring more [...]
Continue reading...Global Warming Acid Attack
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Simmons blogs at Thoughts on Global Warming. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! The increasing acidity of the world’s oceans will endanger one-third of all marine life, according to a new report released by ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies. As oceans [...]
Continue reading...China’s Environmental “Dam”-nation
Monday, October 15, 2007
Simmons blogs at Thoughts on Global Warming. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! China’s communist government is relocating at least 4 million people from the Three Gorges Dam reservoir area, allegedly to protect the area’s “ecological safety”. The Three Gorges Dam is the largest [...]
Continue reading...Iron Fertilization: “Give me half a tanker of iron and I’ll give you the next ice age.”
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Simmons blogs at Thoughts on Global Warming. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! What if, to prevent global warming, humanity fertilized the ocean with iron? That is the question scientists will be discussing at an international Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution conference from September [...]
Continue reading...New Solar Plane Breaks Unmanned Plane Record
Friday, September 14, 2007
Simmons blogs at Thoughts on Global Warming. If you feel like writing for us, drop us an email! London – An unmanned solar-powered aircraft that soared for 54 hours more than 50,000 feet above New Mexico may hold the record for unmanned flight, defense research company QinetiQ announced [...]
Continue reading...5 Deadliest Effects of Global Warming
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Global Warming effects Green house gases stay can stay in the atmosphere for an amount of years ranging from decades to hundreds and thousands of years. No matter what we do, global warming is going to have some effect on Earth. Here are the 5 deadliest effects of [...]
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Monday, November 26, 2007
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