Category Archives: Ecosystem

G8 makes scant progress on Copenhagen climate pact

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

A G8 summit made scant progress toward a new U.N. climate treaty due to be agreed in December with some nations back-pedaling on promises of new action even before the end of a meeting in Italy. a new U.N. climate … Continue reading →

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Tires Made of Oil from Orange Peels

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Tire manufacturer Yokohama is now selling a model made with 80 percent non-petroleum material, substituting orange oil as the primary ingredient to make vulcanized rubber.Orange oil is considered sustainable because it is produced from a renewable resource. The same philosophy … Continue reading →

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Great Barrier Reef will be gone in 20 years

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Charlie Veron, former chief scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, told The Times: “There is no way out, no loopholes. The Great Barrier Reef will be over within 20 years or so.” Once carbon dioxide had hit the … Continue reading →

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The World We Avoided by Protecting the Ozone Layer

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

These mapss are from the interesting and thought provoking article NASA published.Click here to read the story.

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