Posted on January 5, 2010 by craigbaird
The Land Down Under was always hot, but now it is getting as hot as, well, another land way down under, as in Hell. In new data released this week, it was found that Australia just experienced its hottest decade ever recorded and with that decade came more dust storms, wild fires, heat waves and [...]
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Posted on December 30, 2009 by craigbaird
The message about species conservation has been around since at least the mid-1970s, but it appears that we still are not learning from our mistakes. The year 2009 is a case in point. Several endangered species became much more endangered due to the actions of humans, including tigers, polar bears, elephants and rhinos. As we [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by craigbaird
Time Magazine recently called the first decade of the 21st century the Decade From Hell, well it turns out they are right in more ways than one. While this decade saw two long wars, economic collapse and more, it also got really hot, hot as hell in fact!
In a recently released report, global temperatures from [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2009 by craigbaird
In another great move from China, which is trying to position itself as a leader for the environment in the future, the government has announced it will crack down on any investment projects that did not follow strict environmental rules. The country has made the decision to crack down on environmental problems in engineering and construction [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by craigbaird
Tigers are one of the most beautiful and respected animals on Earth. From Tigger to Tony, they are a part of our culture and while they may stay in our cartoons forever, they may disappear from the Earth within our lifetimes. The world’s population of tigers is declining incredibly fast, even as conservationists work to [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by craigbaird
In an effort to increase business during the recession, and to reward those who are eco-friendly, a German brothel (prostitution is legal in Berlin) is offering discounts to customers who show up on pedal bikes. The owner, Thomas Goetz, felt that it was a better option for the environment and a solution to the problem [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2009 by craigbaird
New Zealand is considered to be one of the most environmentally progressive nations in the world and they live up to that reputation with their recent announcement to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by a further 10 to 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
While most countries are wrestling with reducing their emissions by 20 [...]
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Posted on July 16, 2009 by craigbaird
First, I should apologize for the delay in posts. I have been away for a few weeks but am ready to get right back into the blogging frame of mind.
We all know that global warming is a serious threat and we all need to do what we can to fight global warming so that we [...]
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Posted on June 4, 2009 by craigbaird
In a startling study on EcoWordly.com, it was stated that 25 percent of the largest terrestrial migrations have stopped due to changes to landscapes caused by humans, and by habitat loss. Even worse, it is theorized in the study that migrations, all of them, could disappear and take the animals that migrate with them.
With a [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2009 by craigbaird
While the United States has led the way with some excellent initiatives around the world, including protecting areas of their land, protecting species and helping other countries do the same, they are a bit odd in other cases. One of these was when I was watching The Daily Show a few days ago and some [...]
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