Moving the green agenda forward is difficult enough without misinformation clouding issues. Fortunately there are organizations like Consumer Reports WebWatch and the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). Full Frontal Scrutiny is a new joint project between these two organizations that aims to shine a light on front groups — organizations that state a particular […]
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Switzerland Tops Environmental Index, US Lags
My friend Christoph will be pleased: Switzerland scored top marks among 149 countries measured in six environmental areas including air pollution, water quality and how they control industrial pollution, according to the 2008 Environmental Performance Index released at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Maybe its the way they handle ‘trash’. Sadly, my […]
Do You Know How Much Water You Really Use?
Enter the H2O Calculator at http://www.h2oconserve.org/, a project of ICCR, GRACE, Food & Water Watch, and the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future. “Water scarcity is a growing problem throughout the US and abroad, and it is crucial that individuals and communities make efforts to conserve and protect this precious resource. H2O conserve […]
Zerofootprint Gets Calculated About Climate Change
“It’s hard to tell, at first glance, whether Zerofootprint is a serious business or a feel-good environmental action group. The answer, easily discovered before long, is that it is likely both…the company as two separate entities: A non-profit umbrella group, the Zerofootprint Foundation, and separate for-profit arms that handle building out the calculator for cities […]
Two Degrees of Separation
Treehugger looks into the people behind the ‘non-partisan’ Stats.Org finding it to be “…a front designed to confuse the public about science, operated by an extremist conservative think tank.” Sourcewatch by the Center for Media and Democracy is a great resource if you want to do a ‘connecting the dots’ excercise of your own.
Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data
Wired reports that “Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com, will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and access to the data will be free for all. The project, known as Palimpsest and previewed to the scientific community at […]
Going Green a Boon to Business
“Businesses, governments and NGOs are laying the foundations for the world’s first sustainable global economy, the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute says in an uncommonly upbeat State of the World report for 2008.” More… Briefing by WWI: Jan 30th: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5563