Monthly Archives: May 2016
Portugal Powered For Four Days Straight Entirely By Renewable Energy | IFLScience : Another breakthrough for solar energy. America, let’s get going on our renewable energy transition so that we do not fall behind.
Humans damaging the environment faster than it can recover, UN finds | Environment | The Guardian : We live in a beautiful,wonderful world; it’s time to wake up and start acting right.
Big Oil Could Have Cut CO2 Emissions In 1970s — But Did Nothing: Companies knew about the risks of climate change and but acted to protect themselves rather than the public.
Tens of Thousands Take Part in Global Actions Targeting World’s Most Dangerous Fossil Fuel Projects : Time to Break Free from the current energy paradigm that is locking the planet into a future of catastroph ic climate change.
World’s smallest porpoise on verge of extinction because of are gillnets, a widespread type of non-selective gear that has depleted several species of importance
Volkswagen’s biggest independent shareholder is taking the company to court for cheating on a emission testing
Solar-powered Mistbox air conditioner uses biomimicry to reduce energy usage
”Largest ever’ global civil disobedience against fossil fuels
Solar and Wind: 2015: Solar and wind outpace fossil fuel for new electric generation.
In 2015, two-thirds of the country’s new electric generation capacity came from solar and wind. Last year was the second-straight year in which wind and solar projects outpaced fossil fuel. Wind and Solar Outpaced Fossil Fuels Again Even in Republican-Led States Fighting Climate Action http://ecowatch.com/2016/05/06/renewables-outpace-fossil-fuels/
Solar: Some utilities are opposing solar. It’s all about money.
Interesting article about net metering, community solar, and the interests of utilities and solar installers.
Solar Energy War: Utilities Set Their Sights on Rooftop Solar By Fox Business
Puppy mills: Las Vegas passes ordinance banning the sale of animals from puppy mills.
In January, the city of Las Vegas passed an ordinance to ban the sale of animals from puppy mills and other animal mills. This is part of a nationwide movement to pass laws in cities and states in order to prevent the suffering of animals that come from a network of factories, called animal Mills, that over breed animals, keep them in poor conditions and then ship them around the country – often sick or defective, to sell them for profit like products on a shelf.
Puppy Mills: Puppy mills should be shut down and the sale of their animals banned.
Puppy mills exist to profit on the suffering of animals. There are tens of thousands of puppy mills around the country. Animals are kept in substandard conditions. HSUS has documented that 40% of puppies who come from puppy mills suffer from illnesses and 34% have congenital defects.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/shut-down-puppy-mills_b_9692722.html
Puppy Mills: Nationwide effort to ban the sale of puppy mill puppies from pet stores. Read about activity in California.
Carlsbad to revisit ‘puppy mill’ issue SanDiegoUnionTribune.com
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/24/carlsbad-to-revisit-puppy-mill-issue/