Dec

28

Time to make your environmental concerns heard

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 28, 2007 | 4 Comments

The 2008 presidential race officially begins next week with the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primaries, so it soon will be time for voters to choose candidates they feel best represent their views, including environmental policies.
With all of the “green” efforts going on throughout the country while gaining greater attention through both the mainstream [...]

Dec

14

Illinois has potential to be wind farm “hotbed”

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Despite high property tax rates and a varying bureaucratic process that could make getting the proper licenses difficult at best, it appears that the state of Illinois is poised to become one of the “hotbeds” of the wind farm/renewable energy effort.
Over 100 wind farm developers and local government officials gathered recently in Peoria to discuss [...]

Dec

10

Albert Gore accepts the Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Former Vice President Albert Gore claimed his Nobel Peace Prize Monday and reiterated his call for governments and citizens to heed the call to take effective action to stop global warming and protect the environment.
The award ceremony was held in Oslo, Norway and Gore spoke forcefully on how the United States and China are not [...]

Dec

7

U.S. Senate to vote on greenhouse gas emissions bill in 2008

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Next year the U.S. Senate will be voting on a bill designed to establish new greenhouse gas emission limits that will be adjusted every year after 2012. It is described as a “cap-and-trade program” that will allow utilities and industries to receive allowances if they stay under the gap, or have the ability to sell [...]

Dec

5

Indonesian islands in danger of being wiped out due to climate change

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

One of the more startling relevations coming from this week’s conference on climate change in Bali is that some Indonesian scientists believe that some of the 17,000 islands in the region could be completely swept up by the sea by the year 2035 if steps aren’t taken to reduce rising sea levels that are caused [...]

Dec

4

Large wind farm project to be developed in Oregon

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A wind farm project that is expected to be the largest in the Pacific Northwest could generate enough electricity (909 megawatts) to power 225,000 homes.
The Shepherd’s Flat wind farm will be built along the Columbia River along Oregon’s Gilliam and Morrow counties and would include over 303 wind turbines, with some over 500 feet in [...]

Dec

3

Political change to drive climate change

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Senator John F. Kerry (D-Massachusetts) has co-written a piece where he talks about how the only real way to move forward in the drive to recognize and react to climate change is to change the way the politics (and politicians) on this subject is viewed.
He cites an example of how Australia’s John Howard was the [...]