Spying on the environment, C.I.A. style
Environment spy. Now that sounds like an amazing job. Spending your days examining images from spy satellites, holding clandestine meetings with scientists. What’s the Arctic up to now? We’re watching you, rainforests.
What I just described isn’t an idea for a new “green” James Bond, it’s actually happening. C.I.A. spies and top environmental scientists are working together to monitor climate change around the world using the
“You in” for green kindness?
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The end of the year is a traditional time for giving back to
the community. This year, Yahoo! encourages you to spread the word about your
good deeds through the new “You In?” campaign. Tell the world what great, green
acts of kindness you’ve done recently and encourage others to join in.
The project is happening at http://kindness.yahoo.com/ — on this
site, you can type in a status message
Study says algae biofuel has dirty life dycle
Algae has seemed like a great biofuel candidate because it’s extremely efficent at creating energy from sunlight and it could potentially form closed loops for power plants – absorbing exhaust while creating new fuel — but a recent study has knocked algae off its pedestal.
University of Virginia researchers have found that the life cycle of algal biofuel produces high levels of greenhouse gas emissions — much more
