Category Archives: Environment
Climate Summit Opens in Mexico
The United Nations’ 16th conference on climate change opens today in Cancun, Mexico. Representatives from 194 countries are scheduled to attend, although as this UPI story notes, expectations for a binding international climate treaty are low. The meeting takes place … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Feature, Mexico, News, South America
Tagged cancun, climate, cop-16, Environment
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World Surf Day June 20
International Surfing Day is fast approaching. On June 20, surfers all over the world will paddle out to celebrate that thing which makes our lives different, and a little better, than our land-bound neighbors. International Surfing Day is a synthetic … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Feature, Global Surf Links, News
Tagged international surfing day, isd, world surf
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Active Hurricane Season Forecast
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has forecast an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season this year. Forecasters are calling for 14 to 23 named storms in the 2010 hurricane season. An average year would only see 11 named storms (with top winds … Continue reading
Posted in Atlantic, Caribbean, Environment, Feature, Global Weather, News, North America
Tagged cyclones, hurricanes, storms
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Plastiki Sails South
Just a couple of updates from the Plastiki crew. The vessel recently made landfall at Christmas Island, Kiribati, about 230 kilometers north of the Equator and almost 7000 kms from their destination of Sydney. The vessel and crew appear to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Feature, Kiribati, News, Pacific
Tagged garbage patch pacific, gpgp, plastiki voyage
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Plastiki Is Underway
The Plastiki, the catamaran made out of recycled plastic, set sail from San Francisco Bay 10 days ago. After four years of preparation, the 60-foot catamaran finally cast off her lines at a Sausalito pier, passed below the Golden Gate … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Feature, News, Pacific
Tagged eco stunts, garbage patch, gpgp, Pacific
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Chile’s Endangered Coast
On the morning of February 27, 2010 residents of Santiago were thrown from their beds as an 8.8 tremblor rocked the Chilean capitol. The epicenter of the earthquake was later placed about five miles west of Curanipe, Chile, or about … Continue reading
Posted in Chile, Environment, Feature, News, Pacific, South America, Video
Tagged coal, disaster, paper plant, quake, tsunami
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Hope After Copenhagen?
A month after the failed climate talks in Copenhagen, the news cycle has shifted to more entertaining topics. Underwear bombers, bank bonuses and the ongoing train wreck of the economy have dominated US news channels. Yet the issues that led … Continue reading
There Is No Planet B
As developing nations threaten to walk out of the climate talks in Copenhagen, street protesters seemed to be the only ones with a sense of urgency about the warming planet. An estimated 40,000 protesters took to the streets in Copenhagen, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Europe, Feature, News
Tagged climate, copenhagen, Environment, protest
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Tuvalu Calls For Real Climate Treaty
Midway through the third day of climate talks in Copenhagen, tiny Tuvalu has derailed the Kyoto track of the talks by demanding more ambitious carbon limits set into a legally binding treaty. “My prime minister and many other heads of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Feature, Indian Ocean, News, Pacific
Tagged bbc, climate, cop15, copenhagen
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an environmental problem of truly global proportions. Like many of our more persistent environmental issues, this vortex of trash has thousands — or millions — of causes and no easy solutions. Like many of … Continue reading