April 27th, 2009
Nigel Barker, renowned photographer joined The Humane Society of the United States, HSUS, Protect Seals team and more than 100 advocates from the D.C. area at the Canadian Embassy for a rally against Canada’s annual slaughter of seal pups for the fur trade. He used his photographic skills to capture the beauty of Canada’s harp [...]
April 10th, 2009
A narrow ice bridge connecting Charcot Island and Latady Island—the last remnant of the northern part of Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf—broke apart in early this month. Earth Observatory has some startling photo-like images, which show the break-up of the ice bridge.The ice bridge had been the last intact portion of the northern edge of the [...]
April 30th, 2008
It was one of the dumbest “green” ideas ever proposed: Convert millions of acres of cropland into fields for growing ethanol
from corn, then burn fossil fuels to harvest the ethanol, expending more energy to extract the fuel than you get from the fuel itself! Meanwhile, sit back and proclaim you’ve achieved a monumental green victory [...]