Stock Value Makes The Politics Of BP’s Gusher Local – Far From The Gulf
Recent BP stock performance. Image credit: Yahoo finance.
This post is a one sentence reality check for readers focused on environmental ethics and oil poisoned marine life in the Gulf of Mexico. From Cleveland.com: “Ohio’s five public retirement systems and the state’s injured worker fund have lost $177 million in value on BP stoc…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Calf Head Stomping Dairy Farmer Exposed, Gets Charged With 12 Counts of Animal Cruelty (Video)
Scroll down for for the actual video. Be aware the ‘disturbing images’ warning at the start of it is no joke.
In the midst of the all oil spill all the time coverage out there, you may have missed this truly horrific story of systematic animal cruelty perpetrated at Conklin Dairy Farms in Ohio. Mercy For Animals ran an undercover investigation into what was going on at the dairy and came away with some of the most disturbing footage …Read the full story on TreeHugger
First Freshwater Offshore Wind Farm in US Planned for Lake Erie
photo: Andy S-D via flickr
The potential for developing offshore wind power in the Great Lakes has been something touted for some time now, and has now moved one step closer to reality. GE and the non-profit Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation have <a href="http://www…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Ohio Growing Its Economy, Adding Jobs, With Green ‘Goesintas’
Wind turbine bearing manufactured at Timken Corportation, Tyger River, SC plant, from steel produced in Canton, Ohio. Image credit:Ohio.com
What is a green goesinta? Colloquially, it might be a wire or pipe that feeds ‘into’ something: as in bio-diesel blend ‘goes into’ the truck from the pump. Of course, only the biodiesel component of the blend is the ‘goesinta’ in this example. But it makes the vehicle and it’s owner ‘greener:’ hence it is the first green piece in the value chain. In the professional world, ‘g…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Yellow Power: Making Hydrogen From Pee
Instructions for using a urine separating toilet in Sweden
We do go on about the benefits of urine separating toilets, and how we have to redesign our plumbing systems to scale up dry composting and pee separation. It is a valuable resource because of the phosphorus, is sterile and easy to manage, and there is really no reason to mix it all up. Now we have another great reason to convert to urine separating toilets: It might become a great source of hydrogen.
Currently we get almost all of our hydrogen from steam reforming of natural gas, so it is…Read the full story on TreeHugger
ShadePlex Fabric Solar Panels Provide Flexibility and Fun
Image via: ShadePlex
Sounds like something little suzie homemaker would come up with – put fabric on solar panels and offer different colors so customers will like them for their aesthetic appeal. Actually, maybe this idea isn’t too far off the mark as many cus…Read the full story on TreeHugger
The Cincinnati Streetcar: Making the Case with Numbers (Video)
Image credit: Get Sick Productions
All too often I find advocacy for green or environmental projects lags somewhat behind protest against less green initiatives. After all, it’s relatively easy to win eyeballs by climbing on corporate roofs to expose toxins in computers , and somewhat harder to make the case for integrated mass transportation or other positive steps forward. (Having …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Ohio Edison to Re-Power Coal Plant With Renewable Biomass
photo: Asea_ via flickr
The EPA has announced that Ohio Edison (a subsidiary of First Energy Corp.) has agreed to re-power one of its coal-fired power plants with renewable biomass. The move is expected to <a href=”http://www.treehugger.com/files/2…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Weasel Word Watch: Tire & Trash Burners Lobby For “Renewable” Status
Scrap tire stockpile. Image credit:En-Tek
It might be efficient to unlock the energy in old tires, which are, after all, derived from petroleum. It might be relatively non-polluting to recover heat from burning tire bits if adequate emission controls are deployed. But, who would propose a law defining something made from petroleum as “renewable?” Some Ohio State legislators did, apparently. …