Archive for the 'Environment' Category

Kyoto. K-Y-O-TO Kyoto.

The Kyoto agreement; a way to allow market forces help us clean up the environment by buying and selling credits to cover a country’s ability to pollute.  There’s a certain genius in the concept; it creates revenue centers for things that were previously part of the tragedy of the commons, but there are also pitfalls.  [...]

“Dad, can we turn the thermostat down?”

Global warming has been a subject of debate for many years. However only recently has it returned to the forefront of public debate. The fact is, things have been getting a bit odd the last few years, scientifically speaking. Storms have been getting worse and summer heat waves have been more intense. Glaciers are melting [...]