Run Your Car on a Quart Of Water

You can’t have failed to notice the rising gas prices. Even if you haven’t got a car you’ll have had your ear chewed off by all the people you get rides from about how expensive it is to run a car. “These things don’t run on water, you know!” they say. But they’re... 

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Proper Disposal Of Consumer Electronics Is Important

When you think about consumer electronics, you may think of equipment you use every day; like televisions, mobile phones and personal computers. What you may not even consider is that each year, the United States alone generates almost 3 million tons of commodity and electronic waste (or e-waste) through... 

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How to Promote Interest in Environmental Causes by Using Custom T Shirts

Corporations and individuals are doing more to protect the environment, but it is still not enough. The natural world is in a state of crisis that calls for action. If you are concerned about environmental causes, you can use custom T shirts to get people more interested. One thing you will want... 

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What Can Brazil Teach The U.S. About Ethanol?

Over 1200 people turned up on June 5th in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the “Ethanol Summit” – billed as the world’s first ethanol “congress.” Among them was CNBC’s own Global Energy Expert, Daniel Yergin, who, as one of the keynoters, was charged with delivering the... 

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Increas your Home’s Efficiency by Eliminating Air Exchange

The majority of the population are living in homes who’s energy efficiency is very poor and it is costing them money and hurting our environment. Over 21% of all the carbon dioxide pollution in the U.S. comes from energy used in homes. Most of that carbon dioxide is created by your local “dirty”... 

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Russia Attracting More Western Companies

Where’s Russia headed? One good place to get an answer was the just-concluded St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which followed the strained G-8 meeting in Germany. According to Russian Economics Minister German Gref, upwards of 10,000 people from over 60 countries participated in the... 

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Thinking Through Recycling Myths

Recycling is one of the things people think of first when they think about being environmentally friendly. In some ways that’s a pity, as reduce and reuse really should come first, but recycling is nonetheless important, and one of the easiest for the government to encourage both individuals and... 

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Texas Considers Alternative Fuels In The Face of Oil Prices: A Run-Down of Choices

The dramatic rise in oil prices over the past few years has generated a lot of attention for alternative fuels and alternatively powered vehicles. Environmentalists hail it as the beginning of a revolution and a natural consequence of using non-renewable resources with abandon. The public health benefits... 

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Water, Water Everywhere: Bottled Water Choices In Texas

“Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink,” or so the saying goes. Texas knows this well, with large swaths subject to extreme heat and drought inland, and non-potable salt water down in the Gulf. There may be water, but no one can drink it without treating it first. East Texas is... 

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Are You Falling for Green Consumerism?

It’s a wonderful time to decide to be more environmentally friendly in your buying decisions. There are many products available and the prices are getting better. But where people often fall short of their green goals is in really thinking about the environment. Do you really need to make that... 

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