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- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 16, 2011
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Oil vs. natural gas for home heating
Natural gas is both cheaper and has lower carbon emissions than oil, though it is still a fossil fuel and its green-friendliness is overstated.
Natural gas is both cheaper and has lower carbon emissions than oil, though it is still a fossil fuel and its green-friendliness is overstated.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jun 21, 2011
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Annual 'Hands Across the Sand' gathering to oppose drilling: Sat., June 25
Join hands to say "no" to oil and coal, and "yes" to clean energy solutions.
Join hands to say "no" to oil and coal, and "yes" to clean energy solutions.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, May 23, 2011
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Coming to America: Tar sands oil from Canada?
Controversy over possibly building a pipeline for tar sands oil from Canada into the US.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, May 9, 2011
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Join the Tampa Bay Food Revolution Home & Garden Challenge
Volunteers will be gathering at five different locations in Tampa Bay to plant community vegetable gardens
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 6, 2011
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Shrooms to replace Styrofoam?: New mushroom-based material could replace petroleum-based foams
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Apr 4, 2011
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EarthTalk: Can Japan do without nuclear energy?
Japan would be hard pressed to close all of its 54 nuclear reactors anytime soon, especially given that these plants provide over a third of the nation’s electricity supply and 11 percent of its total energy needs.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 27, 2011
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The Green Community week in review: Solar PV screen for smart phones, Royal Wedding charity fund, breaking our oil addiction and more
Read what you might have missed last week in CL's Green Community.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 22, 2011
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Breaking America's addiction to oil and coal with clean energy alternatives
Many people want to find a way to combat high gas prices, but when foreign countries control the price of oil per barrel, there is little that can be done in the marketplace aside from using clean energy alternatives.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Mar 10, 2011
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U.S. Dept. of Energy announces new biofuel to replace gasoline
This method of converting woody plants straight into isobutanol is cost effective and will provide an alternative to depending on oil to fuel our vehicles.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 25, 2011
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Must-click links: Charlie Sheen, Obama in 2007, Climate-gate, new Kanye West, Gervais helps out Franco and Hathaway and much more …
Must-Click Links of the Day is a collection of (mostly random) movie and news links we hope will peak your interest and spark discussion. Send your suggestions for the next day’s post to anthonynicholas2@gmail.com. Have a great weekend, everyone!
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 22, 2011
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Top 10 household items used as masturbatory aids
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 18, 2011
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EarthTalk: One million electric vehicles on the road by 2015?
Will Barack Obama's call for one million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015 be realized? Some predict there could be as many as 14 million on the road by 2020.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 14, 2011
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Florida politicians rally with activists for ban on offshore drilling
If the legislation is passed, Florida will permanently be declared a drill-free state. Oil rigs will be banned within three miles of the Atlantic coast and 10 miles of the Gulf Coast.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Feb 9, 2011
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Bipartisan press event in Tallahassee calls for ban on near shore drilling
The Florida Wildlife Federation will host the event to call for the amendment of the Florida Constitution to incorporate a ban on drilling in near shore waters. This includes three miles into the Atlantic Ocean and 10 miles into the Gulf of Mexico.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 26, 2011
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Surfrider Foundation is at it again: "No new offshore drilling"
The Surfrider Foundation hopes for the government to establish a permanent ban on all new offshore drilling activities with the passage of legislation.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 26, 2011
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Clean energy goals in Obama's State of the Union address
He called this our "Sputnik moment" (referring to the space race against the Soviets in 1950) and claimed that Congress would be provided with a budget authorized for, "investing in biomedical research, IT and especially clean energy technology."
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Jan 5, 2011
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Deepwater drilling resumes in the Gulf of Mexico
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 27, 2010
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EarthTalk: The controversy over "fracking" for natural gas
Fracking, shorthand for “hydraulic fracturing,” involves blasting millions of gallons of water, sand and hazardous chemicals at high-pressure into sub-surface rock formations to create fractures that facilitate the flow of recoverable oil or gas. It has come under serious attack of late due to fears about contaminated drinking water and other threats to public health.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 19, 2010
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The Green Community week in review: Gulf seafood testing, Florida's threatened black bear population, COP16 'head in the sand' protest and more
Read what you might have missed last week in CL's Green Community.
- Blogs, Daily Loaf, Dec 15, 2010
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Where has all the oil gone? Even more updates on the BP spill from USF's Marine Science department
Three professors from USF's Marine Science department explained about the oil circulation pattern, the sea life death toll and where all of the oil may have gone to.
