While the site of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico might have been declared legally dead less than a week ago, the fishing industry along the Gulf Coast is still struggling to survive.
A team of U.S. and Swiss scientists have successfully created technology that can turn solar energy to a usable liquid form of fuel. Researchers say that the method used is similar to the way that plants photosynthesize the sun’s energy to create fuel.
Even with the failure of the United States Congress to pass a climate bill earlier this year, the federal government will still be able to control the country’s contributions to climate change.
A program that had been established five years ago by the North Dakota Farmers’ Union (NDFU) to issue carbon credits to farmers has been left without the necessary funds thanks to the failure of the U.S. Congress to pass a climate bill this year.
In spite of the reports and studies that have shown that the American Power Act will not only help the environment, but also help create as many as 200,000 new jobs, critics from both sides of the political spectrum aren’t passing up any opportunities to trash the bill.
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference that was held in Copenhagen, Denmark last year set achievable standards for countries around the globe to reduce their carbon emissions and help curb greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere.