The rising number of fat people was yesterday blamed for global warming. By Ben Jackson Scientists warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production – a major cause of CO2 gas emissions warming the planet. Overweight people are also more likely to drive, adding to environmental damage. Dr Phil Edwards, of the London […]
Archive | April, 2009
E.P.A. to Clear the Way for Regulation of Warming Gases
By John M. Broder The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that threaten public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that for the first time in the United States will regulate the gases blamed for global warming. The E.P.A. said the science […]
Green Stimulus Money Costs More Jobs Than It Creates, Study Shows
By Josiah Ryan Every “green job†created with government money in Spain over the last eight years came at the cost of 2.2 regular jobs, and only one in 10 of the newly created green jobs became a permanent job, says a new study released this month. The study draws parallels with the green jobs […]
Environmental Debate Heats up
 Validity of global warming questioned By James H. Shott Proponents of man-made global warming say that burning fossil fuels to produce electricity, power manufacturing processes and fuel motor vehicles is seriously harming the environment. However recent evidence shows that to be a flawed theory. Data shows that the earth cooled last year rather than […]