
Big Tree Climate Fund Cool new stuff: Organic, compostable insulation and shipping packaging made from mushroom roots (mycelium). 24 yr old inventors win NREL growth forum.
Source: www.nrel.gov
Judges mark their scorecards after an entrepreneur's presentation at the 22nd Industry Growth Forum. The forum featured 32 competitive presentations by start-up companies seeking financing. The judges were from private investment and clean energy firms.Credit: Pat Corkery

Big Tree Climate Fund Great pics and interesting articles
Source: www.treehugger.com
10 Week Old Oil Spill's Rig is Now On Fire In mid August 2009, we noted that an oil rig of the NW coast of Australia had sprung a leak. A rather bad leak that was expected to take

Big Tree Climate Fund An interesting macro look at energy wasted in the US and the opportunity for efficiency savings
Source: www.grist.org
Any increase in our efficiency of energy conversion is implicitly a reduction in our energy waste.

Big Tree Climate Fund A new study: US could reduce its greenhouse emissions by 8% in next 10 yrs if Americans undertook a short list of behavioral changes, like...
Source: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
A new study says the United States could reduce its greenhouse emissions by nearly 8 percent in the next decade if Americans undertook a short list of behavioral changes.

Big Tree Climate Fund Obama Orders Federal Agencies to Set Targets to Reduce Agency Emissions
Source: www.bigtreeclimatefund.com
Carbon offsets and reforestation projects.

Big Tree Climate Fund Experts: crucial in making progress on climate is convincing the public of threat of climate change. Public support is a must.
Source: www.reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - The public needs to be convinced about the threat of climate change so governments are under pressure to adopt strong policies and extend a U.N. pact to fight climate change in Copenhagen

Big Tree Climate Fund 4 reasons why Americans are less concerned about climate change. Weigh in. Has your opinion changed?
Source: www.bigtreeclimatefund.com
Carbon offsets and reforestation projects.

Big Tree Climate Fund Obama will announce $3.4 billion in spending projects to modernize the nation’s electric power system

Big Tree Climate Fund Beautiful photo of the rare Iberian wolf

Big Tree Climate Fund Organic agriculture can sequester a large amount of greenhouse gases. Inspiring article...
Source: www.organicconsumers.org
"Let us not talk falsely now, for the hour is getting late." Bob Dylan, "All Along the Watchtower" * * *

Big Tree Climate Fund Biofuels: not the answer. Studies show that even 2nd generation biofuels will lead to deforestation.
Source: www.carbonpositive.net
The case against biofuels as a climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels has grown after the release of a number of studies over the past week into their adverse land-use impacts.A study published in ...

Big Tree Climate Fund Fewer Americans view global warming as problem... Odd since evidence of it is mounting.
Source: www.environmentalleader.com
About 35 percent of Americans see global warming as a very serious problem, down from about 44 percent in April of 2008, according to a new consumer survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. About 57 percent of the 1,500 adults surveyed from Sept. 30 through Oct.

Big Tree Climate Fund The Dept of Energy awards $24 million to 3 Universities for wind power research
Source: tinyurl.com
DOE announced on October 15 its selection of three university-led wind energy research facilities to receive $24 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds over the next two years. Located ...

Big Tree Climate Fund Vaclav Smil on many of the BIG issues we are facing. A long video but very interesting.
Source: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
A longtime student of global risk says humans are both Wile E. Coyote, over the cliff, and the ultimate escape artist.

Big Tree Climate Fund Methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more potent than CO2, shown escaping from oil and gas storage facilities by infrared cameras. An example of "fugitive" emissions, a large source of greenhouse gases.
Source: www.youtube.com
Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is escaping in vast volumes from oil and gas fields in the United States, Russia and other countries. Some companies have found that investments in capturing the emissions quickly pay off in sales of the fuel. ...

















