Our latest story on EcoWorld concerns global warming. It’s only with some trepidation we post stories questioning the conventional wisdom about global warming – regarding either the cause or the eventual severity. EcoWorld has posted numerous feature stories with contrarian perspectives; Recycling, DDT, Nuclear Power, and GMO’s, to name some. In those articles points were [...]

A BIODIESEL ENTREPRENEUR’S CHECKLIST FOR ANYONE CONSIDERING ENTERING THIS INFANT INDUSTRY

Access to year-round water can greatly
increase yields of biodiesel feedstock

Editor’s Note: Growing biofuel, whether it’s biodiesel or bioethanol, whether it’s jatropha or sugar cane, is not easy. Like many emerging clean technologies, biofuel production is a challenging, knowledge-intensive enterprise in an emerging industry. [...]

A massive, newly calved “tabular” iceberg breaks
loose into the Weddell Sea to meet its destiny

Editor’s Note: It’s hard to publish anything that might challenge theories of global warming – either the severity of it or the cause. We’ve published several essays with contrarian perspectives; DDT, Nuclear Power, GMO’s and Recycling, to name a few. [...]

Today is Earth Day, and right here in Sacramento U.S. President Bush is going to make an appearance at the California Fuel Cell Partnership – a depot of experimental fuel cell cars sponsored by a consortium of automakers, located just west of Sacramento’s downtown. It will be interesting to see what quotes come out of [...]

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who even detractors generally believe is a man with integrity, released a book in 2005 entitled “Our Endangered Values.” In this book he has a chapter titled “The Rise of Religious Fundamentalism.” He includes in this short but powerful chapter a definition of what he characterizes as a “more intense [...]