Kyoto approach on climate is “bad policy”: Bush
President George W. Bush said on Monday his administration’s approach of emphasizing voluntary approaches to address climate change was working and he denounced Kyoto-style mandatory caps as “bad policy.”
Bush’s comments were the latest sign that his opposition to binding emissions caps remains firmly entrenched, even as he has made efforts to show he wants to be more engaged in the global debate on climate change amid sharp criticism from other countries.
Turning Grey Into Green: Greywater Recycling Systems
Atlanta, Georgia – First a word about something called “greywater”. Greywater is basically washwater. As homeowners, we make a lot of it each day. It’s all wastewater excepting toilet wastes and food wastes derived from garbage grinders. No surprise, this partially used water can be re-used in your home for toilet flushing and watering gardens. Good for you, good for your water bill and good for the environment. Especially in drought stricken parts of the country like Georgia where the state’s Environmental Protection Division declared a level four drought for sixty-one counties in the state.
Phytoremediation: Using genetically alter plants to clean up toxins
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Scientists hope they’ve figured out a way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental cleanup, U.S. and British researchers said on Monday.
“Our work is in the beginning stages, but it holds great promise,” said Sharon Doty, an assistant professor of forest resources at the University of Washington, whose study appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In work they describe as preliminary, researchers at the University of Washington say they’ve genetically altered poplar trees to pull toxins out of contaminated ground water, perhaps offering a cost-effective way of cleaning up environmental pollutants.
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