THE LORAX!!!!!

The Lorax will be a movie out in 3-D in 2012!!!!!!

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a) Source: enn.com

b) May 13, 2010

c)Philips Unveils World's First 60 Watt LED Bulb

d) Miller Chapter: 17

e) Phillips has now released it's new EduraLED bulb which is a 12 watt LED light bulb made to replace the common 60 watt incandescent bulb. It will last 25 times longer than the incandescent and it will not require maintenence as well as delivering up to 80% savings on energy costs. CFL bulbs have 8 times more life than an incandescent bulb which is very good but if all of these were replaced by the new LED bulbs, an immense amount of energy will be saved as well as money.

f) This new LED bulb is wonderful. It has been known that LED lights are more efficient than any other common bulb, they were just not on the market for consumers. Now that LEDs are availible, it will be much easier for consumers to cut energy usage and costs.

g) LED: Light Emitting Diode

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a) Source- reuters.com

b) May 31, 2010

c) Gulf oil spill threat widens

d) Miller Chapter: 15, 21

e) The disasterous oil spill happening right now in the Gulf will continue to spill far more oil than the Exxon Valdez spill from 1989. This has so many people up in arms, protesting and starting anti-BP groups. BP has proposed containment caps as an immediate remedy but nobody really know how well that will work at all. A more long term and secure option is relief wells which will take months to build. This option would be much better but it takes way to long.

f) All I can say is that this is a disaster and it is disgraceful. Can't really say much else...

g) BP- British Petroleum aka really dumb people that don't know how to fix a really big problem.

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a) Source- livescience.com

b) May 24, 2010

c)Mediterranean Sea Getting Saltier, Hotter

d) Miller Chapter: 20

e) Recent studies have shown that the waters of the western Mediterranean Sea have become more salty and much warmer. They have increased by .0036 degrees farenheit and salinity has increased by .001 units each year. The trend has been accelerating since the 1990's and scientists worry it will only get worse due to its correlation with greenhouse gas processes. Scientists also realize that even this slight change in temperature is very significant because it takes a lot of heat to change such a large amount of water's temperature this much. To prevent this from getting worse, changes have to be made regarding the dams blocking the cool, fresh water from entering the Mediterranean.

f) The increased temperature and evaporation in the Mediterranean sea is creating a very bad feedback loop that will continue amplifying this bad situation. I hope that the countries surrounding this waterway find a solution to stop the warming of the water.

g) Geophysical research: Focuses on physics and chemistry of the earth and it's core.

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a) Source-http://blog.cleantechies.com/

b) May 25, 2010

c)Demystifying Common Myths of Wind Power

d) Miller Chapter: 17

e) In this article, many myths and misconceptions about wind farms are put to rest. One important one is that birds are not really harmed. The author said that birds can see better than us and workers at wind farms see more birds fly into glass than fly into turbine blades. He stated that there is also new technology that detects flocks and shuts turbines down if they are on a collision course. The author also said windfarms don't disrupt water ecosystems and they are not loud compared to other things in our society like highways and cities.

f) I think it was different to hear someones true but slightly sarcastic view on peoples hate towards wind turbines. He pretty much let everyone that complained know how stupid they are sounding and that what they said was a bunch of bologna.

g) NIMBY- not in my backyard. Many people complain that wind farms could be an eye-sore and they dont want them constructed near their homes.

Quarter 4 Article 1

a) Source- sustainablelifemedia.com

b) May 31, 2010

c) Key Countries Partner to Reduce Deforestation Emissions Sustainable Life Media

d) Miller Chapter:

e) A few days ago, over 50 developed and developing countries met to sign a REDD agreement at the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference in Norway. REDD stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. The countries signed on to spend over 4 billion dollars in the next three years to reduce deforestation. Many scientists believe this is a starting point for future international environmental agreements. The US alone pledged to spend over 1 billion in the next 3 years of this project.

f) I think that this is really great. An international agreement to help a very large issue regarding climate change is a great step forward in making our planet green. What I am interested to see is how this agreement holds up and what the countries are going to do with all of the money pledged. It will be interesting to see if all of the countries hold their promise and follow through with what they have agreed to do.

g) NGO- non-govermental organization. In this article, many NGO's are participating in this international agreement.

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