EPA issues controversial air particulate rules

I chose this post from the Chicago Tribune becuase we have gone over particulate matter in class and just saw the video on China’s air pollution. Clean air activists and utilities had different reactions to new rules directing 20 U.S. states to slash levels of PM emitted by power plants, cars and other sources [...]

More College Students Studying Clean Energy

I read a very encouraging article that shows that all the efforts to help make people aware of global warming is really paying off. For the greater concern for global warming by college students and their new want to take new courses in alternative energy stemmed from the greater awareness has led universities to [...]

Climate Concert at Capital is up in the air

I chose this article because it follows up with one of my earlier posts and also has to to with environmental controversies. Unfortunately, plans by Al Gore for the Live Earth rock concert at the U.S. capitol are running into some opposition from the Republican party, and he wanted to hold one of the [...]

London Vows To Slash Carbon Emissions

I figured I would choose this blog because it relates to our recent class studies on emissions of gases. It is also another new incident of where companies themselves are urging help from the government to help the environment, and the article suggests it is beneficial to them as well as most companies want [...]