(May 5, 2009, AutoBlogGreen)
The nail in the coffin of corn-based ethanol might be made of water. The magazine Environmental Science & Technology has published an article that pegs the amount of water needed to make enough corn ethanol to move a vehicle one mile at 50 gallons. That’s pretty high.
ES&T calculated the amount of water [...]
(April 17, 2009, The New York Times)
Over the last couple of years, the idea of reporting carbon footprints for various products, as a way of allowing consumers to make informed choices about the items they buy, has gained wider acceptance. Now there are signs that other indicators — including water-use footprints — appear to be [...]
(Jan. 15, 2009, MetaEfficient)
There are lots of misleading claims about water purification. Much of the misinformation comes from water filter manufacturers eager to sell expensive purification systems. But information from local governments also tends gloss over issues of water pollution–it’s not in their interest to point out problems with municipal water.
Unfortunately, there are many sources [...]
