4/18/10 2

At Upstate Campus, Saving Energy is Part of Dorm Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/nyregion/17ithaca.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Lisa Fordraro

4/16/10

New York Times

The Energy Star label is the federal government’s nod of approval for energy efficient products, such as household appliances like refrigerators and air-conditioners. But at Ithaca College, a campus known for its embrace of all things sustainable, two dormitories proudly wear the Energy Star label, too.

It's great that this college is so energy efficient. More colleges and universities definitely need to follow Ithaca College in this direction, and become more eco-friendly.  

4/18/10 1

Florida: A Bad Winter for Slithering 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/us/17brfs-ABADWINTERFO_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Associated Press

4/16/10

New York Times

An unseasonably cold winter may have taken care of what python hunters could not. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says cold weather may have killed up to 50 percent of the state’s pythons.

This article is pretty pointless.  Yeah, Florida had a cold winter, we know.  This article was three sentences long, there was not enough information about this topic.

Ahead of Schedule, An LED Light for us All

www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3128

Date: 4/8/10
Ecogeek.org
By: Hank Green

Summary: Today GE announced that they will have a LED light available by the end of 2010. The bulb fits into any regular light socket and will produce the same amount of light that a 40 watt bulb will produce but only using 7 watts and lasting up to 17 years.

Response: This lightbulb will be the best thing in lighting since it was invented and will help us become more efficient.

Amtrak On Course to Set Ridership Record This Year

www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3127

Date: 4/08/10
Ecogeek.org
By: Megan Treacy

Summary: Amtrak is going to break their annual ridership. By the halfway point in thier year they have 13.5 million riders already. In march alone there has been a 13.5 percent increase in one year.

Response: This is very good because they will ask congress for a 446 million dollar budget increase to help increase fuel-efficient trains and electric trains.

3/27/10 2

U.N. Group Rejects Shark Protections
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/science/earth/24shark.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

By DAVID JOLLY
Published: March 23, 2010
New York Times

Delegates to a United Nations confernce on endangered species voted down three of four proposals to protect sharks on Tuesday, handing another victory to Japan, China and countries opposed to the involvement of the international authorities in regulation of ocean fish.

This is terrible that the sharks are not going to be protected. People are killing more sharks than sharks kill humans. More than 400 million sharks are killed yearly by humans. Sharks need to be protected, and the Chinese are too greedy.

3/27/10 1

India: Pollution Fine Sought Against Coca-Cola
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/world/asia/24briefs-Indiabrf.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

By HARI KUMAR
Published: March 23, 2010
New York Times

A state government recommended Tuesday that Coca-Cola’s Indian subsidiary be fined $47 million for damage to the water and soil in a southern Indian village that it said had been caused by one of the company’s bottling plants. The plant, which opened in 2000 and closed five years later, polluted the groundwater and soil around the village of Plachimada, in the state of Kerala.

I think it is good that Coca- Cola is being fined for polluting the water and soil. The company is a very wealthy corporation, and they should be more concerned with the protection of the envirnment. It is good they are paying for their wrong doing.

3/14/10 #2

Sushi Spot Charged with Serving Whale Meat

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/us/11sushi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Jennifer Steinhauer

March 10,2010

NY Times

Federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint accusing a Japanese restaurant in Santa Monica and its chef of serving whale meat, a violation of the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. The restaurant was serving endangered Sei whale as sushi.

It's terrible that this restaurant was serving whale illegally, but it is great that it was discovered.  The Sei whale is an endangered species, the japanese restaurant should be charged.