In the last post we discussed the relationship between Beijing's air quality and the impact on athletes competing in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. China is one of the leading contributors to greenhouse house gas emissions. It ranks number 2, right behind the U.S....
One of the issues of concern to many people is the impact of the air quality in Beijing on the athletes competing in outdoor activities, especially those involving 5K, 10K and all of the long distance running events, as well as many swimming events. Beijing' air...
This has been a year so far where the concept of "green" is moving into the mainstream, and is no longer relegated to "environmental activists." However, we need to remind ourselves that it was the activists and the "gentle subversive" (Rachel Carson) who worked for...
This week is the EPA's Air Quality Awareness Week. And it was a good choice of weeks to select as the ground-level ozone season has begun in Atlanta, and other cities, I am sure. I live in the Atlanta area, and yesterday and today, the pollution was very evident....
Today is Earthday, 2007. On today's CBS News Sunday Morning Program, one of the feature stories was The Legacy of "Silent Spring." We all now know that Rachel Carson, the author of the 1962 book, Silent Spring wrote the book (with fierce opposition from the pesticide...
Tomorrow is the year 2007 Earth Day, which started in 1970. Could the year 2007 be the Green Year, the tipping year in which government and industry embraced the importance of environmental sustainability just as the public is beginning to accept, and as the...
