digg

Join DiggAbout
365 Days 30 Days 7 Days Top in 24 Hr Most Recent

Environment

Brazil Sending 30,000 Troops to Protect Rainforest

ecoworldly.com — Brazil’s government has announced plans to increase their soldiers in the Amazon Rainforest from 17,000 to 30,000 over the next 9 years, as well as build new forts and improve others. Why have they chosen to invest $488.6 million in this plan?More… (Environment)

41 Comments

Jay Leno's Wind Turbine (Video)

boingboing.net — This video is from Ed Begley and from Jay Leno about a new wind turbine called the MagWind from Enviro-Energies that they will be installing soon. As many of you have asked about "vertical axis wind turbines," I thought you'd like to see the latest in this technology. More… (Environment)

57 Comments

Whalers Refuse Help from Sea Shepherd to Find Man Overboard

planetsave.com — After a man fell from a Japanese whaling ship into the freezing arctic waters, the whalers have called off all operations while in search for the man’s body. Sea Shepherd offered to help find the body with their two small boats and helicopter, but the Japanese refused saying they would not require any help from an “eco-terrorist organization.”More… (Environment)

109 Comments