The term “green washing” is used to describe companies who overstate their commitment to environmentally friendly alternatives to doing business. By doing so, ad executives (and the people that hire them) are suggesting that you’re so dumb as to be fooled into what an actual substantial change in a product is.
As anyone who has [...]
It may seem counter-intuitive that aluminum could be such an environmentally friendly substance, but when recycled, as much as 95% of the energy spent on “virgin ore” is saved. This is significant. Not only is less energy used to get it, but less polluting substances are expelled while processing the ore. [...]
Pollution liability insurance is known as “pollution incidents”” in the insurance world. There is a thought to suggest that this insurance policy came into picture following the great amount of asbestos litigation in the 1970s. It was around that time that insurers thought it better to do away with pollution liability insurance in general policies [...]
The coolant systems of most refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and other condenser devices were almost exclusively designed to use the CFC most commonly known as Freon. Between the 1950s and its phase out in the late 1990s, this otherwise initially non-toxic material made its way into nearly every home in North America.
Newer models use a different [...]
Even if you are not an environmentalist, the price of gas will definitely make you a conservationist. Gas prices continue to climb. Personally, going to the gas station with my little red gas can is not a trip of leisure, it has always been a chore.
It is common knowledge that gas powered lawn mowers are [...]
With the gas prices being so high, more and more people are becoming aware of how valuable energy is in our daily lives. Hybrid cars show how energy can be conserved and pollution reduced. The cleanest non hybrid car can put about 90 percent smog pollution in the air versus the hybrid.
The Honda insight was [...]
The spread of pollution affects both humans and wildlife worldwide. However, unlike human beings who are capable of surviving just about anywhere, most species are reliant upon specific environments for their survival.
Climate change, for instance, has already been responsible for changing the distribution of species worldwide. Many of these organisms, whether [...]