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BP to drill back in Gulf of Mexico in the coming months
Some lessons are hard to learn, specially those lessons that provide a lot of money. One of those lessons is oil drilling. BP wants to resume drilling at its Thunderhorse and Atlantis fields, in the Gulf of Mexico, but the [...]
Altering the CO2 ocean sequestration process for our own benefit
The oceans contain around 36,000 gigatons of carbon, mostly in the form of bicarbonate ion. Carbon is readily exchanged between the atmosphere and ocean. In regions of oceanic upwelling, carbon is released to the atmosphere. Conversely, regions of downwelling transfer [...]
Green walls, living murals
We can’t complain about lack of space for growing plants, since we’ve seen here on Sustentator that they can be grown on living, or green, roofs and in hydroponic systems for the home. Now we’ll present green murals, which are [...]
Roofs come alive
Many cities are implementing interesting green roof initiatives with the aim of mitigating the “Urban Heat Island” effect, in which cities are significantly warmer than surrounding areas. Green roofs provide various environmental benefits including decreasing water run-off from roofs, helping [...]
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and the environment – Part II
Last week, here in Sustentator, we summarized what the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act is doing to improve energy efficiency on a national scale. Today, we’ll look at the funds being destined to renewable energy research, development and deployment programs. [...]
Happy Green New year, from the Sustentator team!
We have shared with you just a few months, in which we have tried to inform you as best as possible on environmental issues. We are thrilled to welcome 2010, in which we hope to improve our blog and help [...]
The Carbon Economy is Taken Seriously
On November 17-18 The Economist hosted a networking and informative conference in Washington DC entitled: ‘The Carbon Economy: New Opportunities for Green Business’. There was a diverse panel of speakers from business (both current leaders and entrepreneurs presenting their start-ups), [...]
