Tag Archives: environment

Oil spill ‘will shape how US thinks about environment’

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Barack Obama: In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years … Continue reading →

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Coins database: what the Guardian’s specialists think

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Juliette Jowit on the environment: The most striking thing about Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is simply that more than half last year's £3bn budget was spent on the UK's nuclear waste legacy. [...] Act on CO2 is … Continue reading →

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Is this BP’s last option to stop the spill?

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Alex Thomson: They have 16 men out there experienced in capping the Kuwait wellheads which Saddam’s troops blew up. I saw what Saddam did in Kuwait and I saw what BP did in the Gulf – the Kuwaiti oil fires … Continue reading →

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Environmental news site Grist adds humour to reader donations campaign

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Jennifer MacDonald on Grist's fundraising campaign for environmental journalism: we have noticed how the economic downturn hit environmental reporting particularly hard, with several eco-columns and publications going under in the last year. So we decided, why not mimic campaigns to … Continue reading →

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Journalism with depth – Philly Inquirer goes 3-D – Editors Weblog

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Colin Heilbut: “The Inquirer’s move follows a recent global trend in experimenting with 3-D daily papers. Belgian newspaper La Dernière Heure was the first European paper to use 3D technology in a publication, and their efforts resulted in an increase … Continue reading →

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Citizens map the Gulf oil slick with balloons and kites – MIT Center for Future Civic Media

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

"We're helping citizens to use balloons, kites, and other simple and inexpensive tools to produce their own aerial imagery of the spill… documentation that will be essential for environmental and legal use in coming years. We're not trying to duplicate … Continue reading →

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Interactive: National carbon calculator – can you cut UK emissions? – guardian.co.uk

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

This is simply very, very impressive and illustrates how online journalism can differentiate itself: “Play UK prime minister and set the policy on energy, transport and other sectors and measure the carbon emissions generated.” External link Del.ici.us tags: guardian climatechange … Continue reading →

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After the volcano, how many other threats lurk? – Snowblog

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

After the volcano, how many other threats lurk? – Snowblog Jon Snow on journalism and 'the ash cloud': "As a journalist, as a parent, as a human, I felt hopelessly unprepared for this. [...] And now we wonder whether the … Continue reading →

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Will the paperless office pollute more?

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Einar Thorsen

We finally convinced the School to introduce recycling bins in our part of the University! Well, trialling it at least – one floor of the building initially and then the rest of the School if it works out. You’ve got … Continue reading →

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