Greening the skies

The airline industry recently hatched a new plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions across the industry, and will be presenting it to the UN today. The goal? Half the 2005 levels by 2050, according to British Airways chief exec, Willie Walsh.

World leaders and Obama eco-gab at the U.N.

Over 100 world leaders are in New York City today, putting their heads together at the United Nations for today’s conference on fighting climate change. President Obama and China’s Hu Jintao took center stage, making remarks on behalf of their countries.

The international community has suggested that despite being global economic leaders, both the U.S. and China are behind on issues of climate change, and together account for 40% of carbon emissions in the entire world: China taking the top spot as the largest emitter, followed by the U.S.

Social networking takes on deforestation

Who would have thought that social networking and media would evolve into such a powerful tool for mobilizing people to action? Twitter has helped groups engage followers for good causes, such as Alzheimer’s and water conservation.

The latest social networking venture, Team Earth, involves the fighting Amazonian deforestation.