Police abuse Bike Lanes in Canada and in the United States

Bike Lane Backlash
What good are didicated bike lanes, if the police abuse them as personal parking lots.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/the-battle-of-the-bikes.php?campaign=weekly_nl

Is It GREEN? Sherwin-Williams Paint

The problem with most paints derives from volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, which are used to hold the paint in liquid form until it’s applied. Once paint starts drying, VOCs help speed the process along as they evaporate in a process known as off-gassing. This is great for the impatient painter, but the chemicals emitted during off-gassing contribute heavily to indoor air pollution. The process of off-gassing continues for months or even years even after the paint has dried.

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/01/22/is-it-green-sherwin-williams-paint/

Over 100 icebergs drifting due to Global Warming

SYDNEY (AFP) – More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials said on Monday.

An Australian Antarctic Division glaciologist said the ice chunks, spotted by satellite photography, had passed the Auckland Islands and were heading towards the main South Island, about 450 kilometres (280 miles) northeast.

Scientist Neal Young said more than 100 icebergs — some measuring more than 200 metres (650 feet) across — were seen in just one cluster, indicating there could be hundreds more.

He said they were the remains of a massive ice floe which split from the Antarctic as sea and air temperatures rise due to global warming.

“All of these have come from a larger one that was probably 30 square kilometres (11.6 square miles) in size when it left Antarctica,” Young told AFP.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/ts_afp/australianzealandantarcticaclimateiceberg