// Stop The Warming!

Recently, PBS aired a NOVA show on melting glaciers. The show went into in-depth detail of the melting glaciers and their effect on the environment as a whole as well as near the glaciers.

A major power consumer around the world is something that many people don’t think about: standby power. This is the power that comes from appliances that are not turned on but are still plugged in (i.e. cellphone chargers). These products, on average, use 10% of residential electricity use. To learn more, go to standby.lbl.gov. The website is run by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.  You can view a chart and table for the energy use of common home appliances.

The Capital Climate Action protest at the capitol power plant was an evident success, though it apparently attracted the attention of lawmakers with and estimated 2,500 participants blocking all five main gates to the plant successfully for four hours. Thankfully, no one was arrested. An article was posted here from the Environmental News Service. More information is offered on the CCA website.

The Washington Post offers the same article, but includes a photo gallery on the subject. Hopefully Washington will see this protest and take action on this strong issue.