Karl Burkart Blog

Dirty facts about the BP oil catastrophe
A compilation of some of the most disturbing factoids about BP and the federal government's response to the catastrophe.
Facebook be forewarned ... the Diaspora is coming
4 supergeeks just raised enough money to program a peer-to-peer social networking system that could spell trouble for Facebook. Will they succeed?
Corporations, the crowd police are watching you
In my talk last week, I sent out a warning -- big corporations need to be very, very careful about greenwashing. The crowd is watching.
JoinThePipe connects water lovers around the world
A new social network for tap water drinkers is about to launch, and it hopes to redistribute 'water wealth' to areas most in need.
Bill Gates funds cloud factory
The planet-saving billionaire just funded a new geoengineering project which seeks to stop climate change. But some environmentalists are very worried.
The 5 worst oil spills on record
Planet 100 investigates the 5 worst oil spills on record and how the Gulf oil spill compares.
Google's crisis response in the Gulf
Google Crisis Response launches a Gulf oil spill crisis page equipped with satellite imagery and breaking video.
Crowd-sourced news comes to the rescue in the Gulf
The Ushahidi mobile reporting platform has comes to the rescue in Haiti, India and Congo. Now it comes to the Louisiana Gulf to aid in the oil spill cleanup.
McKibben raps about life on a new planet called 'Eaarth'
According to America's leading climate scientist, 'connectedness' may be the one resource that gets us through a planetary crisis of biblical proportions.
The Betacup challenge: Eliminate paper cups
58 billion cups are landfilled each year and Betacup wants to stop it through good design.

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