January, 2009
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, Jan. 21
Written by Robert Lalasz | January 21st, 2009
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Killer whales, black swans, fish poop and Sarah Palin — there’s a lot going on in the green blogosphere this morning, and we bring the best of it to you: All Aboard the Green Train: Sarah Palin announces she wants Alaska to get half its electricity from renewables by 2025. (Hat tip: Green Inc.) The [...]
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, Jan. 20
Written by Robert Lalasz | January 20th, 2009
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As we await the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States, let’s take a moment for the latest in blogosphere green, shall we? Here’s what’s cool and interesting this morning: Something Borrowed, Something Green: Recycled prom dresses and borrowed Chanel marked last night’s Green Inaugural Ball in Washington, reports Green Inc. Tell Me [...]
I Resolve to be Green and Fashionable
Written by Megan Sheehan |
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Think New Year’s Resolutions are just a way to make yourself feel good by pretending that you’re actually going to do something that’s good for you when you’ve never made a habit of doing it in the past? Resolve to be more conscious of what you are buying.
So Species-Rich…But Where Are All The Birds?
Written by Erik Meijaard | January 19th, 2009
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Erik wonders why bird diversity in Indonesian towns is so low. These are the tropics after all. So where are all those birds?
Cool Green Morning: Monday, Jan. 19
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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Happy MLK Day to those of you in the United States! Here’s the green stuff that’s catching our eye online this morning: Wardrobe Check: Inhabitat urges Michelle Obama to dress green for the inauguration. Lean Green Fighting Machine: The Pentagon is realizing that renewable energy makes for good defense policy, reports The Wall Street Journal. [...]
Climate Change Policy Gets Moving
Written by Dave Connell | January 16th, 2009
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I’d like to take a quick moment to interrupt my regularly scheduled tech blogging to post this quick dispatch from my Nature Conservancy colleague, Jenny Denney, who does climate and energy communications for the Conservancy. She reports here on the early machinations of climate change policy in the House Energy and Commerce Committee: If the [...]
When Invasives Go Bad. Really Bad.
Written by Barry Rice |
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This week, scientists at the Australian Antarctic Division published a paper in the Journal of Applied Ecology about invasive species, relating a story that boggles the mind. Start with Macquarie Island, located between New Zealand and Antarctica, and the property of Tasmania. Its surface area is only about 128 square kilometers, so you really have to [...]
World-Class Environmental Scientists Take Leadership Positions on Obama’s Team
Written by Peter Kareiva |
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I follow politics, and love to argue and discuss the subject with friends. But usually conservation science and scientists are on the outside looking in – external voices trying to influence federal policy. That situation, however, just changed. President-elect Barack Obama has appointed two of the United States’ most prominent environmental and conservation scientists to [...]
Cool Green Morning: Friday, Jan. 16
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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Brrrr, it’s cold here in Virginia! But here’s what’s hot and green online this morning: The Adaams Family Look: Why are CFL light bulbs still unpopular? Green Inc.’s readers say they don’t last as long as advertised and make “your entire family look like cadavers.” From the You Must Be Doing Something Right Department: The [...]
Climate Legislation: A Blueprint for Success
Written by Bob Bendick | January 15th, 2009
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Earlier today the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), a highly unusual coalition of the CEOs of more than 30 major U.S. companies and national environmental organizations companies, released its Blueprint for Legislative Action calling for comprehensive carbon cap and trade legislation. USCAP’s plan would dramatically reduce the U.S. share of the carbon emissions that are [...]
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