February, 2009
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, Feb. 25
Written by Robert Lalasz | February 25th, 2009
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A video is worth 10,000 words…and when you’re done watching the above on that transparent-headed barreleye fish, check out the other cool green links you must read this morning: Cool Green Transparent Fish: Learn more about the barreleye. I Have One Word For You, Son: Is the campaign to ban (or charge a nickel a [...]
Did Hillary Clinton Set the Stage for Climate Progress?
Written by Chrissy Schwinn | February 24th, 2009
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This past week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi along with President Hu Jintao and others. As these meetings were part of her first overseas trip as secretary, their significance is huge in so many ways — but in particular because climate change was prominently on the agenda. Granted [...]
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, Feb. 24
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Today’s news from NASA isn’t good, but we found a few positive nuggets out there in cyberspace — read on for our daily round-up of green news. Waiter, There’s Mercury in My Fish: The U.S., China, India and hundreds of other countries have agreed to develop a global treaty to curb industrial use of mercury. (Hat-tip: Environmental Leader.) Eat Your [...]
Update: Bad Day For Climate Science
Written by Dave Connell |
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This morning, the launch vehicle carrying NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) experienced a failure after its payload fairing failed to separate during ascent and the whole business was dumped into the ocean near Antarctica. The launch failure ends a promising chapter for climate change science before it even began. The satellite was designed to collect [...]
Canaries in the Climate Change Coal Mine?
Written by Dave Mehlman | February 23rd, 2009
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My colleagues at National Audubon have just released a detailed analysis of the response of birds in North America to climate change — you can read the full report here. A lot of my past research has been in the field of biogeography and changes in avian distribution, so I find this work very exciting [...]
What Threatens Your Fresh Water?
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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It’s easy to take for granted when all we have to do is turn on a tap. But whether freshwater resources seem plentiful where you live — or they’re drying up — the reality is that fresh water is threatened everywhere. Deforestation, dams, over-consumption, agricultural run-off, invasive species, habitat conversion and, of course, climate change — all [...]
Cool Green Morning: Monday, Feb. 23
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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Could climate change be causing more refugees? Is the green consumerism boom a fraud? And is ethanol a sin? Read on: We winnow and sift the best in green online for you every morning… Hot Moves: Are fears of the effects of climate change driving increased migration worldwide? You bet, says a Washington Post article. [...]
Two Thoughts on New Energy
Written by Bob Bendick | February 20th, 2009
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The $787 billion economic stimulus package passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama includes $45 billion for energy conservation and for developing new, less-polluting energy technologies — funding that far exceeds any previous single appropriation for these purposes. While this action will help reduce carbon emissions and start the United States on [...]
Alien Algae Be Gone
Written by Megan Sheehan |
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When I think about Hawai’i, my eyes sparkle with thoughts of the beautiful colors one can find there. Colors that, to me, speak of health and vibrancy and diversity. Take coral reefs, for example: The brighter and more colorful they are, the healthier. But like a ’50s-era horror movie, alien species of algae — most [...]
Cool Green Morning: Friday, Feb. 20
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Cool Green Morning to you. Check out the Top Five items from our daily green-news roundup… And yes, we hope you live long and prosper. Worthy of a Vulcan Salute: Adding the oceans just wasn’t enough. Now Purdue University researchers have added project Vulcan to Google Earth, letting people see where carbon emissions are coming from. Get Out [...]
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