Behold the megamouth shark in the video above — the rarest shark known to man. One was caught in the Philippines recently…where shark meat is considered a delicacy. I think you know where this is going…but at least we have four other hot green links for you this morning, should you not finish our…um, first course:
- Man Bites Shark: A megamouth shark – the world’s rarest shark, with only about 40 ever seen in the wild — was caught by fishermen from the Philippines…who then proceeded to eat it. (Hat tip: Planet Save.)
- If You Loved the Segway: General Motors and Segway have announced Project P.U.M.A. (short for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility) — a two-wheeled enclosed electric scooter prototype capable of 35 mph. It looks like a self-powered rickshaw to us…but what do we know? (Hat tip: Inhabitat.)
- Cap-and-Trade — Sound the Retreat? Thomas Friedman of The New York Times says cap-and-trade is fast becoming a political non-starter — so the Obama administration should start pushing for a straight carbon tax…and put an Army general in charge of the campaign.
- Greening the Gondola: Algae from Venice’s canals (there’s a lot of it) is going to fuel a new Italian power plant that will provide half of the city’s power needs. (Hat tip: Good Clean Tech.)
- BIG Green: The Empire State Building will undergo a retrofit to cut its energy consumption by nearly 40 percent, eventually saving $4.4 million in energy costs annually.
Tags: algae, biofuels, cap-and-trade, carbon tax, Empire State Building, General Motors, gondola, Good Clean Tech, green building, Inhabitat, megamouth shark, New York Times, Philippines, Project P.U.M.A., Segway, shark, Thomas Friedman, Venice
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I was shocked by the photo on the cover of he last magazine. Is that the message kids get? They can run out with nets, catch beautiful, fragile, vulnerable butterfly, then watch them dying slowly with a needle through their body. This not only an act of extreme cruelty but it can also convert an otherwise kind child
into a little sadist. Even if children are planning to release the butterflies there is a big chance their delicate wings will be damaged and they will incapable of flying.Nature should be respected in all its creatures, observed, admired, but never caught, injured or destroyed. I have been a supporter of the Nature Conservancy for many years and I am deeply disappointed. Please, publish an article that can reverse the wrong message your cover is delivering.