May, 2009
Cool Green Morning: Friday, May 22
Written by Robert Lalasz | May 22nd, 2009
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You want the good news or the bad news first this morning? OK, I’ll put the good news in the first two links — ahead of how water scarcity is spurring domestic abuse, melting Arctic ice might release deadly influenza, and why problem bears are exploding in number across the western United States. (See photo [...]
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, May 21
Written by Darci Palmquist | May 21st, 2009
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Grab your coffee, spin the wheel and see where you land. No, this isn’t a game. The above illustration from MIT represents the planet’s warming potential given two scenarios: world leaders enact major policy changes, and world leaders don’t. Read on for this and more Cool Green news. MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of [...]
High-Speed Rail (or, Why Conservation Can’t Afford To Be Conservative)
Written by Rob McDonald | May 20th, 2009
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Ray LaHood, President Obama’s transportation secretary, recently pledged to remake the nation’s transportation system, with the key goal of making it more environmentally sustainable. As part of that, Obama has promised to put down $8 billion to start construction of a high-speed intercity rail network. This investment is something that’s long overdue, and would correct [...]
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, May 20
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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If you’re in a green building, are you happier? But first — can you even hear the question? Find out why green buildings are noisier — and all the other day’s hot green news — in this edition of Coolness: President Obama proposed tougher auto emissions and gas mileage standards for American-made autos yesterday. But [...]
Should Protected Areas Be Reexamined?
Written by Peter Kareiva | May 19th, 2009
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I am going to commit conservation heresy and ask out loud: Should the conservation movement be proud of the 108,000 protected areas around the world it has thus far helped establish? I have many reasons for asking that question, but among those reasons is certainly Mark Dowie’s recently published book Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict [...]
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, May 19
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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From Washington to Thailand to Gabon — we’ve scoured the world for the top environmental stories that you should read today. It’s all here at your fingertips in our Cool Green Morning news round-up. Ocean acidification has hit the courtrooms — the first lawsuit over ocean acidification has been filed by the Center for Biological Diversity against the EPA, [...]
An Unprecedented Opportunity for Oceans
Written by Chrissy Schwinn | May 18th, 2009
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Friday’s emails here at the Conservancy were swirling with excitement about what some have called “one of the most important conservation advances of all time” — the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI). And I have to agree with that enthusiastic assessment. When have we ever heard of six governments [...]
Cool Green Morning: Monday, May 18
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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We’re tired from the weekend…but not too tired to get you your five hottest green links, fresh from Al Gore’s favorite invention: Bentley’s new luxury car, the Continental, is 85 percent recyclable, reports Environmental Leader. But since 70 percent of all Bentleys ever made are still on the road or garaged, who cares? How to [...]
Deconstructing Climate Change Legislation
Written by Eric Haxthausen | May 17th, 2009
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I’m Eric Haxthausen, Director of The Nature Conservancy’s U.S. Climate Policy program, and I’ll be blogging over the coming weeks and months about U.S. climate legislation. On Friday, Congressmen Henry Waxman and Ed Markey, the chairmen of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced comprehensive legislation that would address global warming and energy security. [...]
Dedication to Our Natural Systems
Written by Bob Bendick |
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On May 15, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the text of the American Clean Energy and Security Bill, which will go to markup by the committee next week. With the determined leadership of Congressman John Dingell of Michigan and others, the bill includes dedicated funding to, in the language of the bill: Use [...]
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