OK, so Hans Rosling — geek Internet and TED conference superstar who explains statistics in incredibly compelling videos on Gapminder.org — has been around for a while, although he’s news to us. Still, he’s great fun to listen to — and imitate: Check out his explanation of the role of coal in CO2 global emissions (or, as he calls it, “the climate crise”) in the clip above, and then get up to speed on all the other hot green links of the day:

1. What are the 20 best ideas that could save the world — from super-efficient cooking stoves to increasing the whiteness of clouds? The Guardian newspaper reports on its search for them — and you can vote for the best 10. (Hat tip: Treehugger.)
2. Birds can see it, but humans can’t: A new exterior film for glass promises to stop the deaths of billions of birds that fly into windows, reports Clean Technica.
3. A new hanging key holder turns off your house’s power when you remove the last key. Hank Green of EcoGeek likes it.
4. Can algae produce an alternative fuel? ExxonMobil is spending up to $600 million to find out, says Green Tech’s Lance Whitney.
5. Was the G8 summit last week really a failure for climate change negotiations? Grist’s Geoffrey Lean says no — and that the most of the rest of the media got this story wrong.

Posted: July 15th, 2009 under Birds, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Europe, Green Living, Policy.
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