It was hard, so very hard — but we managed to put together a climate-email-controversy-free Cool Green Morning for you today, filled with birdfeeders that spur evolution and a Wright-Brothers moment for a solar plane. Enjoy your green weekend!
- That bird feeder you’re filling every week (or every day at our house) — it could be driving evolution. So says a study in Current Biology — listen to this podcast from 60-Second Science. (Then go sweep all the seed hulls off your patio.)
- So let’s say countries commit to reduce their carbon emissions — how do we know they’re actually following through? Climate Compass says too many countries are uncomfortable with such verification — and that the United States needs to lead on a strong independent monitoring system.
- It’s OK to put up that wind turbine, Pa! The U.S. Department of Energy says property values are not affected by nearby commercial wind farms, reports Ecopolitology. (Hey — it’s better than looking out the kitchen window at Three Mile Island…)
- Can a small woodland owner sell forest carbon offsets? She can now in Pennsylvania, thanks to The Nature Conservancy and Blue Source. (Hat tip: Environmental Leader.)
- The world’s first solar plane took off and landed safely yesterday in Switzerland — a prelude to an eventual round-the-world flight, says Autopia…even if the initial flight was only 350 meters at a foot off the ground. (Hat tip: Inhabitat.)
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