March, 2010
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, March 11
Written by Nicole Levins | March 11th, 2010
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Get the latest green (and all-black penguin) news in today’s installment of Cool Green Morning:
- A new report says that the UK loses at least two animal and/or plant species per year. (Guardian Eco)
- An all-black penguin is discovered near Antarctica; researchers call it a “”one in a zillion kind of mutation.” (Yahoo Green)
- The US and EU are on board with a ban on bluefin tuna trade– Japan, not so much. (Treehugger)
- The latest in corn-based biofuel: ethanol out, isobutanol in. (Green Inc.)
- Support slips a tiny bit for green building and LEED certification, but overall remains pretty strong. (GreenBiz)
H2O = Life
Written by Jeff Opperman |
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A new traveling museum exhibit called “Water: H2O = Life” amazes our water blogger Jeff Opperman…with an alternative universe of water-concerned people.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, March 10
Written by Nicole Levins | March 10th, 2010
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Read on for your regular dose of the day’s coolest, greenest news:
- Watching “The Oprah Winfrey Show” might make you greener. There is actually science behind this. (Planet Green)
- A bike commuter does the math and finds that a year of regular rides keeps 3,260 pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere. (Treehugger)
- How green is the dentist working on your pearly whites? (GreenBiz)
- Big news in plastic recycling: scientists have developed an organic catalyst that can “build up and break down plastics over and over again“– and on the cheap, too. (The Vine)
- Your diet soda habit might not be so good for the planet. In related news, I now feel like a horrible person. (Huffington Post Green)
Climate Change Debates? There’s an App for That!
Written by Margaret Southern |
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A new iPhone app gives you the factual edge in your debate with climate-change skeptics, says our green blogger Margaret Southern.
To List or Not to List: The Greater Sage-Grouse Dilemma
Written by Joseph Kiesecker | March 9th, 2010
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Should the greater sage grouse have protected status? Conservancy scientist Joseph Kiesecker explains the importance of a recent USFWS decision for people and nature in the western United States.
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, March 9
Written by Nicole Levins |
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Crack open a bottle of organic wine (no, it’s not too early) and dig into the day’s top green stories. Cool Green Morning is best paired with a full-bodied red (yes, this writer doesn’t know a thing about wine):
- How clean is “clean” coal, really? (Grist)
- A team of researchers says that consumers just aren’t interested in eco-friendly wine. (Journal Watch Online)
- This fall, Kentucky will become home to the greenest elementary school in all the land. (EcoGeek)
- In the wake of “ClimateGate,” science works on its defensive strategy. (dotEarth)
- New research indicates that extinctions are outpacing evolution. Here’s hoping we don’t eventually run out of species… (Mongabay)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, March 8
Written by Robert Lalasz | March 8th, 2010
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It’s like “Monday Night Raw” here on CGM — sharks vs. squid, bees vs. hornets. And then a little climate change news, just to calm you down…
- Why are great white sharks migrating 1,600 miles to pick fights with giant squids? (LA Times)
- The Maldives (famous for being threatened by sea-level rise from climate change) buys its own floating island. (CleanTechnica)
- Melting frozen Arctic methane might sell newspapers — but CO2 is still the greenhouse gas worth twisting your knickers over. (DotEarth)
- Which activity does NASA say is the greatest global warming culprit? (EcoGeek)
- Cultural clash: When Asian giant hornets and European honeybees fight. (The Vine)
Good News on Amazon Deforestation….Maybe
Written by David Cleary |
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Deforestation rates in Brazil’s Amazon dropped 45% last year over 2008′s figures, continuing a five-year trend. But don’t celebrate just yet, says the Conservancy’s David Cleary.
Nature Photo of the Week: Dewdrops on a Spiderweb
Written by Margaret Southern | March 5th, 2010
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From a spider channeling Jackson Pollock, perhaps? This image was taken by Flickr user KoolPix and shared through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr Group. Check out all The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily nature images — submitted to the Conservancy’s Flickr group by people like you — at my.nature.org.
Cool Green Morning: Friday, March 5
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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A mourning dove is pecking at my window, trying to get in. Hey, pal — read Cool Green Morning on your own computer, like everybody else does!
- A new book says climate change will craft a new world order — United States and E.U. vs. China and Russia. (Climate Feedback)
- Why the “Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers” campaign is state-of-the-art conservation marketing. (Conservation Maven)
- The new climate change battleground: The American classroom. (Dot Earth)
- Greenhouse gases so hog the spotlight — so here’s a look at the neglected airborne pollutants. (The Vine)
- The 5 movies that should win an Oscar from a green standpoint (yes, yes,”Avatar” is still one of them). (The Daily Green)
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