July, 2010
Cool Green Morning: Friday, July 16
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 16th, 2010
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Well, 4 out of 5 ain’t bad… enjoy today’s (mostly) uplifting round-up of cool green news:
- Oil stops flowing for the first time since April. (The New York Times)
- Extending the local food movement to water. (Huffington Post)
- More on water: a new effort to ship water from where it’s plentiful to where it’s scarce. (Green)
- See a video showing why keeping Florida beaches dark at night helps sea turtles. (Dot Earth)
- Capturing warm summer air to heat a school in the cold Switzerland winter. (EcoGeek)
‘Powering the Future’: What’s It Going to Take?
Written by Robert Lalasz | July 15th, 2010
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Solar paint, photovoltaics clothes, and why the world’s wrong about China going green — learn about a Discovery Channel series on renewable energy debuting this Saturday and hosted by our lead scientist Sanjayan.
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, July 15
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Wish I didn’t have to do this, but today’s cool green news is, well, rather grim.
- A picture tells a thousand words: see photos of Mount Everst’s retreating glaciers. (Green)
- Hold on to your stomachs: an in-depth look at animal autopsies in the Gulf. (The New York Times)
- This is getting gross: eating kangaroos to save the planet? (The Vine)
- And depressing: what’s a pangolin, and why is it one of the most illegally trafficked species in Asia? (Mongabay)
- But at least insects have their haven: New York’s JFK airport has as many insects as wild grasslands. (Conservation Journal Watch)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, July 14
Written by Nicole Levins | July 14th, 2010
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Lions and zebras and giraffes, oh m… hey, where did they all go? Find out that and more! in this morning’s round-up of the day’s best green news.
- The Gulf of Mexico will recover eventually– but how long are we talking here? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Let the countdown begin: a Senate climate and energy bill could be just two weeks away. (AFP, via Grist)
- Catching carbon with science…rocket science. (EcoGeek)
- The numbers of Africa’s iconic, charismatic megafauna are declining pretty significantly– even the ones living in national parks. (Treehugger)
- Some parking lots may soon turn into “solar forests. ” (Green)
Roads: Connecting and Dividing Us
Written by Kate Frazer | July 13th, 2010
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Roads make it easy for people to get around, but what price do wildlife pay for our convenience? Conservancy staffer Kate Frazer visits a salamander tunnel and learns how a new computer model is helping address habitat fragmentation.
Pulling the Nets: More Salmon, Less Sleep in Bristol Bay
Written by Dustin Solberg |
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All work and no sleep makes for… your typical salmon fisherman in Bristol Bay. Our staffer Dustin Solberg continues pulling the nets for a commercial salmon fishing boat in Alaska.
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, July 13
Written by Nicole Levins |
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It’s the perfect summer day for some refreshing cool green news:
- Did you catch our Kansas state director on Sunday’s Good Morning America? If not, watch it now! (ABC News)
- IKEA goes incandescent-free starting next month. (CleanTechnica)
- The Obama administration issues another moratorium on deep-sea drilling. (AFP, via Grist)
- Recycling plastic: It’s complicated. (MSNBC.com)
- 2010 is, and will probably continue to be, a crazy smoking hot year. (The Vine)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, July 12
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 12th, 2010
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Maybe if we give each polar bear a security blanket, everything will work out?
- A giant thermal blanket could help slow the rate of a melting glacier in Italy. (Treehugger)
- Scientists say polar bears in Hudson Bay have just 25-30 years left, matching the rate of decline of Arctic sea ice. (Yale 360)
- Australia plans to get 30 percent of its drinking water from the ocean. (The New York Times)
- The controversial tactic of burning oil resumes in the Gulf. (Los Angeles Times)
- Fred Pearce celebrates World Population Day by debunking the overpopulation myth. (Grist)
Nature Photo of the Week: Deer and Egret
Written by Margaret Southern | July 9th, 2010
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Looks like this egret found a good spot to rest! Flickr user gseloff caught this sweet moment between a cattle egret and a whitetail deer near the jogging trail at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and shared the photo through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr Group. Check out all The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily [...]
Pulling the Nets: Salmon Fishing Season Begins
Written by Dustin Solberg |
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The commercial sockeye salmon fishing season in Alaska has begun! Our staffer Dustin Solberg reports from a one-month stint on a commercial salmon fishing boat in Bristol Bay.
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