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Cool Green Morning: Monday, March 15
Written by Robert Lalasz | March 15th, 2010
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If your name’s “Julius Caesar,” this morning will not be cool and green (it will be red, warm, then very cold). If you name is anything else, relax and catch up on the day’s hottest green news…
- What’s killing the great forests of western North America? (Yale Environment 360)
- Who’s growing more skeptical of climate change in the United States? (The Vine)
- Why is Japan frightened of China’s green tech investments? (GreenBiz)
- Who has the world’s first skyscraper with built-in wind turbines? (Inhabitat)
- What’s the carbon emission toll caused by a single page view of Treehugger? (Treehugger)
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)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, March 1
Written by Robert Lalasz | March 1st, 2010
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Lion? Lamb? March comes in like any other month here on Cool Green Morning — full of hot green reads:
- Will South Dakota children soon be learning climate change is caused in part by “astrological dynamics”? (The Vine)
- How your corked wine bottle is helping conserve biodiversity. (Mongabay)
- A new effort to save the Siberian Crane, which is critically endangered. (UNEP)
- Does conserving land reduce local housing supplies? (Conservation Maven)
- Big surprise (yeah, right): Most people don’t care if the gadget they just bought is green or not. (Retrevo)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, February 19
Written by Robert Lalasz | February 19th, 2010
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Birds, eels, aliens, cats (and trash): Just another Cool Green Morning of great big eco-news:
- Why do healthy finches like to eat next to sick finches? (60-Second Science podcast)
- Europe’s eel populations are sinking fast…and eel fisherman with them. (Blogfish)
- British Airways says it’ll source some jet fuel from London’s trash. (CleanTechinca)
- “District 9″ redux: The Index of Alien Impact is here. (Conservation Maven)
- Are big cats making a comeback in India? (DotEarth)
The List: Who’s Willing to Act on Climate Change
Written by Chrissy Schwinn | February 10th, 2010
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Which web page is most watched by the international climate change community? A simple but growing list of country pledges to limit emissions, says Chrissy Schwinn.
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, February 4
Written by Darci Palmquist | February 4th, 2010
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It’s cool, it’s green, it’s just what the doctor ordered: the top 5 green news links of the day:
- Is feeding 9 billion people by 2050 an impossible task, or one we — and planet Earth — are up to? (The Vine)
- Another story of how competition helps change human behavior: one company is reducing truck idling time by posting those hours in the staff breakroom. (Marc Gunther)
- Hawaii is on target to get 40 percent of its electric power from renewables by 2030… good news for the state most dependent on foreign oil. (Christian Science Monitor)
- It’s not just about agricultural run-off… household pesticides are finding their way into rivers in California. (NY Times)
- HDTV (the U.S.), cars instead of bikes (China), fast-food proliferation (India)…six trends happening world-wide that are NOT good for the planet. (Treehugger)
The Great Urbanization and What It Means for Nature: Part 1
Written by Rob McDonald | January 7th, 2010
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More people live in cities than don’t for the first time in human history — and conservationists need to be prepared instead of complaining, says Rob McDonald.
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, January 7
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Start off your day with the top 5 green news links online:
- Scientists have discovered a thicket of scrub oaks in California that can reproduce by cloning. (The New York Times)
- See video of yesterday’s violent boat crash between protesters and Japanese whalers. (Dot Earth)
- Collisions — by boat and car — are the cause for 2009’s increase in panther and manatee deaths in Florida. (Extinction Countdown)
- Political turmoil in Madagascar threatens to destroy gains in rainforest protection. (YaleE360)
- Looking for a green job this year? Check out this opportunity to protect puffins. (Treehugger)
A Visit to India, and Hope for the World’s Water
Written by Brian Richter | January 6th, 2010
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Water, poverty and human health come together in often-brutal ways in India. So why is Conservancy freshwater expert Brian Richter optimistic after his recent trip there?
Cool Green Morning: Monday, January 4
Written by Robert Lalasz | January 4th, 2010
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5 hot green stories to make your work re-entry a little less painful:
- What’s killing all the Tasmanian devils? (Wired Science)
- Should the United States have a water ethic, like Aldo Leopold’s land ethic? (Water Wired)
- Is Whole Foods CEO John Mackey a climate change skeptic? (Treehugger)
- What does an environmental refugee look like (and will climate change produce more of them)? (The New York Times)
- Why increasing climate change media coverage might be a hard sell. (DotEarth)
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