Archive for 'Green Technology'
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 28
There are more trees out there than previously thought. Carbon emissions may soon be offset with a text message. Tractor-trailers might be going green (really?). It’s a yucky, rainy morning here in Cool Green Science Land, so let’s brighten it up with some nice, happy (for the most part) green news:
Best headline of the morning [...]
Posted: October 28th, 2009 under Africa, Animals, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Forests, Green Technology, United States.
Tags: Bright Green Blog, carbon emissions, carbon offsets, CleanTechnica, deforestation, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Green Biz, Green Inc., Pacific albatross, scientific american, solar power, trees
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 27
It’s indeed a bright green morning today, with positive news everywhere: International Climate Day of Action a big success! Smart meters galore! And here’s the big news: a new study shows your personal actions can make a difference in the fight against climate change! Take that, all you climate change pessimists.
Bill McKibben says we need to “stop whining [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2009 under Animals, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Ecosystem Services, Energy, Environmental Science, Green Living, Green Technology, Markets, Media, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: 350.org, Bill McKibben, chytrid fungus, deadly fungus, energy efficiency, frogs, government energy grant, Grist, International Climate Day of Action, Mark Tercek, personal change reduces emissions, Reuters, smart meter
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, October 19
Salmon adapting to dams? Solar panels causing climate change? Optimistic conservationists? There is nothing wrong with your computer. Do not attempt to adjust your monitor. We are now in control of the transmission…here on the best darn roundup of daily cool green news ever:
The Royal Botanic Gardens in England announces that it’s collected seeds from [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Europe, Fire, Green Technology, Media, United States.
Tags: Ask Pablo, Biological Conservation, Chinook salmon, Climate Change, climate change TV, climate change TV study, Columbia salmon, Communications Research, conservationists, extinction, Freakonomics, Journal Watch Online, Kew Gardens seed bank, Kew seed, Mongabay, Oregonian salmon, Royal Botanic Gardens seed, salmon, seed bank, Snake salmon, solar panel climate change, solar panel global warming, Treehugger, WaterWired
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 14
If you’re anything like me, you can’t get your day started without your daily serving of Cool Green Morning. (Also, caffeine. Lots and lots of caffeine.) Read on to get your fix:
Big snakes are becoming a big problem, says the United States Geological Survey. The group just issued a report concluding that, should the Burmese [...]
Posted: October 14th, 2009 under Australia, Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Green Living, Green Technology, Invasive species, North America, Science, United States, Water Conservation.
Tags: Australia, Burmese Python, California, Climate Change, DotEarth, Environmental Capital, gray water, Green Inc., green products, The Vine
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Cool Green Morning: Friday, October 9
Congratulations to President Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize! Now, what about the real news of the day…such as the most bizarre claim against the dangers of global warming yet floated? Read below for that and more, as always in your daily Coolness:
You’ve heard of The Sibley Guide to Birds — the serious birder’s [...]
Posted: October 9th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Green Living, Green Technology, Media, Policy, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: 10000 Birds, carbon Navy sub, Climate Feedback, climate geoengineering, cool global warming, Cool Green Science, Department of Energy, Eric Haxthausen, Geophysical Research Letters, global warming deny, H. Leighton Steward, Island of Doubt, National Geographic Green Guide, neighborhood electric vehicle, ozone hole climate, Senate climate bill, Sibley Guide to Birds, Sibley Guide to Trees, stratosphere sulphate
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, October 8
Solar roads, “artificial trees” that pull CO2 from the air, and using dead people to run the air conditioning unit… it’s just another round-up of Cool Green News.
Driving on glass sounds kind of sketchy, but an Idaho-based engineer has invented solar panels that you can indeed drive on. The next step is lots and lots of testing.
U.S. climate legislation [...]
Posted: October 8th, 2009 under Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Environmental Science, Green Technology, Policy, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: artificial trees, crematorium furnace, David Biello, nature study, nuclear power, offshore drilling, solar panel road, solar road, Taiwan, U.S. climate legislation, wasted heat, Yale 360
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 7
Lots of good news today, readers! The fate of tuna: not necessarily hopeless! Global carbon emissions are down! Drinking wine from a barrel is a totally green thing to do! Who doesn’t love kicking off their Cool Green Morning on a positive note?:
Every cloud has a silver lining, right? Yale Environment 360 reports that as [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Fish, Green Living, Green Technology, Science.
Tags: alternative energy, carbon offsets, Christian Science Monitor, CleanTechnica, CO2 emissions, endangered species, Energy, Green Biz, Green Inc., renewable energy, solar panel, solar power, tuna, wine, Yale Environment 360
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, October 1
It’s the first of the month, time for a fresh start — like iPhone apps that track climate change, a replacement for coal and dam removal on the Klamath (did you ever think you’d see the day?!). Of course, there’s also disappearing species (the Chinese paddlefish)… well, 4 out of 5 ain’t bad. Read on for today’s [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Fish, Fresh Water, Green Technology, Indigenous Communities, Policy, United States.
Tags: capitol hill, Chinese paddlefish, coal, dams, emissions reduction, iPhone app, Klamath River, melting glaciers, Native American tribes, nrg energy, Senate climate change bill, Species extinction, Swiss Alps, switchgrass, Yangzte River
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, September 16
Filling your tank with dead trees. Battling climate change with contraception. Robots, toxic waste and the mob. It’s just another Saturday night for some, but for us, it adds up to a pretty wild Cool Green Morning:
Andy Revkin over at Dot Earth asks if, um, family planning might be the “ultimate green technology.” Researchers at [...]
Posted: September 16th, 2009 under Business, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Environmental Science, Europe, Forests, Green Living, Green Technology, Invasive species, Science.
Tags: Ask Umbra, Associated Press, Atlanta Business Chronicle, biofuel, CleanTechnica, climate change denial, Dot Earth, Forests, green business, Green Technology, GreenBiz, Grist, Huffington Post, Italy, London School of Economics, toxic waste, water pollution
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, September 15
There might not be much hope for the Goose Creek milkvetch, but at least you can now heat your home with an ethanol fireplace. Read on for that and weightier topics like sunspots, the Peruvian Amazon conflict and REDD (one of the most important strategies in fighting climate change, says Conservancy president Mark Tercek).
Goose Creek milkvetch (pictured above) [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Green Living, Green Technology, Indigenous Communities, Interviews, Media, North America, Rainforests, Science, South America, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: Ecopolitology, endangered species, environmental conflict, ethanol fireplace, global climate change, Goose Creek milkvetch, indigenous tribes, Marc Gunther, Mark Tercek, Peruvian Amazon, rainforest, rare plant, REDD, reducing emissions from deforestation, sunspots, The Economist, The Nature Conservancy, Treehugger, USFWS
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