Archive for 'Interviews'
Cool Green Morning: Monday, Sept. 21
We take the morning’s green news by the horns here at Cool Green Science — including a great story about Central Asia’s saiga antelope (above), being brought back from the brink of extinction by good old-fashioned conservation:
European leaders are openly questioning whether the United States has the political will to address climate change, reports The [...]
Posted: September 21st, 2009 under Animals, Asia Pacific, Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Europe, Interviews, Policy, United States.
Tags: animal memorial, biofuel dead zone, biofuel gulf, biofuels, climate change business, Copenhagen, Environmental Capital, Environmental Science and Technology, Europe climate, extinction exhibit, HSBC climate, Journal Watch Online, Maya Lin, Maya Lin animal, Maya Lin species, Mongabay, saiga antelope, Saiga Conservation Alliance, species memorial, The New York Times, Todd Stern, Triple Pundit, What is Missing, Yale Environment 360
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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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New Energy Production and Nature: What Will the Impacts Be?
Renewable energy is poised to be the wave of the future, but what impact will it have on landscapes and wildlife?
In the United States, at least 67 million acres will be developed for new energy projects by 2030. While these projects — including wind, solar and biofuels — will help reduce carbon emissions [...]
Posted: August 26th, 2009 under Animals, Birds, Deserts and Aridlands, Energy, Grasslands, Green Technology, Interviews, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, Science, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: biofuels, biomass, cap-and-trade, congress, Congress biofuel, Energy, Energy by Design, energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy sprawl, ethanol, greenhouse gas, PLoS One, renewable energy, renewable energy wildlife, Rob McDonald, solar power, The Nature Conservancy, wind power
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, August 18
Will Steven Colbert try to stop Bill McKibben from saving the world? Will the tenkile — the world’s rarest tree kangaroo — recover from near decimation? Will Kenya and Uganda go to war over a fish? We can’t promise any answers, but we can deliver the top Cool Green News links you should read today.
Bill McKibben [...]
Posted: August 18th, 2009 under Africa, Animals, Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Fish, Forests, Fresh Water, Green Living, Indigenous Communities, Interviews, Media, United States.
Tags: 350.org, Bill McKibben, carbon savings, Climate Change, Colbert Report, eco-friendly music, favorite places in U.S., Green Inc., Lake Victoria, Mgingo Island, national park nominations, Nile perch, Papua New Guinea, Scott's tree kangaroo, tenkile, The Vine
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, July 29
Wasn’t it Michael Caine in the Austin Powers’ movie “Goldmember” who said there are two kinds of people he couldn’t stand — “those who are intolerant of other cultures, and the Dutch”? We don’t take stands on whole peoples here at Cool Green Science — but the Dutch are doing some pretty funky things with [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2009 under China, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Fresh Water, Green Living, Interviews, Media, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, United States.
Tags: ACES, Andrew Revkin, China climate, Climate Change, DotEarth, Dutch smart car, Dutch smart car canal, EcoGeek, EphusBailey, FedEx hybrid, floating apartment, Good Clean Tech, Grist, Gulf dead zone, Juliet Eilperin, sea level rise, The Nation, Treehugger, Washington Post climate, Wired Science
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, July 23
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Steven Chu
www.thedailyshow.com
First, we hear Steven Chu has a Facebook page. Now he’s appearing on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. What next? Read on for all the latest Cool Green News on this fine Cool Green Morning.
Will farmers do better financially under the proposed Waxman-Markey [...]
Posted: July 23rd, 2009 under Carbon Markets, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Coral Reefs, Energy, Green Living, Green Technology, Interviews, Markets, Media, Oceans & Coasts, Policy, Rainforests, Science, The Caribbean, United States.
Tags: baseball stadiums, carbon offsets, Caribbean reefs, Climate Change, climate change mitigation, coral bleaching, Daily Show, Environmental Capital, facebook, farmers, Jon Stewart, LEED certification, Mongabay, NOAA, Red Green and Blue, save rainforests, Steven Chu, warming ocean, Waxman-Markey, wind energy
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, June 17
Did you miss our lead scientist Sanjayan’s appearance on “Late Night with David Letterman” on Monday? Watch part 1 in the video above and part 2 here…and see how Letterman thinks we’re all doomed by climate change, despite Dr. S’s best efforts to convince him otherwise. Then read the rest of today’s top green links [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2009 under Animals, Business, Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Europe, Fresh Water, Green Living, Interviews, Media, Rainforests, Science, The Nature Conservancy, Water Conservation.
Tags: 60-Second Science, Climate Change, consumer green, Daniel Goleman, david letterman, electric car, Elon Musk, Environmental Capital, Environmental Intelligence, Environmental Leader, forest footprint, Forest Footprint Disclosure Project, fossil fuel, gas tax, gasoline, Green Living, Joel Makower, PayPal, poisonous snake Iraq, Sanjayan, scientist communication, Tesla, tropical forest
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Celebrities: They’re Green…Just Like Us!
Celebrities are the conscience of America. They tell us how to vote, help set our foreign policy and provide guidance on healthcare decisions. Without celebrities, we would have no moral compass.
Many celebrities make great contributions to society through the environmental movement. They save the whales, fight deforestation with their chest hair and design vegan shoes [...]
Posted: June 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Green Living, Interviews, Media, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: celebrities, Climate Change, culture, dave connell, david letterman, dennis leary, Green Living, Sanjayan, wind power
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, May 14
Did you peddle your way to the office this morning? Or do you telecommute? Maybe you’re a recent grad and don’t work yet? Whatever your M.O., we’ve got a story for you in our round-up of top enviro news stories.
It’s Bike-to-Work week, so it’s perfect timing for the inauguration of North America’s largest bike share program — welcome [...]
Posted: May 14th, 2009 under Carbon Markets, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Green Living, Green Technology, Interviews, Markets, North America, Policy, Sustainable Livelihoods, United States.
Tags: Andrew Revkin, Bike to Work Week, Bixi, cap-and-trade, household energy use, Montreal, School of Sustainability, The Vine, Waxman-Markey
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