Category: Brazil
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, June 22
Written by Brad Parker | June 22nd, 2011
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Do penguins ever pull over and ask for directions?
- A new, uncontacted Amazon tribe has been discovered in Brazil. (Treehugger)
- An emperor penguin took a wrong turn, is the first in 44 years to visit New Zealand. (Guardian)
- Mercedes is making a hybrid popemobile for an upcoming trip to Germany. (Huffington Post Green)
- A proposed badger cull has been put on hold in Wales pending scientific review. (BBC)
- Does this picture provide evidence of ancient oceans on Mars? (Wired)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, June 1
Written by Nicole Levins | June 1st, 2011
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What’s cool and green and read all over?
- Water released by a Washington dam is killing 100,000 fish a day. (Treehugger)
- Climate change has been linked to social collapses in Greenland since 800 BC. (Scientific American)
- Brazil vows to halt Amazon violence. (Green)
- A new report says food prices will double, thanks to climate change. (Green House)
- Basically, ocean acidification is still bad news. (Wired)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, May 25
Written by Nicole Levins | May 25th, 2011
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This is probably the only place on the web you’ll find news about both diapers and glacier melt:
- Oyster mushrooms can break down disposable diapers in four months. (EcoGeek)
- A new report reveals that Brazil’s protected areas could be more protected. (Mongabay)
- Obama tells federal agencies to start buying electric and hybrid vehicles. (Green House)
- Planning a trip this summer? Check out these green destinations. (Treehugger)
- Greenland’s glaciers have lost enough ice to fill a Great Lake, says a new study. (YaleE360)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, April 11
Written by Nicole Levins | April 11th, 2011
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Cure your case of the cool green Mondays:
- Scientists discovered a new species of rhino…and it’s already close to extinction. (Mongabay)
- The operators of a Japanese nuclear plant say now it will really stop pumping radioactive water into the ocean. (Reuters, via Huffington Post Green)
- Is goat meat a “more ethical” alternative to beef? (Treehugger)
- Don’t toss or recharge batteries– wear them. (Green House)
- Crops for animal feed are destroying Brazilian savanna, says a new report. (Guardian Eco)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, February 16
Written by Nicole Levins | February 16th, 2011
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Green news time!
- From our very own lead scientist Sanjayan: Lewis and Clark would have totally approved of this big conservation win for the Crown of the Continent. (Huffington Post Green)
- Climate change is a “chief contributor” to civil unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, says one UN official. (Green)
- Are drugs destroying the Amazon? (Treehugger)
- A new study illustrates just how bad sea level rise could be by 2100. (How bad? Pretty bad.) (YaleE360)
- The greenest cars aren’t necessarily electric or hybrid. (Green House)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, January 28
Written by Brad Parker | January 28th, 2011
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We know there’s fresh powder out there, but be sure to read all 5 before you hit the slopes:
- Students, parents are protesting planned solar panels at a California middle school. (LA Times)
- Primitive tools suggest humans left Africa earlier, and in a different direction. (NPR)
- See amazing pictures of the damage invasive boas inflict on native birds in Aruba. (Dot Earth)
- A controversial Brazilian mega-dam on the Amazon clears another major hurdle. (Green)
- Your ski and snowboard wax could be seriously harmful to you and wildlife. (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, January 18
Written by Darci Palmquist | January 18th, 2011
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Can you spot the theme in today’s 5 cool green news links?
- Wildfires, earthquakes and now the threat of a massive “superstorm“… really, who wants to live in California? (The New York Times)
- The oil spill commission says LA gov Jindal was a hindrance to the clean-up effort. (Green)
- In Haiti’s post-earthquake deforested hills, frog species are thriving. (BBC)
- Comparing the impacts of recent extreme floods in Brazil and Australia. (Dot Earth)
- Jellyfish are taking over our overfished, warm, polluted seas. (YaleE360)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, January 5
Written by Nicole Levins | January 5th, 2011
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Cool Green Morning: The “But What Does It All Mean??” edition.
- Dead birds are now falling out of the sky in Sweden, and dead fish are washing up on Maryland, Brazil and New Zealand shores. (Huffington Post)
- The Atlantic Ocean is warming. Just ask its corals. (Mongabay)
- This crazy hornet creates its own solar power…with its skin. (National Geographic)
- It’s not just honeybees on the decline. A new report says a number of bee species are in peril. (Grist)
- The EPA released updated guidelines for cleaning up broken CFLs. (Green House)
Plant a Billion Trees: Q&A With Fernando Veiga
Written by Brad Parker | December 22nd, 2010
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A large contribution is coming thanks to Google’s Chrome for a Cause community. Find out how many trees will be planted and learn more about our Plant a Billion Trees campaign.
What the Green Breakthrough in Brazil Means
Written by David Cleary | October 8th, 2010
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The loser in Brazil’s recent presidential election scores a win for the environment— our director of conservation strategies in South America explains.
