Tag: Arctic drilling
The Green Buzz: Thursday, February 28
Written by Megan Sheehan | February 28th, 2013
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It’s about time the polar bears got some good news.
- Shell will not return to the Arctic to attempt its drilling efforts in 2013. (New York Times)
- Been wondering how to tell which Global Food Giant has the best environmental record? Wonder no more, thanks to Oxfam. (New York Times)
- Kicking the plastic habit: is it possible? This author says yes. (MNN)
- The Great Green Fleet: The Pentagon is moving full green ahead. (Grist)
- Hey, Mother Nature: no one cares about the environment anymore. (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, January 9
Written by Megan Sheehan | January 9th, 2013
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Grab that coffee and get yer green news fix.
- You know the elephant poaching in Kenya? The worst poaching incident yet happened yesterday. (Mongabay)
- American Petroleum Institute says U.S. is poised be self-sufficient in liquid fuels…as long as the government doesn’t intervene with enviro-regulations. (Green)
- Our wireless addiction is creating a big e-waste problem. (Treehugger)
- 2012 was hot, really hot. In fact, 2012 was the hottest year on record in the U.S. — and by a long shot. (Christian Science Monitor)
- Arctic drilling is getting an expedited, high-level review to help inform future permits in the Arctic. (Environmental News Service)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, September 4
Written by Megan Sheehan | September 4th, 2012
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A drought occurs in one area of the world and its effects are localized, right? Wrong…
- Food prices around the world are up 10% thanks to the U.S. drought. (Grist)
- Liberia’s forests are threatened by shady deals that have handed 25% of its landmass to logging companies. (Scientific American)
- Shell Oil gets the “OK” to begin drilling in sensitive waters off Alaska’s coast. (Washington Post)
- Inspiration for the day: U.S. kids start One More Generation, a campaign to save South Africa’s rhinos. (Mongabay)
- Fifty years ago this month, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring changed the way we viewed the chemical industry’s impact on natural systems. (GreenBiz)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, June 14
Written by Bob Lalasz | June 14th, 2010
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Happy Flag Day to those of you in the United States — to those of you in the rest of the world, it means parades and little cups of vanilla ice cream for U.S. kids. I am still a kid at heart…
- Calls grow for an Arctic treaty out of fears of increased drilling there. (Yale Environment 360)
- EDF explains why environmentalists must work with big corporations. (GreenBiz)
- Senator Merkley has a plan to reduce oil consumption — and it matters to climate/energy legislation (Dave Roberts/Grist)
- A new book, a depressing look at how climate policy is made…or not. (Dot Earth)
- How environmental groups are using the Gulf oil spill as an opportunity. (Green/New York Times)
