Tag: Dams
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: Thursday, August 5
Written by Darci Palmquist | August 5th, 2010
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Secret plots, controversy and oil oil oil…it’s time to get the low-down on today’s cool green news:
- Bike-riding and other environmental initiatives — a secret plot in Colorado? (Green)
- A Harvard prof’s controversial view: dams and genetically engineered food are good for poor countries. (Green Biz)
- Dare we say it? It looks like the static kill worked. (Christian Science Monitor)
- But, where did all the oil go? See this NOAA chart for the answer. (The Vine)
- Warming oceans are leading to more and bigger dead zones. (YaleE360)
The Lessons of ‘Avatar’ for Sustainable Hydropower
Written by Jeff Opperman | February 23rd, 2010
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Conservancy scientist Jeff Opperman discovers a new ending to the script of “Avatar” — and wonders if the Battle for Hometree even needed to be fought.
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, December 2
Written by Nicole Levins | December 2nd, 2009
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Happy Cool Green Wednesday, everyone! Read on for the day’s top stories, like a cap-and-trade vid that’s making the wrong argument, good news for hybrid and electric vehicle drivers in Canada and Copenhagen’s teamwork-powered Christmas tree (see above). Enjoy! David Roberts over at Grist explains why the new anti-cap-and-trade video from the maker of “The [...]
Fish and People on the Edge: Why the Zambezi River Looks OK, But Isn’t
Written by Jeff Opperman | October 14th, 2009
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How do you convince people that a river they’ve known their whole lives is not the river it once was…or could be? That turned out to be my challenge last week, when I traveled to Zambia in support of The Nature Conservancy’s new project to restore the Zambezi River. After several days of meetings with [...]
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, October 1
Written by Darci Palmquist | October 1st, 2009
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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 [...]
Environmental Protection Is Not a Luxury
Written by Bob Bendick | March 23rd, 2009
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This morning I posted an entry to the National Journal Energy & Environment Expert blog. The topic was whether the United States can afford to spend money on environmental protection during a time of economic crisis. My answer is below: It is, of course, entirely understandable that in the midst of the worst economic crisis [...]
What Threatens Your Fresh Water?
Written by Darci Palmquist | February 23rd, 2009
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It’s easy to take for granted when all we have to do is turn on a tap. But whether freshwater resources seem plentiful where you live — or they’re drying up — the reality is that fresh water is threatened everywhere. Deforestation, dams, over-consumption, agricultural run-off, invasive species, habitat conversion and, of course, climate change — all [...]
Nothing is Ever Black, White…or Green
Written by Diedre Paterno-Pai | December 12th, 2008
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We all want to know — paper or plastic? We all want a green answer to the way we live our lives. But rarely is there one green answer — no silver bullet to saving our natural world. Nothing is ever black and white. Or green. This really hit home with me when my daughter [...]
