Tag: Earthwatch
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, May 5
Written by Darci Palmquist | May 5th, 2011
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Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate in green style:
- San Francisco teenagers are suing the government for failure to protect the Earth for future generations. (NY Times)
- Speaking of which: the latest predictions for world population growth could amount to serious environmental challenges. (Green)
- Forest protection takes one step forward in Indonesia, two steps back in Brazil. (EarthWatch)
- Take your lawn to a whole new level this year: go organic! (The Daily Green)
- Electronic medical records could cut 1.7 million tons of carbon emissions. (EcoGeek)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 19
Written by Darci Palmquist | October 19th, 2010
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The day’s top 5 cool green news stories, delivered right to your doorstep:
- The greenest companies in America, as ranked by Newsweek. (GreenBiz)
- Children take center stage at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. (EarthWatch)
- What’s the least attractive wind turbine color to insects (thus potentially saving lots of birds and bats)? (Treehugger)
- Don’t forget to take advantage of the federal tax credit for home energy improvements before it expires at year’s end. (Christian Science Monitor)
- Midwestern climate skeptics get on board with cleaner energy. (The New York Times)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, September 30
Written by Darci Palmquist | September 30th, 2010
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The rain is falling here in the East, making for a rather cool green morning:
- From Mr. Obama: a plan to roll out climate change and energy legislation in “chunks.” (DotEarth)
- And seen on Mrs. Obama: mammoth bone, an ecological alternative to ivory. (Treehugger)
- Need proof of a world-wide water crisis? Check out this new water map. (BBC)
- Can a group of photographers save Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest? (Earthwatch)
- Eww…video of sewage flooding Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal calls attention to the city’s troubled waterways. (Green)
