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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, December 12
Written by Megan Sheehan | December 12th, 2012
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This morning, we’ve got muddy waters on our radar.
- Did you know that farms were largely exempt from the 1972 Clean Water Act’s policies to limit agricultural runoff? Neither did we. (Green)
- Costa Rica has banned hunting as a sport. (Guardian)
- A new robot in Japan is ready to clean up Fukushima–and you can watch it perform its tasks. (Treehugger)
- Fish Fraud: Don’t be so sure that the sushi toro you ordered is, in fact, tuna. (NPR)
- The city of Indianapolis plans to replace its entire city car fleet with electric, plug-in hybrids by 2025. (Washington Post)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, November 19
Written by Nicole Levins | November 19th, 2012
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Happy World Toilet Day! How are you celebrating? Just kidding; we probably don’t want to know.
- On World Toilet Day, companies address the global sanitation crisis. (Triple Pundit)
- We can’t fight poverty if we don’t fight climate change, says the World Bank. (Christian Science Monitor)
- Americans waste a whole lot of turkey each year (like, in the hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth). (Treehugger)
- This new plug-in electric vehicle can charge up to 80% in just 20 minutes. (Inhabitat)
- What does the world need for water security? A global treaty on rivers might be a start. (YaleE360)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, July 11
Written by Megan Sheehan | July 11th, 2012
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Here’s what’s on our radar this morning in the world of green news.
- Knock, knock. It’s Naturebox — delivering healthy snacks right to your door! (Treehugger)
- Not too surprising: preventable errors led to the 2010 pipeline oil spill in the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. (Green)
- Thousands of leatherback turtle eggs and hatchlings were crushed on the island of Trinidad. (Huffington Post)
- San Francisco isn’t happy with Apple’s green credentials, and is planning to ban officials from using their computers. (Guardian)
- The electric car market in the U.S. is full of spark. (MNN)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, April 11
Written by Nicole Levins | April 11th, 2012
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Isn’t technology grand?
- An electric DeLorean is in the works (time travel not included). (EcoGeek)
- Here’s more on the connection between climate change and wacky weather. (DotEarth)
- A new study says shrinking numbers of large predators wreak havoc on forest ecosystems. (YaleE360)
- Might want to double-check– are you buying illegally harvested wood? (Mongabay)
- Research links pesticides to declining bee populations. (Grist)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, February 3
Written by Brad Parker | February 3rd, 2012
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These should get you through the weekend.
- States are requiring insurance companies to plan for climate change. (Grist)
- Nissan is shipping it’s electric cars on a low-emission, solar-diesel ship. (Clean Technica)
- A special powder will soon be able to turn your grass clippings into solar cells. (Future of Technology)
- The worst spate of stranded dolphins in a decade on Cape Cod baffle scientists. (Guardian)
- After 20 years, Russian drill nears 14-million-year-old Antarctic lake. (Wired)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, December 15
Written by Madeline Breen | December 15th, 2011
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Be prepared to be extremely bugged out.
- Scientists have discovered a jumping cockroach — and there’s video! (Huffington Post)
- At IKEA, you can shop for furniture, eat Swedish meatballs and now charge your electric vehicle. (Market Watch)
- Chicago’s Uncommon Ground is the greenest restaurant in the country. (TreeHugger)
- Have you signed up for Audobon’s annual Christmas Bird Count? (Audubon)
- Black hole to eat a cloud of gas. Nom nom nom. (National Geographic)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, July 14
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 14th, 2011
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Still hot? Our 5 news links will cool you off!
- Will you watch the new Al Gore reality show about climate change? (Green)
- You always knew it was true: less really is more, and greener. (Green Biz)
- A positive outcome of Fukushima: an increased emphasis on electric cars. (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Seeing is believing: scientists rediscover the long-lost Bornean rainbow toad & snap pics to prove it. (Mongabay)
- These 7 photographers are saving the planet through their images. (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, February 25
Written by Brad Parker | February 25th, 2011
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Here’s the green news of the day. We really like that last one:
- The world’s largest mud volcano will continue erupting for 26 years. (BBC)
- A California company is using solar power to extract oil from an old oil field. (Green)
- The navigational “magic” of sea turtles has finally been explained. (Wired Science)
- Electric Rolls Royce will let blue-bloods go green. (Grist)
- We just purchased more than 3,000 acres along Clearwater River in Washington to replant trees and restore the watershed. (Seattle Times)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, November 5
Written by Brad Parker | November 5th, 2010
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Finally, we give you a reason to really love worms:
- There are new close-up images of NASA’s comet fly-by! (Wired)
- Worms are becoming big business and helping you get more wine! (Treehugger)
- A notorious wildlife trafficker is going to prison for a few years. (Mongabay)
- How do electric cars work without starters, alternators or spark plugs? (Planet Green)
- A new transparent film may help turn windows into solar power generators. (CleanTechnica)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, September 3
Written by Brad Parker | September 3rd, 2010
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The best way to start a 3-day weekend is with 5 cool links.
- Wild chimps in Africa are outwitting hunters by deactivating their traps. (Earth News)
- Detroit has a new way to encourage the use of electric cars. (Green Tech)
- BP is touting the innovations arising from the Gulf oil spill. (Washington Post)
- It wasn’t new smart meters that caused utility bills to rise, it was the heat. (Green)
- Are organic strawberries really healthier, tastier and better for the soil? (Grist)
