Tag: energy bill
Cool Green Morning: Monday, July 19
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 19th, 2010
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Mondays should always be cool and green, shouldn’t they?
- Looking beyond clean-up in the Gulf to… The Nature Conservancy’s vision for long-term restoration. (Green)
- Does Guatemala’s rainforest stand a chance against drug traffickers, cattle ranchers, poachers, looters and loggers? (The New York Times)
- A re-cap on cap-and-trade, and lingering questions about an energy bill. (The Vine)
- Is the Gulf oil spill polluting as much air as water? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Can cat rehab save endangered birds on Japan’s Ogasawara Islands. (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, July 1
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 1st, 2010
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Ah, the first of the month – a fresh start! What better way to begin than with the best cool green news around?
- Nature vs. culture: what if we have to choose in some places? (Green)
- Invasive Asian carp are inching their way to the Great Lakes. (Extinction Countdown)
- What does Robert Byrd’s death mean for climate and energy legislation? (The Vine)
- No more excuses for not biking to the grocery store with this handy bike & shopping cart in one. (Treehugger)
- A new law gives big business an advantage over communal land owners in Papua New Guinea. (Mongabay)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, June 15
Written by Darci Palmquist | June 15th, 2010
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Bringing you the top 5 coolest and greenest links around, free of charge:
- Waxman takes on BP, asking if the company’s “shortcuts” caused the spill. (The Vine)
- In need of a little luck? Try wishing on a star or tapping your heels together 3 times… anything but the South African custom of smoking (endangered) vulture brains. (Extinction Countdown)
- The oil spill may spur action on an energy bill, but not a climate bill. (The New York Times)
- Here’s a real feel-good story: solar-powered refrigerators are helping bring vaccines to people in developing countries. (EcoGeek)
- How is the Gulf oil spill like 9/11? (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, June 8
Written by Darci Palmquist | June 8th, 2010
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We have some important questions here folks:
- How many years will the clean-up in the Gulf take? (The New York Times)
- What kind of energy bill are we looking at now? (The Vine)
- And is the climate bill really going to pass anyway? (Grist)
- What influences the spread of invasive species more — a country’s climate and geography or its wealth and population? (Conservation Journal Watch)
- Finally, which is greener, beer or wine? (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, May 5
Written by Nicole Levins | May 5th, 2010
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Happy Cinco de Mayo! They may not be as tasty as tacos, margaritas and all that good stuff, but why not celebrate with these cinco great green links?
- Wait a minute– could the Gulf oil spill make an energy bill less likely to happen? (The Vine)
- Since we humans heated up this here planet, can our geoengineering technologies cool it down? (Christian Science Monitor)
- A new study says that half of the Amazon could be gone by 2050. (Treehugger)
- Learn more about the oil containment strategies– like domes and relief wells– about to be deployed to the Gulf. (Green)
- Chocolate, styrofoam and human body fat are three of the weirdest potential alternative energy sources ever…but hey, whatever works. (The Daily Green)
USCAP: More Relevant Than Ever
Written by Eric Haxthausen | March 2nd, 2010
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The United States needs solutions to climate change and energy issues — and the U.S. Climate Action Partnership is more relevant than ever to that task, says the Conservancy’s Eric Haxthausen.
Cool Green Morning: Monday, August 10
Written by Bob Lalasz | August 10th, 2009
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Ants attacking honeybees? The Pacific Ocean’s “giant patch of garbage” being a little patchy? Bjorn Lomborg reversing himself on climate change? It’s shaping up to be a “do the opposite” kind of week — and Cool Green Morning kicks it off for you below: The new threat to honeybees? “Rasberry crazy” ants, reports Associated Press [...]
