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The Green Buzz: Friday, May 10
Written by Madeline Breen | May 10th, 2013
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Scouring the web for today’s top green news stories. Read on and have a great, green weekend!
- Google time-lapse images reveal startling impacts made by humans to our planet. (Huffington Post Green)
- Me: male, critically endangered, ugly fish. You: Female Mangarahara cichlid ready to mate! Apply within. (BBC)
- A guide to the greenest colleges. Is your alma mater on this list? (CleanTechnica)
- Déjà vu? 3M years ago, the Arctic was warm. Is an ice-free Arctic in our future? (Guardian)
- How mussel farming can clean and save a city’s waters. (Yale360)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, September 27
Written by Megan Sheehan | September 27th, 2012
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If you’ve ever been hankering to scuba dive a coral reef, now you can. Literally – right now!
- Google now offers virtual dives of the world’s coral reefs. (MNN)
- 20 governments agree that 100 million people will die by 2030 if the world doesn’t tackle climate change. (Scientific American)
- Windows that produce electricity? Laptops whose covers act as chargers? UCLA’s transparent solar film could make it possible. (LA Times)
- In New Mexico, we’re burning a forest to save it. (Green)
- Now is the moment to get children playing outside again. (Guardian)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, June 11
Written by Nicole Levins | June 11th, 2012
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Get your green news on:
- The idea of “natural capital” is catching on in these ten African nations. (Mongabay)
- What’s so partisan about sea-level rise? (Grist)
- Google’s bringing Street View to hiking trails. (Treehugger)
- In the United Kingdom, “eco-funerals” are on the rise. (Guardian)
- The EPA is partnering with the US Department of Health and Human Services to stress the connection between air quality and health. (Scientific American)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 1
Written by Madeline Breen | November 1st, 2011
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Here’s your daily dose of green news to bring you out of your post-Halloween sugar crash.
- Anything Google does, Facebook can do better. Enter: Facebook’s two new energy efficient data centers. (CleanTechnica)
- Warming oceans could push Australia’s seaweed into oblivion. (TreeHugger)
- In Mexico City, what happens when your run out of room to build new buildings? Create an “earthscrapper” underground. (Grist)
- Upgrading your smartphone to the next shiny new model comes with a price on the environment. (Washington Post)
- 8,000 cars pass through Yosemite Valley a day. A new plan to protect Yosemite’s Merced River may limit those visitors. (Huffington Post)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, August 22
Written by Nicole Levins | August 22nd, 2011
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The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the news is green.
- A solar panel parking lot is in the works. (EcoGeek)
- Amazon rainforest communities are being added to Google Street View. (Mongabay)
- Five African nations have joined together to create a giant conservation zone. (Timeslive.co.za)
- Why are urban areas growing so quickly? (Green)
- Pre-COP, South Africa’s foreign minister fears that “politics cannot deliver on what science requires.” (AP, via Huffington Post Green)
Plant a Billion Trees: Q&A With Fernando Veiga
Written by Brad Parker | December 22nd, 2010
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A large contribution is coming thanks to Google’s Chrome for a Cause community. Find out how many trees will be planted and learn more about our Plant a Billion Trees campaign.
Cool Green Morning: Monday, December 6
Written by Nicole Levins | December 6th, 2010
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Almost everything you need for a perfectly cool green morning… just add caffeine.
- Among wealthy nations, the U.S. is the most vulnerable to economic fallout from the effects of climate change. (Mongabay)
- Google’s “shiny new tool,” Google Earth Engine, will help scientists track and analyze changes in the environment– and monitor and hopefully slow deforestation. (Huffington Post Green)
- New research suggests that bioplastics are not for sure eco-friendlier than petroleum-based plastics. (EcoGeek)
- Ask Umbra weighs in on the Christmas tree debate. (Here’s our side.) (Grist)
- Is the end in sight for the world’s coral reefs? One scientist predicts they’ll be gone within a generation. (YaleE360)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 13
Written by Darci Palmquist | October 13th, 2010
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Dude, the mornings here are always cool and green:
- A Malibu beach becomes the first World Surfing Reserve. (LA Times)
- Google has decided offshore wind is worth the $$. (EcoGeek)
- London’s Thames River comes back from the dead and wins a conservation prize. (The Guardian)
- Scientists discover a new carnivorous animal in Madagascar. (National Geographic)
- Monarch butterflies have figured out how to medicate their sick babies with medicinal plants. (Mongabay)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, October 8
Written by Brad Parker | October 8th, 2010
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Is it just me or is this a Cool Green Morning?
- A group of scientists has named the top green automaker, and it’s not Toyota. (Los Angeles Times)
- I’m not sure why, but here’s a solar-powered cockroach. (Treehugger)
- Genetically modified corn is helping all corn farmers make billions in profits. (NPR)
- Google is investing $1 million in a human-powered monorail. (Clean Technica)
- The U.S. military is now fighting to decrease its dependence on fossil fuels. (The New York Times)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, March 2
Written by Nicole Levins | March 2nd, 2010
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Get ‘em while they’re cool– the day’s best green links in one tasty little package:
- Google gets into the solar thermal energy game. (EcoGeek)
- A common pesticide is turning male frogs into females, which could devastate frog populations for obvious reasons. (Mongabay)
- Green jobs in brownfields? The EPA thinks it’s possible. (CleanTechnica)
- Brooks introduces the greenest running shoe on the market. (GreenBiz)
- The Premier of British Columbia blames Vancouver’s spring-like Olympic weather on climate change. (Treehugger)
