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Cool Green Morning: Monday, August 13
Written by Nicole Levins | August 13th, 2012
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Everything you never realized you wanted to know about bullets and dragon babies:
- Here are some tips for disposing of old bullets in a safe and eco-friendly manner, in case you were looking for some. (Grist)
- The western United States: so hot right now. (AP, via Huffington Post Green)
- In honor of Shark Week, check out this cool infographic illustrating the status of sharks. (Treehugger)
- Which countries are the largest carbon emitters? (Mongabay)
- This weedy sea dragon daddy just gave birth to a bunch of weedy sea dragon babies. (OnEarth)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, August 6
Written by Nicole Levins | August 6th, 2012
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It’s just another cool green Monday:
- The organizers of the London Olympics plan to leave behind a green legacy. (GreenBiz)
- Another heat wave? You can probably blame climate change, a new analysis reveals. (Mongabay)
- You can also blame climate change for a surge in certain diseases. (Grist)
- A swarm of honeybees delayed a flight in Pittsburgh. (Treehugger)
- Air pollution=probably not so good for exercising. (Guardian)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, July 23
Written by Megan Sheehan | July 23rd, 2012
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It’s time to start your week, and to help, here’s your cool green news.
- We know — it’s HOT. So here are 10 design tips for beating the heat and using less AC. (Treehugger)
- Dolphin deaths in the Gulf: Horizon Deepwater spill may be to blame. (Mongabay)
- Corporations are sending employees on sabbaticals to do green, sustainable research. (GreenBiz)
- New air pollution restrictions going into effect next month raise the ire of cruise ship industry. (Washington Post)
- New Poll: Gen Xers unconcerned about climate change. (Green House)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, July 18
Written by Megan Sheehan | July 18th, 2012
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Today we celebrate an important date that everyone in the United States will appreciate.
- Happy Birthday, Air Conditioner. (Grist)
- Another effect of the continually hot, hot weather: nuclear plant cooling ponds are not cooling down. (Green)
- Whoa. Dolphins may be math geniuses. (Discovery)
- Australian shark attacks: do they need to be taken off the protected list? (BBC)
- Summer Fun: Vegetarian-friendly ballparks! (Huffington Post)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, July 10
Written by Madeline Breen | July 10th, 2012
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What’s that sound? Oh, just the Northern Lights giving you a round of applause.
- Remote-controlled model planes offer bird’s-eye approach to conservation. (Mongabay)
- Now you can see and hear the Northern Lights. (Space)
- It’s official: this first 6 months of 2012 are the hottest ever for the US. (Bloomberg)
- Oceans’ rising acid levels act as the “osteoporosis of the sea.” (Christian Science Monitor)
- SOS: Save Our Salmon. Sockeye salmon populations declining. (Discovery News)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, July 9
Written by Nicole Levins | July 9th, 2012
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On this dreary Monday morning, there’s at least one reason to celebrate…
- It’s less hot today, guys! Climate change is over!!!! (AP, via Huffington Post Green)
- Apple pulls out of a federal green certification program. (Treehugger)
- Ocean acidification is the biggest threat to the health of coral reefs. (Guardian)
- We’re throwing billions of dollars’ worth of precious metals in the trash– and harming the planet in the process. (Triple Pundit)
- Taking the rest of the summer off to go to farm camp. See ya! (Grist)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 29
Written by Madeline Breen | November 29th, 2011
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Still recovering from all that Green Gift Monday excitement? Here’s some cool green news to get your day started.
- Stare in awe at 2011′s top 10 oddest life-form discoveries. (National Geographic)
- Life’s not always a circus: Ringling Brothers allegedly violate the Animal Welfare Act. (Huffington Post Green)
- London fights air pollution with… glue? (Grist)
- It’s 65 degrees in D.C. today and not surprisingly, 2011 is tied for the 10th hottest year. (Washington Post)
- Sea creature-inspired robot bends and squeezes under obstacles. (BBC)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 25
Written by Madeline Breen | October 25th, 2011
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Is it hot in here or is it just climate change?
- A new method of crunching data connects the 2010 Russian heat wave to climate change. (Wired Science)
- Grouper? Cod? It’s anyone’s guess. A new report reveals rampant mislabeling of fish. (Boston Globe)
- China announces they will not allow its carbon dioxide emissions per person to reach levels seen in the United States. (BBC)
- Despite significant conservation efforts, a Vietnamese rhino goes extinct. (Mongabay)
- Each year, a whopping 3.8 million trees go into the manufacture of 57 billion disposable pairs of chopsticks. (Green)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, July 22
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 22nd, 2011
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Two pieces of advice: avoid mass-market tomatoes and zombie creatures from the sea.
- The blue iguana is back from the brink of extinction, thanks to captive breeding programs. (Green)
- A new book exposes the reality behind tomato production in the U.S. (GreenBiz)
- Signs of advanced intelligence: this mandrill monkey giving itself a pedicure [video]. (BBC)
- A heat wave in the Arctic is melting sea ice at an alarming pace. (Mongabay)
- The hagfish secretes buckets of slime and feeds off dying ocean creatures on the bottom of the sea–what’s not to love? (Conservation Journal Watch)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, July 13
Written by Nicole Levins | July 13th, 2011
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If it gets much hotter out, we’re changing this to Sizzling Green Morning.
- Fairly unexpected victim of the heat wave: poultry. (AP, via Huffington Post Green)
- Lizards, don’t let anyone tell you you’re not as smart as birds. (Mongabay)
- Tiny trash cans=less trash. (Green)
- Beehive fences keep Kenyan farmers happy, and elephants safely out of farmers’ crops. (Wired)
- Here’s how to go plastic-free and still clean up after your dog. (Grist)
