Tag: Huffington Post Green
The Green Buzz: Friday, February 22
Written by Madeline Breen | February 22nd, 2013
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Buzzing flowers, monster goldfish and toxic mice — we’ve got it all and more in today’s green news.
- Flower power! Bumblebees and flowers communicate through electric fields. (Discovery News)
- Monster goldfish invade Lake Tahoe — it sounds like a movie title, but it’s a reality. (Huffington Post Green)
- Toxic mice airdrop aims to exterminate Guam’s venomous snakes. (NBCNews)
- Scientists discover the smallest (and most adorable!) planet yet. (TIME)
- Bottlenose dolphins refer to each other by name. (Wired)
The Green Buzz: Tuesday, February 19
Written by Madeline Breen | February 19th, 2013
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You don’t want to miss today’s green news — we’ve got a jaw-dropping dolphin video!
- Which drought-hit US states suffered the worst crop damage in 2012? (Guardian)
- Going, going, gone. Arctic sea ice has fallen over a third in less than 10 years. (Mongabay)
- Make your home more energy efficient with a tap on your iPhone. (TreeHugger)
- It’s not everyday you see a “super-pod” of dolphins (super-pod = thousands!). (Telegraph)
- Coastal areas work to remove hot tubs, patio furniture and other Hurricane Sandy debris. (Huffington Post Green)
The Green Buzz: Tuesday, February 12
Written by Madeline Breen | February 12th, 2013
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Will the environment get a shout out in tonight’s State of the Union speech?
- If Obama makes green promises in his State of the Union speech, can he actually deliver? (Mother Nature Network)
- Stop and smell the contamination. An urban environmentalist leads toxic tours of his neighborhood. (Grist)
- Nows your chance to name a moon. A moon, people! (TG Daily)
- A 12-year-old’s science fair experiment is one small step for man, one giant leap for Hello Kitty. (Space)
- Shark attacks in the U.S. reached their highest level in a decade last year. (Huffington Post Green)
The Green Buzz: Monday, February 4
Written by Nicole Levins | February 4th, 2013
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You’ll never look at Fluffy the same way again.
- Kitties=stone-cold killers. (Conservation Magazine)
- Two new bills floating around the Montana legislature propose zero tolerance… for wild bison. (Green)
- Thanks to Google Street View, you can now hike the Grand Canyon without hiking the Grand Canyon. (Treehugger)
- This eco-friendly brewery is powered by beer. (Humans, use caution.) (Huffington Post Green)
- Japan’s whaling industry: “dead in the water”? (Guardian)
The Green Buzz: Friday, February 1
Written by Nicole Levins | February 1st, 2013
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Just as cool and green as it’s always been… but now with added buzz.
- Get to know the rodent that holds the power to predict the weather in its tiny claws. (Huffington Post Green)
- Thanks, England, for not selling your public forests. (Treehugger)
- What’s so great about grass-fed beef? (Grist)
- One person’s trash is another person’s potential energy source. (CleanTechnica)
- Are “urban” SUVs any greener than their country counterparts? (EcoGeek)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, January 29
Written by Madeline Breen | January 29th, 2013
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Your green news round-up is well, rounded up! See today’s top news.
- Beijing flights delayed due to poor visibility. Go away, smog! (Washington Post)
- In the mean time, man sells canned fresh air in China. (The Telegraph)
- Move over “low-flow” showers — introducing the air shower. Same pressure, 50% less water. (TreeHugger)
- Scientists in Antarctica unearth buried lake. (Huffington Post Green)
- Heat in San Francisco can affect the weather in places as far away as Siberia. (National Geographic)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, January 28
Written by Nicole Levins | January 28th, 2013
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Well, it’s not okay for Paul McCartney…
- It’s the question that’s on everyone’s minds: Is it okay to eat kangaroo meat? (Grist)
- An unexpected green benefit of the Super Bowl: reduced electricity consumption. (Green)
- The heat of cities like New York and Tokyo could lead to warmer winters in Siberia and Canada. (AP, via Christian Science Monitor)
- Paul McCartney reflects on his life as a vegetarian. (Huffington Post Green)
- This 10-year-old launched his own recycling business. What have you done for the planet lately? (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, January 24
Written by Madeline Breen | January 24th, 2013
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In today’s green news we learn that an apple a day keeps landfill waste at bay.
- As much as 30% of fresh produce doesn’t make it off the farm. One grocery store aims to change that. (Grist)
- Salt Lake City gives Beijing a run for its money when it comes to air pollution. (Huffington Post Green)
- Fukushima radiation fears still haunt Japan… and us. (LiveScience)
- The good news: Greenland melting slows. The bad news: Antarctica doesn’t. (Nature)
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals make a remarkable comeback. (Mongabay)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, January 10
Written by Madeline Breen | January 10th, 2013
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Today’s green news features awww-dorable penguin photos. Too cute to miss.
- Now that’s a hidden talent: baby sharks sense danger even before they’re born. (Wired)
- No ifs, ands or buts about it: 2012 was the hottest year on record in the US. (NY Times)
- A previously unknown colony of 9,000 emperor penguins has received its first human visitors. (Guardian)
- The race is on to save killer whales trapped under ice off the coast of Canada. (Atlantic Wire)
- BP shells out a whopping $1 billion to Gulf oil spill victims. (Huffington Post Green)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, January 7
Written by Nicole Levins | January 7th, 2013
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May all your Mondays in 2013 be as cool and green as this one:
- If LEDs just aren’t doing it for you, FIPELs might be the solution. (EcoGeek)
- Birds: our “canary in a coal mine” re: mercury? (Mongabay)
- Discarded dolls=sustainable art. Really, really creepy sustainable art. (Treehugger)
- This ancient bird had some killer teeth. (Huffington Post Green)
- From Ask Umbra: Eat a baby orange, kill a baby seal? (Grist)
