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The Green Buzz: Thursday, March 14
Written by Megan Sheehan | March 14th, 2013
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Great, now I want a donut.
- Dunkin pledges to use only sustainable palm oil in the making of its delectable confections. (NPR)
- Don’t worry about those dead pigs, Shanghai, the water’s fine. Really? (Discovery)
- Monarch migration hits its lowest point in decades. (New York Times)
- Iowa and South Dakota produced almost 25% of their electricity from wind in 2012. (Treehugger)
- Food deserts? No, this map doesn’t show you where food doesn’t grow — it shows where people can’t access fresh food. (Grist)
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; Thursday, October 22
Written by Darci Palmquist | October 22nd, 2009
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You won’t see it in any headlines today, but let’s just give a quick shout-out to The Nature Conservancy for turning 58 today! Yep, that’s right, today is the day we were incorporated back in 1951. Times certainly have changed – greenhouse gas emissions, iPhone apps and wind farms are the topics du jour – but conservation is still as [...]
