Tag: plastic bottles
Cool Green Morning: Friday, January 11
Written by Madeline Breen | January 11th, 2013
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In: cash for snakes. Out: plastic bottles. Yep, just another quirky green news roundup.
- Killing pythons for cash? Florida puts a bounty on the Burmese python. (Bloomberg)
- From dreadful heat in Brazil to flooding in Pakistan, an in-depth look at 2012′s extreme weather. (NY Times)
- Cheers! Concord, Mass becomes the first US city to ban plastic bottles. (TreeHugger)
- Innovative and eco-friendly: Dutch “smart highway” glows in the dark. (LiveScience)
- The Pacific bluefin tuna population has declined by 96%. (Discovery News)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, January 8
Written by Megan Sheehan | January 8th, 2013
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What’s huge, mysterious, and lives in the deep, dark sea?
- A team in Japan has filmed a giant squid in its natural habitat for the first time ever. (Huffington Post)
- Concord, Massachusetts, has become the first city in the U.S. to ban plastic bottles! (Treehugger)
- A study of ants has deepened concerns about the toxicity of plastic additives. (Green)
- We humans don’t have a monopoly on morality: Bonobos share bananas and do it, seemingly, altruistically. (MNN)
- A proposed copper mine to be built in the Lower Zambezi National Park has been rejected (thank goodness). (Mongabay)
20 Days of H2O
Written by Madeline Breen | March 2nd, 2012
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We’re raising awareness of just how much water we really use in our daily lives through our 20 Days of H2O campaign, culminating in a celebration on World Water Day on March 22.
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, July 27
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 27th, 2010
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Doctor’s orders–10 minutes of cool green news a day:
- The “Plastiki”–a boat made of plastic bottles–finishes its 8,000 mile journey to highlight the problem of plastic garbage in our oceans. (Green)
- Why did climate change become such a partisian issue? (Environmental and Urban Economics)
- Re-connecting bamboo forests is essential to saving the endangered giant panda. (Extinction Countdown)
- New EPA proposals for coal plants could help reduce carbon emissions substantially. (The Vine)
- Do smaller cows have a smaller impact on greenhouse gas emissions? (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, April 14
Written by Nicole Levins | April 14th, 2010
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What’s cool and green and read all over? Well, duh:
- Is this real life? A three-story building made of recycled plastic bottles was just unveiled in Taiwan. (Treehugger)
- Just how green are Obama’s rumored picks for the Supreme Court? (Grist)
- A new study finds that Canada’s Devon Island ice cap is melting way, way too fast. (LA Times Greenspace)
- Apparently, going paperless might not always be the greenest option. (GreenBiz)
- Bikes are just as important as cars, says US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. (Ensue backlash.) (Huffington Post Green)
