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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, January 2
Written by Megan Sheehan | January 2nd, 2013
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It’s a new year and a new day, so how about some new green news?
- Still looking to make a New Year’s Resolution? Here are 15 green resolutions that really make a difference. (The Daily Green)
- No vote for Hurricane Sandy aid in Congress — and representatives from both sides are not happy. (Huffington Post)
- Shell’s oil drilling rig has run aground in the Gulf of Alaska, and so far, no reports of oil sheen in the water. (NPR)
- Sustainable companies are attracting more workers — even if it means taking a pay cut. (MNN)
- The fights and friendships of giraffes have been revealed, thanks to new footage for an upcoming series on Africa. (BBC)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, September 4
Written by Megan Sheehan | September 4th, 2012
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A drought occurs in one area of the world and its effects are localized, right? Wrong…
- Food prices around the world are up 10% thanks to the U.S. drought. (Grist)
- Liberia’s forests are threatened by shady deals that have handed 25% of its landmass to logging companies. (Scientific American)
- Shell Oil gets the “OK” to begin drilling in sensitive waters off Alaska’s coast. (Washington Post)
- Inspiration for the day: U.S. kids start One More Generation, a campaign to save South Africa’s rhinos. (Mongabay)
- Fifty years ago this month, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring changed the way we viewed the chemical industry’s impact on natural systems. (GreenBiz)
