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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, June 19
Written by Madeline Breen | June 19th, 2012
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A bear did not write Cool Green Morning today. We promise.
- Bears have big brains and use computers!? (BBC Nature)
- This just in: Antarctica was once as warm as Iceland. (TG Daily)
- Where have you been hiding all these years, Kandyan dwarf toad? (Mongabay)
- Feast your eyes on the 12 most pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables. (Huffington Post Green)
- Inspecting wind turbine blades is a dangerous job — so hire a robot. (Ecogeek)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, November 22
Written by Madeline Breen | November 22nd, 2011
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Drought takes a bite out of your pumpkin pie.
- See how your Thanksgiving dinner battled extreme weather this year. (Huffington Post Green)
- Truck brands are being forced to tout their efficiency in ads. (Time Science)
- Crooked teeth? Blame early farmers. (Wired Science)
- 25 million seahorses are sold each year. How much is too much? (Mongabay)
- Scotland has an ambitious and admirable goal: 100% renewable energy. (CleanTechnica)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, September 22
Written by Nicole Levins | September 22nd, 2010
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Your daily dose of green, served with a small side of cute:
- A baby snow leopard was caught on film for the very first time. Everybody say “awww…” (Treehugger)
- Want to figure out how much electricity a wind turbine in your backyard could produce? Naturally, there’s an app for that. (CleanTechnica)
- This cute little fish is actually an officer for the water-usage police. (Grist)
- A bipartisan bill on renewable energy hit the Senate floor yesterday. Does it have a shot of passing? (Green)
- Even deep, cool ocean waters are feeling the heat from climate change. (YaleE360)
‘Powering the Future’: What’s It Going to Take?
Written by Bob Lalasz | July 15th, 2010
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Solar paint, photovoltaics clothes, and why the world’s wrong about China going green — learn about a Discovery Channel series on renewable energy debuting this Saturday and hosted by our lead scientist Sanjayan.
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, December 17
Written by Darci Palmquist | December 17th, 2009
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The top five stories we’re seeing on the web this morning: The U.S. has offered to help raise $100 billion/year to help developing countries fight climate change — if a deal is reached at Copenhagen (Los Angeles Times). Is living near a wind turbine dangerous for your health? A new report says there is no evidence of audible, [...]
What’s the Role of Science for Advocacy?
Written by Rob McDonald | November 5th, 2009
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As the “energy sprawl” idea has been discussed and debated in the media, I (one of the paper’s co-authors) have grown a thick skin against criticism. Perhaps the harshest piece of invective, however, still bothers me: the criticism by Matt Wasson in the Huffington Post. The factual criticisms Matt makes aren’t that troublesome to me, [...]
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, August 19
Written by Bob Lalasz | August 19th, 2009
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Seaweed gas that kills horses. Oil company employees rallying against climate change legislation. Wind turbines and their annoying hum. It’s not all bad news in Cool Green Morning this morning — it just looks like it (but at least we’ll always have Scotland): Want another reason to go green with your energy? The renewable energy [...]
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, July 28
Written by Darci Palmquist | July 28th, 2009
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A methane mystery in Los Angeles, tiger discoveries in Nepal, and a question of roads… enjoy today’s edition of Cool Green Morning. If there’s one thing worse than being a CO2 emitter, it’s being a methane emitter. But that’s just what the city of Los Angeles has been charged with. Recent research shows the City [...]
Cool Green Morning: Monday, June 29
Written by Darci Palmquist | June 29th, 2009
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You’ve heard the news already, haven’t you? The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) narrowly passed the House on Friday. While the bill still has a long way to go, let’s take a moment to celebrate…… Of course, the blogosphere waits for no one, so now on to this morning’s round-up of Cool Green News. Speaking of [...]
