Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, March 10
Read on for your regular dose of the day’s coolest, greenest news:
- Watching “The Oprah Winfrey Show” might make you greener. There is actually science behind this. (Planet Green)
- A bike commuter does the math and finds that a year of regular rides keeps 3,260 pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere. (Treehugger)
- How green is the dentist working on your pearly whites? (GreenBiz)
- Big news in plastic recycling: scientists have developed an organic catalyst that can “build up and break down plastics over and over again“– and on the cheap, too. (The Vine)
- Your diet soda habit might not be so good for the planet. In related news, I now feel like a horrible person. (Huffington Post Green)
Climate Change Debates? There’s an App for That!
A new iPhone app gives you the factual edge in your debate with climate-change skeptics, says our green blogger Margaret Southern.
eBay, Starbucks Launch Green Marketing Efforts Around Rainforest
eBay has launched two green initiatives aimed at positioning itself as a conservationist in the eyes of consumers. The online marketplace has unveiled a new green shopping hub that will help consumers find millions of green products, and launched its eBay Green Team Challenge that commits the online giant to save up to a quarter [...]
To List or Not to List: The Greater Sage-Grouse Dilemma
Should the greater sage grouse have protected status? Conservancy scientist Joseph Kiesecker explains the importance of a recent USFWS decision for people and nature in the western United States.
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, March 9
Crack open a bottle of organic wine (no, it’s not too early) and dig into the day’s top green stories. Cool Green Morning is best paired with a full-bodied red (yes, this writer doesn’t know a thing about wine):
- How clean is “clean” coal, really? (Grist)
- A team of researchers says that consumers just aren’t interested in eco-friendly wine. (Journal Watch Online)
- This fall, Kentucky will become home to the greenest elementary school in all the land. (EcoGeek)
- In the wake of “ClimateGate,” science works on its defensive strategy. (dotEarth)
- New research indicates that extinctions are outpacing evolution. Here’s hoping we don’t eventually run out of species… (Mongabay)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, March 8
It’s like “Monday Night Raw” here on CGM — sharks vs. squid, bees vs. hornets. And then a little climate change news, just to calm you down…
- Why are great white sharks migrating 1,600 miles to pick fights with giant squids? (LA Times)
- The Maldives (famous for being threatened by sea-level rise from climate change) buys its own floating island. (CleanTechnica)
- Melting frozen Arctic methane might sell newspapers — but CO2 is still the greenhouse gas worth twisting your knickers over. (DotEarth)
- Which activity does NASA say is the greatest global warming culprit? (EcoGeek)
- Cultural clash: When Asian giant hornets and European honeybees fight. (The Vine)
Good News on Amazon Deforestation….Maybe
Deforestation rates in Brazil’s Amazon dropped 45% last year over 2008’s figures, continuing a five-year trend. But don’t celebrate just yet, says the Conservancy’s David Cleary.
Nature Photo of the Week: Dewdrops on a Spiderweb
From a spider channeling Jackson Pollock, perhaps? This image was taken by Flickr user KoolPix and shared through The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr Group.
Check out all The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily nature images — submitted to the Conservancy’s Flickr group by people like you — at my.nature.org.
Cool Green Morning: Friday, March 5
A mourning dove is pecking at my window, trying to get in. Hey, pal — read Cool Green Morning on your own computer, like everybody else does!
- A new book says climate change will craft a new world order — United States and E.U. vs. China and Russia. (Climate Feedback)
- Why the “Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers” campaign is state-of-the-art conservation marketing. (Conservation Maven)
- The new climate change battleground: The American classroom. (Dot Earth)
- Greenhouse gases so hog the spotlight — so here’s a look at the neglected airborne pollutants. (The Vine)
- The 5 movies that should win an Oscar from a green standpoint (yes, yes,”Avatar” is still one of them). (The Daily Green)
Oil and the Falklands: How Argentina Can Win the Argument
The British have announced they will explore for oil in the Falkland Islands. David Cleary says that would pose a huge threat to some of Earth’s richest marine habitats.
