Cool Green Morning: Thursday, June 24
Step right up for the top 5 coolest, greenest links around:
- If you’ve already conquered the 100-mile diet, now try the 150-mile wardrobe. (Treehugger)
- Monsanto versus alfalfa farmers – who won? (Grist)
- Concord, MA: home to Walden Pond and the country’s first ban on the sale of bottled water. (The New York Times)
- The departing UN chief climate negotiator says he’s still optimistic. (Yale Environment 360)
- Will removing a ban on commercial fishing spell doomsday for abalone in South Africa? (Extinction Countdown)
Roundup – Dell, Georgia Pacific, Ritz-Carlton
Where Thoreau Lived, Crusade Over Bottles
NY Times
Dell offers free computer recycling
Just Means
5 Green Data Center Startups You Need to Know
Earth2Tech
Sorry, Ritz-Carlton, Plant Based Bottles For Water Are Not Green
TreeHugger
Ultimate green home draws protests in Newport Beach over solar panel glare
LA Times
The Green Gold Rush Over Iceland’s Data Centers
Earth2Tech
CA Technologies Unveils Next Generation of Energy and [...]
Cox Recycles 500 Tons of Waste
Cox Enterprises succeeded in recycling 500 tons of waste last year, according to a company press release.
In 2009, Cox announced a partnership with Redemtech, which was aimed at helping the company responsibly dispose of electronic waste (e-waste). The partnership has resulted in Cox diverting an estimated 1.8 million pounds of e-waste from landfills each year, [...]
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, June 23
A little light(ish) reading to start your day:
- Here are some really terrible things that could happen in the Gulf of Mexico, thanks to the oil spill. (Treehugger)
- In as little as five years, Europe could be reaping the solar-power-benefits of the Saharan sun. (EcoGeek)
- An EPA official says that oil dispersant is helping to tame the Gulf oil spill. (Green)
- California’s climate law might be in trouble, and the Governator is none too pleased. (Grist)
- A Georgia representative thinks that clean energy legislation might actually kill people. Okay then. (Climate Progress)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, June 22
5 cool green links you don’t want to miss:
- $1.8 million… that’s how much was raised in last night’s celebrity telethon to help the Gulf. (CNN)
- What will the oil spill mean for life at the very bottom of the ocean? (The New York Times)
- A scientific look at climate scientists finds that they do indeed agree about global warming. (Green)
- Warning, potty humor ahead: how can whale poop help fight climate change? (Conservation Journal Watch)
- Is the Internet as much of an energy hog as we think? (Treehugger)
Gulf Oil Spill: Building the Ark of Recovery
We could end this decade with richer natural systems in the Gulf of Mexico than we began it — if we act now to kick-start the recovery of life, says the Conservancy’s Bill Finch.
Cool Green Morning: Monday, June 21
Yes, it’s the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere — the longest day of the year, the day everything is exposed in bright sunshine.
- Could the Mississippi River prevent the Gulf oil spill from moving further into Louisiana’s wetlands? (Conservation Maven)
- BP’s internal worst-case scenario of the oil flowing from the Gulf spill? Much worse than we’ve been hearing. (Dot Earth)
- A zero-energy refrigerator? Only through the power of green gel… (EcoGeek)
- “20-minute neighborhoods”? That’s what Portland’s mayor wants all over his beautiful city. (Grist)
- What are all these environmental worries good for? Electric car sales, for one thing. (GreenTech)
Roundup – McCandless, Dow Corning, Ingram
Free range eggs contain a little something extra: pollutants
LA Times
Tree-free paper products come from bananas, waste
Scripps Howard News Service
ERA Carbon Offsets Ltd. Signs MOU With McCandless Ranch to Develop Hawaiian Carbon Offset Projects
MarketWatch
EPA endorses climate bill
BusinessGreen
Dow Corning Receives $1.2 Million From U.S. Department of Energy to Improve Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings
PR Newswire
WA builders sue [...]
Photo of the Week: Blackburnian Warbler
Thanks to flickr user kittenbird for submitting this great close-up of a blackburnian warbler to The Nature Conservancy’s Flickr Group – nice shot!
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, June 18
Are you planning an oil-free weekend? You’ll want to after reading our top 5 cool green news links:
- What’s in store for birds in the Gulf? (Yale Environment 360)
- And whales? A dead sperm whale found floating in the Gulf could be the spill’s largest animal victim to date. (The New York Times)
- Former banker Pavan Sukhdev answers questions about how we can put a price on nature’s services. (Green)
- If you live in Switzerland, you can get your new electric Think car at the supermarket. (Grist)
- With oil on the national mindset, check out these 8 alternative fuel sources. (The Daily Green)
