Environmental Newsletter 08/13/2008

 

 Media

WWF advert attacks Shell's claims (Guardian UK, Aug. 13)

Yes, the Live Music Is Lovely, but Will the Plants Like It? (N.Y. Times, Aug. 7) Free site registration required

 

 Green Living & Social Trends

top storyD.C. Bike Sharing Kicks Into High Gear (Washington Post, Aug. 13) Free site registration required

Can I replace my laptop and feel good about it? (Guardian/Observer, Aug. 10)

Prescriptions for Health, the Environmental Kind [Personal environmental concerns.] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 11) Free site registration required

Organic Farmers, Sowing a Passion (Washington Post, Aug. 10) Free site registration required

Helping Nature Help You (Washington Post, Aug. 9) Free site registration required

Moving Targets [Cars, bikes & pedestrians in Manhattan.] (N.Y. Times, Aug. 8) Free site registration required

Ethical coffee helps save Peruvian rainforest (Yahoo!/AFP, Aug. 8)

 

 Business & Economy

Relearning to Recycle [RecycleBank.] (EMagazine, Aug. 12)

How Banking Became Green (GreenBiz, Aug. 11)

Soaring fuel prices and green pressures herald comeback for Britain's waterways [Shipping.] (Independent UK, Aug. 10)

Giant Retailers Look to Sun for Energy Savings (N.Y. Times, Aug. 10) Free site registration required

New Greenpeace report to help construction companies avoid illegal plywood (Greenpeace, Aug. 8)

 

 Commentary

Russia's Strike Shows The Power Of the Pipeline (Washington Post, Aug. 13) Free site registration required

T. Boone Pickens’ Energy Crusade (EMagazine, Aug. 12)

Global warming has its own language. For our children's sake, we have to start speaking it (Guardian/Observer, Aug. 10)

 

 Ecosystems & Biodiversity

top story Mixed fortunes for world's whales (BBC News, Aug. 12)

Extinction 'by man not climate' (BBC News, Aug. 11)

'Big Dry' claims River Murray lakes (Guardian/Observer, Aug. 10)

Brown Tree Snake Could Mean Guam Will Lose More Than Its Birds (ScienceDaily, Aug. 10)

Eat kangaroo to 'save the planet' (BBC News, Aug. 9)

The Drivers Of Tropical Deforestation Are Changing (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 8)

Recreation Threatens Ecosystem In Arkansas Park (NPR, Aug. 8)

Pacific Shellfish Ready To Invade Atlantic (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 8)

Signs of Decline: First Honeybees, Now Bumblebees (Washington Post, Aug. 7) Free site registration required

 

 Technology

Flexible Nanoantenna Arrays Capture Abundant Solar Energy (ScienceDaily, Aug. 10)

A Tall, Cool Drink of ... Sewage? [Water recycling.] (NYT Magazine, Aug. 10) Free site registration required

Forward Step In Forecasting Global Warming (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 8)

Better way to recycle computers (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 8)

Dutch town tests 'air-purifying' concrete (TerraDaily/AFP, Aug. 6)

 

 Pollution

Strange Molecule In The Sky Cleans Acid Rain (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 13)

Scientists To Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 11)

Studying Great Salt Lake’s High Mercury Levels (N.Y. Times/AP, Aug. 9) Free site registration required

Beijing smog makes for a painful jog (Times UK, Aug. 8)

 

 Public Opinion & Surveys

Green is really just another way of saying ‘energy-efficient’ (ZDNet, Aug. 12)

Report indicates support for biodiesel in US (Energy Saving Trust, Aug. 9)

 

 Green Building

San Fran gets tough on green building (Edie, Aug. 12)

top storyBuildings designed by termites (Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 7)

 

 U.S. & Government

top storyEndangered Species Act Changes Give Agencies More Say (Washington Post, Aug. 12) Free site registration required

U.S. Cities Agree to Disclose GHG Emissions (GreenBiz, Aug. 11)

South Dakota coalition plans to 'significantly' increase use of biofuels (Energy Saving Trust, Aug. 9)

EPA Rejects Texas' Call To Cut Ethanol Mandate (NPR, Aug. 8)

Fla. Calls For 20 Percent Renewable Energy By 2020 (NPR, Aug. 8)

U.S. geothermal lease sale raises record $28.2 mln (Yahoo!/Reuters, Aug. 8)

Candidates Stick to Energy Rhetoric on Campaign Trail (NewsHour, Aug. 6)

 

 International

Charles in GM 'disaster' warning (BBC News, Aug. 13)

Costa Rica bids to go carbon neutral (BBC News, Aug. 11)

top story Yao becomes UN environment campaigner (Yahoo!/AFP, Aug. 9)

Ecuador's president announces plans to develop biofuels (Energy Saving Trust, Aug. 9)

 

 Climate Change

Seals aid climate change scientists (ITV, Aug. 13)

Climate Change Caused Widespread Tree Death In California Mountain Range (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 13)

Patagonian Glacier Yields Clues Of Global Climate Change (TerraDaily/SPX, Aug. 11)

Meltdown in the Arctic is speeding up (Guardian/Observer, Aug. 10)

Shellfish May Invade North Atlantic As Ice Melts (Nat'l. Geographic News, Aug. 8)

 

 Energy

How Lunar Soil Could Power the Future (Yahoo!/LiveScience, Aug. 13)

A Closer Look At Offshore Drilling (NPR, Aug. 11)

Missouri Town Is Running On Vapor — And Thriving (NPR, Aug. 9)

 

 


Compiled by Cathy Hunter and Michael Jourdan.