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July 2008
- African Sun Could Power EU
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | 7 hours, 3 minutes ago
  
  All of the European continent’s electrical needs could be generated by massive solar farms in Africa, scientists posited today, unveiling a plan to do just that, the Guardian reports. The proposal, which would require an area the size of Wales—insignificant in the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert, they note—is highly speculative; the biggest hurdle would likely be upgrading the European and trans-Mediterranean power grid to carry, and share, the power. More »
- Locavore Movement Spurs Luxe Niche
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 22, 08 9:04 AM CDT
  
  The number of people seeking out locally raised food—locavores-—is on the rise, reports the New York Times, as are businesses that cater to them. People too busy (or lazy) to plant their own garden or visit a local vegetable dealer are hiring people to find the best regional grub or even cultivate produce right in their backyard. More »
- 8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is in Trouble
  
  newser | LiveScience | Jul 21, 08 3:20 PM CDT
  
  Biologists have mounting evidence that human activity is causing real damage to the natural world. LiveScience lists overlooked indications that things are seriously out of whack. Earlier migration: Several bird species are getting their timing wrong. Jellyfish rule: The creatures are hitching rides on ships. More »
- Beijing Forces Half of Drivers Off the Road
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 21, 08 1:10 PM CDT
  
  Half of Beijing's drivers left their cars at home today and took public transportation on the first workday under new restrictions meant to clear the city's notoriously polluted skies before the Olympics. Under the plan that kicked in yesterday, half of the capital's 3.3 million cars will be removed from city streets each day, alternating odd and even license plates. Those caught driving on days they shouldn't will be fined $14, a pricey penalty even for China's capital. More »
- Colombia to Americans: Cocaine Kills Environment
  
  newser | Christian Science Monitor | Jul 19, 08 5:28 PM CDT
  
  Colombia is adding a new tactic in its campaign to persuade Americans to stop buying cocaine: a plea for the environment. The government wants to spread the message to users—especially, say, wealthy professionals who dutifully recycle but also partake of the drug—that cocaine growers are running roughshod over the land, the Christian Science Monitor reports. They've cleared 5 million acres of forest in the last 20 years and are now moving into the Amazon. More »
- McCain Flips on Emissions Standards
  
  newser | Detroit News | Jul 18, 08 3:37 PM CDT
  
  John McCain seemed to flip-flop on auto-emissions standards today, telling a group of General Motors engineers he supported states’ rights to set their own levels, the Detroit News reports. McCain told the newspaper last month he supported a nationwide standard. Automakers support a national standard because they fear the expense of catering to different restrictions in different states. More »
- Blue Crab Disappearing From Chesapeake Bay
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 18, 08 3:05 PM CDT
  
  Overfishing and water pollution have put the Chesapeake Bay's signature blue crab on the brink—along with fishermen who have long depended on it. Stocks are down 65% since 1990, the AP reports, as officials in Maryland and Virginia struggle to enact a patchwork of laws to reduce the harvest, control waterfront development and provide help for struggling watermen—though many think it's too late. More »
- 'Clean Coal' Advocates Blowing Smoke
  
  newser | Yale Environment 360 | Jul 17, 08 11:31 AM CDT
  
  “Clean coal” is the buzzword of the moment, with industry groups and presidential candidates swearing by a work-in-progress technique known as carbon capture and storage (CCS), which ultimately buries carbon dioxide emissions deep underground. But Jeff Goodell, writing in Yale Environment 360 , doesn’t buy it. “We don’t need to bury our problems,” Goodell writes. “We need to reinvent our world.” More »
- Pine Beetles Eat Through Western Forests
  
  newser | USA Today | Jul 16, 08 12:51 PM CDT
  
  The biggest infestation of mountain pine beetles in decades is devastating huge tracts of forest in the Western states, USA Today reports; forestry workers say the bugs are killing even more trees than the wildfires ravaging California's forests. The larvae consume the inner bark of trees, usually lodgepole pines, killing the tree—and creating fuel for more fires. More »
- The World's Greenest Venture Capitalist
  
  newser | Fast Company | Jul 16, 08 11:59 AM CDT
  
  Vinod Khosla isn’t just smarter and richer than the average venture capitalist—he’s greener, too. Khosla has sunk $450 million into what he calls “imprudent science experiments" over the past 4 years, financing 45 enviro-tech startups. “We've funded an incredible number of things that would make no sense at all for a traditional venture fund,” the 53-year-old tells Fast Company. More »
- Fish Farms, Retailers Hatch Green Standards
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 16, 08 6:42 AM CDT
  
  Supermarkets are tightening the net on farmed seafood products as demand for environmentally-friendly products grows, reports the Washington Post . Aquaculture now supplies more than half of America's rising demand for fish and shrimp and retailers are working with producers and green groups to make sure the farmed products are both safe and sustainable. More »
- Green Housing: From Good Idea to Good Business
  
  newser | Fast Company | Jul 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT
  
  With US homes on average twice as large as they were 50 years ago—and, of course, dwarfing those in all other developed countries—rethinking our idea of "home" is as crucial to cutting global warming as switching to a smaller car, says architect Edward Mazria in Fast Company . Half of all greenhouse gas emissions are building-related; residential buildings make up 21% of national energy consumption—almost as much as transportation. More »
- Keeping Cool Gets Thriftier
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 15, 08 11:22 AM CDT
  
  As fuel costs, and eco-guilt, creep upward, Americans are leaving the thermostat high or kicking air conditioning altogether this summer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some two-thirds of families are reducing air-conditioning use, a poll finds, as power plants raise prices as much 30% to keep up with natural-gas hikes. Meanwhile, people are getting creative to keep cool. More »
- Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel
  
  newser | Newsweek | Jul 13, 08 3:59 PM CDT
  
  Ecofriendly travelers once camped outdoors and foraged for food, but today a hotel in Times Square can claim it's as green as a lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest, Anna Kuchment writes in Newsweek . In other words, eco-vacationing has gone big business, and environmental advocates fear the notion is being diluted. "A lot of people want to use terms like 'ecotourism,' because it's cool and hip now," one expert said. More »
- Even Toughest Toads Are Being Unmanned
  
  newser | Independent (UK) | Jul 13, 08 10:40 AM CDT
  
  The mystery of the hermaphrodite toads may be solved: Researchers have found that various chemicals used in farming are linked to sex changes in certain amphibian species, the Independent reports. In a population of cane toads, 40% of males had developed feminine coloring and ovaries, and an additional 20% had marked female characteristics. And the toads are not unique. More »
- At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 12, 08 12:59 PM CDT
  
  Bust a move, save the world. That's the premise behind a new disco in London that bills itself as the world's first eco-club, reports the Guardian . Its dance floor is designed to harness the energy of dancing feet. The club's owner says that alone will cover 60% of the electric bills, though scientists in the obscure field of piezoelectricity are skeptical the gains will be that high, Time notes. Solar power and wind turbines meet the rest of the club's energy needs. More »
- Bush, EPA Won't Touch Emissions
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 11, 08 2:24 PM CDT
  
  Regulation of greenhouse gas emissions will have to wait until President Bush is out of office, the EPA announced today. Instead, the agency will say it needs months of further public comment to make any decision. The statement is the end result of a protracted White House effort to tone down the agency’s findings, the Washington Post reports. More »
- EPA Cuts the Value of a Life by $1M
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 11, 08 4:13 AM CDT
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly reduced the hypothetical value of a human life by almost a million dollars to $6.9 million, reports the AP . The figure is used in cost benefit analyses to weigh the life-saving potential of environmental protection policies. Placing a lower value on human life could be used to justify avoiding costly regulations. More »
- Global Warming Caused by ... Cleaner Skies: Study
  
  newser | New Scientist | Jul 10, 08 4:45 PM CDT
  
  Reducing aerosols and other pollutants has been a major part of Europe’s campaign to reduce global warming, but a new study turns conventional thinking on its head, New Scientist reports. "The decrease in aerosols probably accounts for at least half of the warming over Europe in the last 30 years," says a co-author of the study. More »
- Celebs Face Off in Green Arms Race
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 10, 08 2:33 PM CDT
  
  It could only happen in California—a pair of celebrity neighbors, actor Ed Begley Jr. and "Science Guy" Bill Nye, are involved in a contest of environmental one-upsmanship, the AP reports. Since Nye moved onto Begley’s block in Studio City 2 years ago, the two have been competing to see whose house can leave a smaller carbon footprint. More »

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