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Snippets from the news

• Friday is Bike to Work Day! • T. Boone Pickens buys 667 wind turbines. • Starbucks sets green goals. • China earthquake may cut carbon-offset supply. • Global biodiversity is plummeting.

Snippets from the news

• Sea lions died of overheating, not gunshots. • Accountants see a bubble in renewable energy. • Juneau is a role model for reducing electricity use. • Starbucks struggles to go green. • Detroit builds condos out of shipping containers.

Snippets from the news

• Nestle scales back giant water-bottling plant. • Senate rejects amendment that would have opened Arctic Refuge to drilling. • U.S. should have National Climate Service, says NOAA chief. • Big Ag wants patents for climate-ready crops. • World CO2 levels highest in 650,000 years. • Aerial anti-moth spraying blocked in Monterey County. • UNEP […]

Captive pandas survive China earthquake

With 12,000 people dead from the earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan province on Monday — and the death toll expected to climb significantly — the survival of 144 endangered pandas is small comfort. But survive they did: all of the pandas living in three research centers in the earthquake zone have been reported safe. Three-quarters […]

Prez candidates spar over green issues, U.S. uranium-mining bonanza in full swing, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: A Friend Indeed The Hair Up There It’s Like a Glow-in-the-Dark Gold Rush If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Tropics Bad News, Bees Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Smart(ish) Cities Flex and Effects Do Me a […]

Particulate pollution linked to blood clots in legs, study says

Exposure to small particulate pollution can increase the risk of blood clots forming in the legs, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. “It is well-established that air pollution causes myocardial infarction [heart attack] and stroke,” said Andrea Baccarelli, who led the study. “This is the first time that anyone […]

Snippets from the news

• England’s plan for eco-towns meets grassroots revolt. • Don’t lick your TV — it’s covered with toxic dust. • British Columbia will adopt California’s tailpipe standards. • Japan favors cutting emissions by up to 80 percent by 2050. • States trump local opposition to renewable energy at home. • Canada turns on to green-collar […]

Science blogger: Hope is not a plan

Nice big-picture essay on carbon capture and sequestration, the current magic pony being dangled before our eyes to distract us from taking meaningful action on the enemy of the human race:

Snippets from the news

• EBay building has a giant solar roof. • Meet the eco-conscious YAWNs: Young and Wealthy but Normal. • Schwarzenegger won’t take crap from the auto industry. • Thieves target restaurant grease. • Rare iguanas found slaughtered. • “Eco-terrorist” sentenced to 20 years in jail.

The number of the beast?

The population of the earth is expected to pass 6,666,666,666 today. (via Slashdot)