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Where are the environmental messengers in the South?

Via Sam Smith, this important insight from "Facing South:"

Green sporting news for all you athletic supporters

Photo: Marco Scala via flickr Below lies another linky catchup post. I’m going to get more current in the future, I swear. (Current in the future? Is that even possible?) First, your Olympics roundup: Beijing 2008: Amid consistent concerns over air pollution, some 20 countries plan to hold their pre-Olympic training camps in Japan instead […]

Bar codes for salmon and shark-free moisturizer

Scientists found that up to 6,000 metric tons of sunscreen washes off swimmers annually, and that the sunscreen contains chemicals that lead to bleaching corals. They estimated that up to 10 percent of corals were threatened by sunscreen-related bleaching ...

... the Central Valley, Calif., chinook salmon run, which had historically been one of the West Coast's strongest, fell to record lows this year, prompting concerns about collapse ...

... researchers in North Carolina studied how to raise fish for consumption in tanks ...

... a seafood consumer center in Oregon prepped for a program that would attach bar codes to salmon, allowing consumers to learn who caught the fish, where it was caught, and how it traveled to market ...

Friday music blogging: Black Mountain

I got hooked on Black Mountain years ago after their eponymous first album. Three years later, they’re finally out with another: In the Future. It is in the same spirit as the debut, but bigger in every way. The band plays prog-flavored ’70s-vintage stoner rock, kind of a drony psychedelic Black Sabbathy sort of thing, […]

Gristmill’s most persistent troll earns props

The estimable George Monbiot channels Gristmill's most execrable troll, proving once again the old chestnut about stopped clocks being right twice a day.

Environmental Capital

In case you didn’t know: The Wall Street Journal has started an environmental blog called Environmental Capital. It’s quite good. See, for instance, this post on the climate talks going on in Hawaii, and the centrality of global trade considerations thereto.

Revenge of the birds

Here's an avian friend making the point that "infestation" is a matter of perspective:

Jared Leto and band film video in the Arctic

Jordan Catalano Jared Leto took his so-called band to the Arctic Circle to film this video for "A Beautiful Lie." They’ve also partnered with NRDC (much like Green Day did) to provide eco-tips and minimize the impact of their trip (via "strategies that would minimize fuel consumption on the shoot" and, yes, offsets). Says Leto, […]

My older brother, my mom, and me in 1975

Just because: How awesome is that dress?

Hot liquid increases toxic leaching from plastic bottles, says study

Contact with hot liquid causes a huge spike in the amount of toxic chemical bisphenol A leaching out of plastic bottles, says new research that’s bad news for baby-bottle-sterilizing parents and hot-liquid-drinking hikers. Filling bottles with boiling water boosted rates of BPA ooze by up to 55 times more than room-temperature water did, according to […]