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California’s chinook salmon population near “unprecedented collapse”

The number of chinook salmon returning from the Pacific Ocean to California’s Sacramento River is near record lows and points to an “unprecedented collapse,” according to fisheries managers. In 2007, only about 90,000 adult chinook returned to the Sacramento River, down from about 277,000 in 2006 and a high of over 800,000 in 2002. Even […]

Gimme my P-Per

According to Yanko Design, this mobile phone — the lamentably named "P-Per," designed by the folks at Chocolate Agency — is eco-friendly because it minimizes materials, consisting "of just 4 layers, a printed circuit board, extruded polycarbonate, recycled titanium, and a wrap around flexible haptic LED touchscreen." Gaze upon it: photo: Yanko Design I want […]

Notable quotable

“… perhaps the worst example of inter-specific aggression any of us had ever seen. This young female had literally had the life beaten out of her.” — members of the Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit, commenting on the recent discovery that packs of dolphins are attacking, pursuing, and bludgeoning to death not only porpoises but […]

If people want to keep up with the Joneses, could they at least adopt a different set of Joneses?

Social scientists tell us that having more material goods doesn’t make us happier, but that we buy them in order to retain parity with our social group. It is very difficult to resist this urge to keep up with the Joneses. It is, however, possible to voluntarily adopt a different set of Joneses with a […]

GreenPrint now free

GreenPrint, a piece of software that helps individuals and businesses reduce printing waste, is now free. FYI.

U.S. green movement is decidedly white

Photo: iStockphoto When it comes to race, the actual color of the green movement is decidedly white. According to a survey conducted from 2004 to 2006, more than one-third of U.S. mainstream green groups and one-fifth of eco-related government agencies have no nonwhite staff members. Minorities tend to join up with grassroots environmental-justice groups, leaving […]

Mine safety agency realizes it hasn’t been penalizing law-breakers

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration recently discovered that it has failed to follow up thousands of safety citations with actual, you know, penalties. Seven years now, since 2000, some 4,000 citations for safety violations have been followed up with … bupkis. Oopsie! Said Matthew Faraci, MSHA spokesflack, "Given that this seems to have […]

Iraq ratifies the Kyoto Protocol

While presumably having plenty else to worry about, Iraq has found time in its busy schedule to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. In other news, reports have it that U.S. President Bush, who refuses to ratify the protocol, will deliver a State of the Union speech tonight lauding progress in Iraq. Oh, the irony could make […]

Mormon green

Via Andrew Sullivan comes this green Mormon blog. Why? This is the short answer (in Mormon speak): Because I have a testimony of our responsibility as stewards of God’s Creation. Elder Oaks gave a great talk entitled Good, Better, Best. Some might put sustainability into the "good" category. I confess that when compared to the […]

Wolf kills in northern Rockies made easier, drought may affect nuke plants in U.S. Southeast, and mo

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: ‘Paign and Suffraging Killing Me Swiftly The Policed We Can Do Talk on the Wild Side Use the Forethought, Nuke Ride, Sally, Ride Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: How Green Is Your Candidate? The Bitch Is Back Quick and Dirty […]