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Cote d’Ivoire’s West African chimp population drops off dramatically
The population of West African chimpanzees in Cote d’Ivoire has declined 90 percent in the last 18 years, according to a new study published in Current Biology. In the 1960s, the West African country was home to about 100,000 of the apes; in 1989-1990, scientists counted 8,000 to 12,000, which they estimated to be half […]
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Snippets from the news
• Northern Rockies wolves back on endangered list. • Could new technology make household lights obsolete? • Nestle throws fit about Florida tap-water ad. • Can green jobs save us? • Which marathon is the greenest? • Australia will go ahead with carbon trading despite financial crisis. • Suffragettes protest in the U.K.
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Joseph Romm’s critique of EDF’s contest is misguided
This post was originally published on Environmental Economics. —– Joe Romm’s analysis is mostly spot on — and if a post starts like this, you already know what comes next. This time he responds to a $10,000 contest organized by EDF (yep, my employer) that asks for submissions to help explain: “What is a carbon […]
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New Apple laptop is ‘greenest MacBook ever’
The new Apple laptop that your geeky officemate is swooning over is “the greenest MacBook ever,” according to the company. (But remember, kids: Hanging on to your current laptop is even greener.) Instead of being cobbled together from various pieces, the new MacBook’s main frame is cut out of a single piece of aluminum, and […]
