Koalas Are Endangered; A Flood of Invasive Species
The Associated Press on invasive species and flooding, The Guardian on wind turbines, NPR on Indonesia's mangroves, the BBC on koalas, and The New York Times on silo trees,
Discovered in Green: Wind farms are making the Earth warmer, a map of clean and dirty ground water, the coral reef is moving, and Yellowstone's super-volcano isn't all that super.
The Associated Press on invasive species and flooding, The Guardian on wind turbines, NPR on Indonesia's mangroves, the BBC on koalas, and The New York Times on silo trees,
The Nation on the health toll of the oil spill, USA Today on the EPA's failure with smelting, Mother Jones on seabirds, and The New York Times on greening Europe and reading Thoreau
For a springtime art project, a pair of Google employees mapped the realtime wind patterns of the United States -- and in doing so, try to drive home the point it's about time the U.S. got serious about wind power.
A new report suggesting wind-turbines can emit more carbon dioxide than the most efficient gas turbines has put the pro-wind community on the defensive over the benefits of the supposed "clean" energy alternative.
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