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  Daily Digest for May 6th

  Timothy 5:02 pm on May 6, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  	Shared 7 Secrets BP Doesn’t Want You To Know (Pics).
  	Posted 5 items. Madness: BP Left Off Second Emergency Cutoff EPA Announces Historic Plans to Regulate Coal Ash Gulf Oil Spill Pictures: Wildlife Casualties Nonprofit Conservation Group Has Ties to Oil Interests, Gulf Future Temperatures Could Exceed Human Livability

   
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  Daily Digest for April 27th

  Timothy 6:42 pm on April 27, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 9 items. Reddit: Ecuadorian farmer: "There is no reason why we poor people have to eat badly. It’s not true that organic products have to be expensive. They can be profitable and within the reach of the poor." Reddit: Chicken request going to Saskatoon city council Reddit: 50 Ways Not to Waste Food Reddit: Wind, solar groups push U.S. renewable energy standard Reddit: Obama Appoints Monsanto Man as FDA Food Safety Czar Reddit: The Imminent Crash Of Oil Supply: Be Afraid Reddit: The facts: a fascinating set of charts and graphs that show Germany’s phenomenal drive towards 100% renewable energy. 16% of electricity now comes from renewables, 107 million tons of CO2 avoided, 300,000 jobs created, 10,000 solar companies, €33 billion turnover on renewable energy. Reddit: Elephant-speak for ‘Beware of the bees’ Reddit: How we try to make the world a better place. Greetings from Amsterdam.

   
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  Daily Digest for April 22nd

  Timothy 5:00 pm on April 22, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 5 items. Reddit: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham: “Why can’t America have the cleanest air and the cleanest water of any place on the planet? You don’t have to believe in global warming to share that vision.” Reddit: Grist’s Umbra Fisk interviews Dirt! The Movie director Bill Benenson Reddit: US Navy to launch Great Green Fleet: Eco-friendly warriors will keep an eye on carbon footprint as it destroys its enemies. Reddit: ‘Paltry’ Copenhagen carbon pledges point to 3C world Reddit: 300 Acres – A Webroots Effort To Save The Amazon Rainforest

   
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  Daily Digest for April 21st

  Timothy 5:06 pm on April 21, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 11 items. Reddit: Reducing Fossil Energy Use on the Farm Reddit: The trouble with Brazil’s much-celebrated ethanol ‘miracle’ Reddit: Corporations love to talk about going green, but not many are planning for a changing climate Reddit: Earth Day battle over endangered Rio Grande River: Can big business buy the waters to sell somewhere else? Reddit: Garbage found in stomach of dead whale – pants, golf ball, plastic bags, small towels, and more Reddit: Where’s the apology from the right for lying about Climategate? Reddit: Top Nature Photos of All Time Unveiled for Earth Day Reddit: USDA downplays own scientist’s research on ill effects of Monsanto herbicide Reddit: U.S. Navy Wants to Cut its Petroleum Use, Create Green Strike Groups Reddit: Earth Day, at the Mall Reddit: Iberdrola Plans World’s Largest Wind Farm in Romania

   
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  Daily Digest for April 20th

  Timothy 5:13 pm on April 20, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 11 items. Reddit: The Beauty of Maps. Digg: Risk Mismanagement | Mother Jones Digg: How Can We Solve Our Growing Ocean Garbage Patch Problems? Digg: Earth Day: The Movie Reddit: U.S. unveils climate report – ""Global warming is unequivocal and primarily human-induced" Reddit: Food Inc. Airs on PBS POV April 21, 2010. Don’t miss this! Digg: A College Powered by Garbage Reddit: What’s the Most Recycled Product in the U.S.? It’s not plastic, paper or aluminum… Reddit: How India’s sacred cows are beaten, abused and poisoned to make leather for high street shops Digg: Toilet paper wipes out 27,000 trees a day – National Geograp Digg: Marking The Day 40 Years Ago When The Green Revolution Began

   
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  Daily Digest for April 16th

  Timothy 5:00 pm on April 16, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 4 items. Reddit: Google Headquarter mows their lawn with goats. Serious. Reddit: Jack Herer, father of marijuana legalization movement, dies at age 70 Reddit: Japanese whale meat caught for "scientific research" is being sold in US and Korean restaurants Reddit: U.S. Leads Bid to Phase Out Whale Hunting

   
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  Daily Digest for April 9th

  Timothy 7:40 pm on April 9, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 7 items. Digg: Why Does Google Want Your Power Bill? Digg: Arctic Whiplash Digg: MIT researchers create super efficient ‘origami’ solar panel Digg: I.B.M. and Saudi Researchers Collaborate on Solar-Powered Digg: Glacier National Park loses two more glaciers Digg: 6 Busted Eco Myths Digg: Ridge in Norway to become CO2 storage laboratory

   
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  Daily Digest for April 6th

  Timothy 7:37 pm on April 6, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 7 items. Reddit: The Toxic Side of Being, Literally, Green Digg: The Top 5 Green Apps for the iPad Digg: Ask US EPA to count GHG’s from Products and Packaging Digg: Garbage powers Savannah homes Digg: 110 Countries Support Copenhagen To Achieve Climate Safety Digg: Dr. James Hansen: Obama’s Second Chance on #1 Moral Issue Reddit: What You’re Eating Could Make or Break Our Planet — 7 Principles of a Climate-Friendly Diet

  Posted 5 items. Reddit: Zambian farmer claims more yield with less effort – conservation farming Reddit: I was looking for advice on which way to run my ceiling fan and found this old war hero guy who has an energy saving blog. Check him out. He seems awesome. Also, anti-clockwise in summer is the thing to do. Reddit: As a rule, taking the train instead of the plane will substantially reduce your carbon emissions – perhaps by a factor of five to ten on a domestic trip. Digg: World goes one way, scientists and donors the same Reddit: The ‘greening’ of cosmetics

   
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  Daily Digest for April 1st

  Timothy 7:36 pm on April 1, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 5 items. Reddit: Recent Ruling Allows Coal Ash Spill Victims to Proceed with Lawsuits Against TVA Reddit: Drill baby, drill: Obama opens up America’s coasts to oil companies Reddit: Bad chemistry: The Poison in the Plastic that Surrounds Us — Could a ubiquitous chemical, found in everything from food cans to baby bottles, be killing us? In a special investigation, Martin Hickman examines the horrifying evidence dividing scientists and big business Reddit: There has never been a March in history when there haven’t been any flakes of snow in Toronto. Until now. Reddit: Sustainable Fishing Move Could Help Your Cat Reduce its Eco Paw Print — Pet food manufacturer launching seafood varieties containing only marine stewardship council-certified fish

   
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  Daily Digest for March 22nd

  Timothy 5:00 pm on March 22, 2010 | 0 Permalink
  

  Posted 8 items. Reddit: Watch DiCaprio-narrated environmental doc ‘The 11th Hour’ in its entirety for free online. Reddit: Wind Energy Investment of $65 Billion May Curb Fossil Fuel Use Reddit: First Parasitic Nematodes Reported in Biofuel Crops — Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered widespread occurrence of plant-parasitic nematodes in the first reported nematode survey of Miscanthus and switchgrass plants used for biofuels. Reddit: Monday is World Water Day, but I suspect relatively few will have noticed. Reddit: Coalfield protesters want to know when EPA chief will visit Appalachia: MTR leads to toxic silica and coal dust showers, contaminating the waterways and watersheds with toxic coal waste, and wiping out the nation’s hardwood forests and adding to greenhouse gases Reddit: Stewart L. Udall dies at 90; Interior secretary championed national parks Reddit: How Germany will achieve 100% clean, safe, renewable energy by 2050 – regardless of what the weather does. Reddit: Spain continues energy revolution and aims to double renewable energy generation to 22% of total energy by 2020. Smart grids within Spain and the roll out of greater numbers of electric cars that can charge overnight could help manage some of the extra green energy output in the years ahead.