January 2011
29 posts
Watchdoitdoitdoitnow:
bikecrushdc:
how to bike in the winter:
so you’ll never have a legitimate reason to say “its too cold out to bike”.
Chicago!
National Geographic Magazine: Tough Road to... →
nationalgeographicmagazine:
Ann Arbor, Michigan has been a leader in converting streetlights to LEDs, but the city has had to work out some kinks along the way.
Photograph by Tom Drew By Josie Garthwaite For National Geographic News Published January 20, 2011
This story is part of a special series that explores energy…
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UNEARTHED: On the Fast Track →
President Obama in State of the Union: “Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail, which could allow you go places in half the time it takes to travel by car.” In this 2009 story, OnEarth contributor Craig Canine looks at why the U.S. fell behind on high-speed rail and what’s coming down the track to help us catch up.
“Judging by the weather, the world seems to have flipped upside down. …...”
– Topsy-Turvy Weather: U.S. Is Frigid, and Arctic Warmer Than Usual
“2010 brought an unprecedented amount of new, scary data on climate change, with...”
– The Edge: Clear and Present Danger
Evergreen Solar, the third largest solar producer... →
kateoplis:
Evergreen cited the much higher government support available in China.
“The EPA is the scariest agency in the federal government, an agency run amok.”
– Rep. Mike Simpson, an Idaho Republican and chairman of the Appropriations committee’s Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies subcommittee, which oversees EPA funding. (via officialssay)
“One of the basic functions of journalism is to say: This is true, and that is...”
– James Fallows, The Atlantic, with some thoughts on truthiness. (via futurejournalismproject)
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Poetry Time: Blizzard
Another week, another snowstorm (here in NYC, at least). Sharing this poem by Grace Shulman from our Winter issue certainly seems appropriate.
How did I get to this amazing country, where all things are concealed? In a zinc-white blur, pines are not pines, their branches are under down;
cedars wobble with the weight of it; and harlequin trunks, hooded azaleas (or whatever, in disguise) ignore...
“LeAnn White, a wildlife disease specialist at the U.S. Geological Survey, said...”
– How Unusual Are These Animal Die-Offs?
So much for the Aflockalypse.
Mysterious Bird Deaths Mapped on Google →
theatlantic:
The story out of Arkansas late last week that 5,000 blackbirds had fallen out of the sky over Beebe, a small town in the northwest part of the state, had people scratching their heads. What caused the mysterious deaths? Google’s custom mapping features were put to use yesterday afternoon to build a map that highlights dozens of similar incidents that have taken place around the...
New year, new life: BP's stock soaring today for...
shortformblog:
5.6% increase in BP’s troubled stock today alone source
» It’s at its highest level in six months. But why? Two things. First off, the cost of BP’s compensation payouts is expected to be much less than first thought, and, secondly, BP could be the target of a takeover. After the year they’ve had, it might be a respite or something.
“Check out these five great songs looking closely at environmental themes…and...”
– Tunes in the Key of Green: music that hit home after the Gulf Spill | Josh Mogerman’s Blog
Pa. allows dumping of tainted waters from gas boom... →
The natural gas boom gripping parts of the U.S. has a nasty byproduct: wastewater so salty, and so polluted with metals like barium and strontium, that most states require drillers to get rid of the stuff by injecting it down shafts thousands of feet deep.
Not in Pennsylvania, one of the states at the center of the gas rush.
There, the liquid that gushes from gas wells is only partially...
Why 5,000 blackbirds fell from the sky and 100,000... →
theweekmagazine:
Arkansas wildlife officials are struggling to explain the recent, sudden deaths of tens of thousands of creatures. Late on New Year’s Eve, nearly 5,000 blackbirds fell dead from the sky in the small northeastern town of Beebe in an incident “straight from a Hitchcock movie.” A few days earlier, nearly 100,000 dead drum fish floated to the top of the Arkansas River just 125...
“There’s a new shift in the politics of food, not quite a movement yet, more of...”
– Sustainable Food - James Gorman on Eating Invasive Species - NYTimes.com
“The coming year promises to mark the genuine start of the long-awaited age of...”
– Lost in Near Space: Second Thoughts About Suborbital Tourism