Here is a roundup of today’s Green News from the web.
Bad Stuff
Some of the news is bound to be bad:
- One gallon of ethanol from corn gives only a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to a gallon of gasoline. So much for green fuel from corn! Read about this at The Environmental News Network.
- Farmed fish and shrimp are not a sustainable choice – swim over to read at The Environmental News Network.
- Glacier National Park may lose its glaciers by 2020. In this case more green, and less snow, is not a good thing. This is worse than the previously predicted date of 2030. National Geographic has the details.
- How do you choose between the environment and the economy? Yahoo Green reports that some states are already choosing the economy. Is your state one of them?
Good Stuff
Fortunately there is also some encouraging news:
- Kalmar in Sweden is a model for green change. They are running their city virtually without fossil fuels. The Environmental News Network has the story.
- Steven Chu, US Energy Secretary, says, “Energy efficiency can be improved very quickly.” He also said in his interview with National Geographic that, “The United States should be taking a leadership position in developing technologies for all types of carbon capture.” Read more…
- People responded to save dozens of beached whales this past weekend and on Monday several thousand rallied in Washington to support legislation on climate change. Apparently some people do care
- Tesla, manufacturer of all-electric cars, is driving toward profitability.
Interesting Stuff
Some of the news is not so much good or bad, just interesting:
- Plants not only capture the sun’s energy and CO2 plants also inspire.
- The Daily Green reports on the Top 10 US Cities with Most Green Buildings. Surprisingly, Los Angeles in the lead and Seattle, WA is #10.
- Greenpeace has issued a guide to the green-ness of toilet paper and tissue. Is your brand on the green clean list?
- TreeHugger takes us inside the San Francisco trash dump with a slideshow report which, surprisingly, includes a look at some art.
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This is just depressing. On the paper guide, of all the brands they recommend 7th Generation is the only one I’ve ever seen, and we can’t get it here. The co-op in Lexington has it, but it costs 3 times as much as the brand we use (that we’re supposed to avoid). Until the recycled and organic products are more in line with our budget, there’s not much we can do in that area. I don’t mind paying a little more, but not 3 times more.
Our state wasn’t mentioned in the article, but being in the heart of coal country, Kentucky has ALWAYS chosen economics over environment. And the thing of it is, it has NEVER worked out.