Daily Archives: January 14, 2009

Symposium: Alternative U.S. Climate Policy Instruments, Via:Review Of Environmental Economics & Policy.

Improving prospects for multilateral climate action in 2009 are sure to give economists of the world something to publish on besides the popped financial bubble (that most of them failed to see coming). In fact, one likely side-effect of a strong US climate- leadership position is that it will serve as a full-employment guarantee for economists and think tankers.

Here it comes: a press release from Oxford Journ

It is hard to describe the impact Patrick McGoohan’s television show The Prisoner had. It came out in a time of upheaval and revolution, and he was the ultimate revolutionary, who just wanted to resign and go away.

Images: AWI

The German research vessel Polarstern is making way from Cape Town towards the Southwest Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean where scientists intend to dump iron into the ocean in an experiment to determine the effects of fertilizing algae growth on the ecology and carbon uptake. The ship carries an international team of scientists from Germany, India and Chile. The cooperative project is named LOHAFEX, after the Hindi word for iron, LOH

Photo of a bass larvae spawned with two heads taken by fish farm owner Gwen Gilson, via Yahoo; credit AFP/Ho/Gwen Gilson

Thousands of bass larve spawned in northern Australia with a significant problem – they had two heads. The fatal mutation is believed to be due to toxic water contamination.

For those with a penchant for following the Supreme Court, or frankly anyone who cares about waterways in the United States, there’s a case just begun which could set a precedent for how mining waste can or cannot be disposed of in rivers, streams or lakes. The case in question (or more properly cases) is Coeur Alaska v. The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and Alaska v. The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. At issue is whether Coeur Alaska, which operates the Kensingtonˆ Gold Mine can dump mine tailings into nearby Lower Slate Lake. Here’s a quick synopsis of the <

The Smoking Gun

Congratulations to George and Laura on their new 8501 square foot Dallas Digs on a lovely 1.13 acre lot. Although it is pretty big, we would not begrudge an ex-president (or vice-president, for that matter) a little room to move around. Since you did such a good job of going green on your Crawford ranch, we thought you might be interested in some tips from Al Gore’s house.

photo: Danielle via flickr

Ask 10 TreeHugger readers their opinion on hunting and you’ll probably get a wide range of answers ranging from enthusiasm to horror. Whatever your beliefs on the matter, a newly published paper shows how current hunting and fishing regulations, which encourage targeting of larger individual animals, is having some serious unintended consequences on those animals not killed. Our colleagues over at Discovery News have the full story, but here’s

Image source: Portland Veloswap

This past weekend Portland, OR played host to the first “freecycle” or “swap-o-rama-rama” of bike parts dubbed the VeloSwap. Veteran and novice bikers alike were allowed to hang out, get good deals, sample some good organic food and bask in the glory of their own common pursuit – getting around on two wheels instead of four

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Artist rendering of the completed system (above and below): APS

The spectacular scenery and ecosystem of the Grand Canyon will soon not be the only thing visitors to the National Park will be able to enjoy: Once completed in a few months, guests at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center on the south rim will be able to learn more about solar power, thanks to a donated solar panel array currently being installed. Here are the details: