A pod or family of orca whales struggling for their lives in a shrinking ice hole north of Quebec may finally have attracted human rescuers.
Tags: · Arctic, Canada, orca whales, Quebec, sea ice, trapped whales
By Laura Elizabeth May
Green Right Now
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One degree Fahrenheit. On average, that’s how much the Earth’s temperature has increased over the past century, according to a report by the EPA. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted that during the 21st century the global temperature will increase by 2-6° C.
Tags: · 350, 350.org, Barack Obama, cap-and-trade, Congress, EU, global temperatures, hurricane katrina, James Hansen, Polar Bears, Renewable Energy, science, sea ice, The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Waxman-Markey, Wind energy
By John DeFore
Green Right Now
The headline is too perfect to pass up, however sad it may be: A new press release from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution asks, “Emperor Penguins March toward Extinction?”
Tags: · Antarctica, emperor penguins, global warming, sea ice, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The village of Stella, Missouri, has constructed a veterans’ memorial of attractive design in the center of the village. Read more
Barbara Kessler
Andrew Winston
Danielle Nierenberg
Anthony Swift