Jun 27 2008

THE GREEN SEEN

Posted by: Keely Wachs

A roundup of green headlines that caught our eye this week.

• Spring 2008 was a hot one!  The Daily Green reports that the National Climatic Data Center found this spring to be the seventh hottest worldwide on record.

• The oceans are getting hot too.  Andy Revkin's DOT EARTH blog highlights a recent report from the journal Nature illustrating the world's oceans' temperatures are rising faster than previously estimated as a result of climate change.

• But it's not all doom and gloom. Treehugger wrote a story on a new tool to help pet cats reduce their carbon paw print.  This is not a joke.  Apparently, CatGenie has created a self-flushing litter box.  And get this; the millions of cat litter dumped in landfills may actually be contributing to climate change. 

• More innovation.  Attendees at the UK's Glastonbury Festival 2008 later this week will be able to charge their mobile phones using wind energy.  The charging stations are produced by an organization aptly named Gotwind. 

• And finally, a tribute to history and the man who brought climate change onto the world stage.  No, not Al Gore.  Monday marked the twentieth anniversary of James Hansen's testimony before Congress when he first brought forth the threat of global warming.  Since his testimony, the science has overwhelmingly provided evidence to Mr. Hansen's theory.  Yet, the anniversary also provides a time for us to reflect on how much more we all can do to help address this challenge, the greatest of our time. 

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