Tuesday, November 27, 2007

in the news: whales, walrus, and al gore

Andy Revkin had a witty blog entry on what Gore and Bush might have talked about during their half-hour chat yesterday. Some of the reader comments are imaginative, too.
Doug O'Harra had an update on walruses hauling out this summer.
And the Christian Science Monitor had a story on the environmental conundrum of trying to save endangered orcas while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. How are they linked? Orcas need salmon, salmon need salmon streams, those streams provide clean hydro power. This is relevant to Alaska because there's talk of dusting off plans for a major hydro power project on the Susitna River, and this time around, proponents say they've got the backing of AK green groups. More on that later, I'm sure.
There's also this post from Grist, which takes the cake for making doom and gloom funny. "World's poor to be shafted most by climate change, U.N. report says."

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