The Low Down On Green Living
February 15th, 2008
Nine Green Cities & Ocean Dead Zone
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There are two environmental articles we’ve read this week that we think you will find very interesting. One is very uplifting and the other quite depressing.
Let’s start with the good news. Jim Carlton of the Wall Street Journal has published an exciting and informative piece called Nine Cities, Nine Ideas. He covers nine cities around the globe that are undertaking ambitious and innovative environmental protection projects. The article covers green roof projects in Chicago, LED street lights in Ann Arbor, underwater turbines in New York City, and air conditioning replacements in Palm Desert. It’s an engaging and encouraging read!
On the sad front, marine researchers at Oregon State University have concluded that an “underwater plague” killing marine life in record numbers of the coasts of Oregon and Washington is a symptom of global warming. In a study released today in the journal Science, the researchers note how low-oxygen waters have expanded north into Washington and even come south to California state line. And, animal deaths appear to be occurring in regular cycles every summer and fall since 2002. To read the full article courtesy of the LA Times, please click here: Dead zones off Oregon and Washington coasts linked to global warming.
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