Travel & Nature

Photo via New Zeal

Ships passing through the southern Pacific Ocean have been issued a warming: beware of hundreds of massive icebergs. Seems that they've broken off of an Antarctic ice floe and are now drifting towards New Zealand. Pics after the jump.

Interact

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Sumbody writes:

One of the more frustrating things about being politically liberal and employed in the nuclear power industry is possessing the knowledge that they are the most non-polluting large base load power plants in existence while observing the derision nuclear power receives from the green community. One must accept the fact that large base load power plants are essential due to the large amounts of energy our society consumes...Yet there continues to be strong resistance to building new nuclear plants. Go green! Go nuclear!

So what do you think? Is nuclear power really a green option? Join the conversation.

Business & Politics

Photo via the Telegraph

News broke this morning that Obama will attend the COP15 climate talks in Copenhagen after all, boosting the hopes that a more effective climate agreement will be reached. Now, the White House has issued a statement that includes the United States' new carbon emissions reduction targets, along with more details.

Business & Politics

Photo via Leland Rucker

President Bush was certainly not known for his dedication for protecting endangered species--his delisting of gray wolves, for example, caused a furor among environmentalists, and he notoriously dragged his feet in adding threatened species to the protected list. In contrast, George H.W. Bush added an average of 58 species to the endangered list every year during his presidency. Clinton added an average of 61. Bush added only 11. But Obama is doing even worse--so far, with only two species added, Obama is coming up last.

Design & Architecture

TreeHugger founder Graham Hill has been asking for advice on his tiny green house of the future, so Max at Apartment Therapy put together a list of the Best Green Home Resources: Our Go-To List for Renovations.

It has websites, books, architects, stores and appliances, but I think there are some oversights, not the least of which is TreeHugger. So I will add a few, and urge readers to leave suggestions in comments.

Food & Health

You've got to wonder if this is what we want our tax dollars going to? Anyway, the White House put out a spoof yesterday morning of the traditional presidential pardon of a turkey for Thanksgiving. The video follows a path through the White House, right into the Oval Office.

Food & Health

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The Obama White House held its first official state dinner last night, for visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Thanks to input by First Lady (and First Gardener/First Locavore) Michelle Obama, the evening had a decidedly green theme.

Inspired by, and including foods from, her very successful White House garden, the event showcased "the Obamas' dedication to green and sustainable elements."

Food & Health

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Do urban chickens dream of glass and steel coops? We don't know, but chickens have taken roost in cities across the country. From Portland to San Francisco to Brooklyn, urban farmers young and old are embracing local food by raising it in their backyards.