Russell McLendon Blog

The Noon Digg: Fri.
How one college student stopped a Big Oil land grab, how global warming can cause earthquakes, how 2009 could be clean tech's breakout year, and how a homemade generator powers a restaurant.
The Morning Briefing: Fri.
The Pacific Northwest has high flood pressure, global warming to overcook tropical crops, EPA mulls how much rocket fuel is too much to drink, the IEA fights renewables, and alternative currencies make a comeback.
Last Call: Thurs.
Obama ruffles Exxon Mobil CEO, radioactive leaks ruffle Vermont, why global warming might be healing the Southwest, why pollution might be behind the autism epidemic, why spookfish have mirror eyes, and more.
The Noon Digg: Thurs.
Going Back to the Future with a trash-powered engine, a prominent oceanographer buries his head in the sand, Jay Leno hawks a mag-lev wind turbine, Motorola phones in its eco-friendliness, and lightning strikes a sunset.
The Morning Briefing: 01/08
A coal front moves into China, California's pelican grief worsens, Bush lets Obama take the wheel on fuel efficiency, light pollution sends animals mixed signals, and the New Jersey dolphins are dying off.
Last Call: 01/07
Six power plants die on the vine, Toyota denies solar-car plans, 10 extinct species that could be resurrected, how to green your blog, how to eat squirrel, and how sixth-century comets nearly wiped out life on Earth.
The Noon Digg: 01/07
Japanese whalers rebuff help from protestors, Brazil sends troops to the Amazon, how to stop meth pollution, 10 places already affected by climate change, and a rare sigh of relief from a polar bear.
The Morning Briefing: 01/07
Why Tennessee's coal-ash flood could be just the beginning, why the end could be near for McMansions, why Rio is walling off a rainforest, why Japan wants Australia to stop whaling activists, and why scientists are building car parts from coconuts.
Last Call: 01/06
Obama pages Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Bush makes reservations for sushi, Brits to get clean power from gas pipelines, an Antarctic glacier gets leaner, and Arctic polar bears get leaner and meaner.
The Noon Digg: 01/06
The lame duck and the sea, Sweden cuts costs and carbon with corpse heat, the mythical "flatulence tax," getting gas from seaweed, and fighting global warming with gigatons of seawater.

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