Top green news and commentary of the last day or two. Check it out (source key is at the bottom):

Top 10 Clean Power Stories

• World Wind Power Capacity & An Idea (CT)
• Best of Green: Science and Technology (Slideshow) (TH)
• Google to invest $5 million in German solar plant (GT)
• Extreme Wind Turbines Mean Extreme Testing (CT)
• Cost of Solar Power Competitive with Coal Some Places, & Dropping Fast (CT)
• “Zombie” Manufacturing Program Revived for Green Jobs in Solar Industry (CT)
• Dr. Nocera’s Invention May be the Future of Alternative Energy. But it’s Not a Leaf! (CT)
• GE bets $600 million on solar, sees plant up by 2013 (R)
• Leaked Study from Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Fukushima Far from Over (CDC)
• Does nuclear power have a negative learning curve? – ‘Forgetting by doing’? Real escalation in reactor investment costs (CP)

More Clean Power News & Commentary.

Top 10 Clean Transportation Stories

• ALTe Powertrain Tech retrofits trucks as plug-ins (GT)
• Students working towards more bicycle-friendly universities (LAB)
• NASA Tackles New Challenge with Green Flight Initiative (CT)
• U.S. Electric Unicycles Bound For Russia (ET)
• Should Car Pool Lanes Require Three-to-a-Car? (P)
• Happening Now: 2011 Sustainable Transport Symposium (TCF)
• The 67 MPG Diesel Focus Econetic the U.S. Can’t Have (Gas)
• Awesome Public Transit, Penguin, Bee Ads [VIDEO] (PS)
• House Budget Proposal Would Decrease Transportation Options and Significantly Reduce Jobs (APTA)
• Federal Investment in High-Speed Rail Could Spur 1.3 Million Jobs (APTA)

More Clean Transportation News.

Top 10 Politics Stories

• Nurses to dirty air supporters: Enough is enough (CP)
• Bill McKibben and Betsy Taylor on the merger of 350.org and 1Sky (CP)
• McConnell fails to get majority to deny climate science and block EPA Clean Air rules (CP)
• Rand Paul: Mine Safety Regs Too Costly (HP)
• Facebook Unfriend Coal Ad Goes Global (GP)
• REPORT: Seven states where Republicans are ruining the environment (CP)
• How the Richest “1 Percent” Keep Rewarding Themselves for Epic Failure (HP)
• GOP-led House rejects science, 240-184 (CP)
• Minnesota Bill Targets Anyone Who Exposes an “Image or Sound” of Animal Suffering at Factory Farms, Puppy Mills (GINR)
• Checking The Facts On Politicians’ Climate Claims (CP)

More Environmental, Global Warming, and Clean Energy Politics News.

Top 10 Climate Science Stories

Pretty clear, but rather than strictly stick to science news here, we sometimes include stories that discuss climate science politics, since that is such a critical issue today.

• Is global warming a black swan? – Is the Japanese nuclear disaster? (CP)
• Christy Crock #1: 1970s Cooling (SS)
• Melted ice water will have significant impact on climate (CW)
• Geologist Richard Alley’s ‘Operators Manual’ TV Documentary and Book… A Feast for Viewers and Readers (SS)
• Is there a scientific consensus? (G)
• Climate Change Poses Immense Challenges and Uncertainties for Ecologists (CC)
• Climate change breaks NASA temperature chart (GR)
• Extreme Science: Drilling Holes in Arctic Sea Ice (CC)
• Has sea level rise accelerated since 1880? (SS)
• Congress on wrong side of history in denying climate change (CP)

More Climate Science News & Commentary.

Top 10 Green Living Stories

• Is Internet Explorer 9 Energy Friendly? (ET)
• Is Your Recycling Hurting the Planet? (TH)
• Can You Install Solar Panels for Free with Government Rebates? (FTG)
• Americans Desire Efficiency To Manage Costs (ET)
• 5 Easy Ways To Green Your Mobile Phone Use (CG)
• How to Build a Compost Tumbler (Video) (TH)
• Hank D and the Bee: Green Kids (NP)
• I’m Calling You Out for Clean Air (NP)
• Americans Prefer Smart Growth Neighborhoods, Study Finds (P)
• Convincing 100 Neighbors to Go Solar (Video) (TH)

More Green Living Stories.

Top 10 Food Stories

This section includes food news and stories that are related to the environment.

• Trouble in Farm City, and How You Can Help (EL)
• It’s World Health Day: WHO Says The World is Losing Battle to Superbugs (TH)
• Urban Farming: Farmer Meets Homeowner (TH)
• Healthy Eating and Drinking on a Budget (EDB)
• Jamie Oliver’s School Lunch Programme is in Jeopardy (TH)
• Organic farmers, Monsanto’s latest superweed [cartoon] (PS)
• Avoiding Canned & Plastic-Packaged Foods Significantly Reduces BPA Levels (HC)
• Vegetarian Diet Significantly Reduces Chronic Disease According to New American Diabetes Association Report (EDB)
• Would You Like Some Leather with Your Milk? (EDB)
• Best of Green: Food and Health (Slideshow) (TH)

More Food News and Commentary.

Top 10 Animal Stories

Who doesn’t love cool animal stories? And, of course, if you love animals, you probably want to help protect them from cruelty as well, so we stick a bit of that in here, too.

• Michael Brune: Why Do Sea Turtles Need Solar Panels? (HP)
• New Scale Could Help Save Critically Endangered Species (TH)
• CEO’s Elephant Slaughter Video Spurs Competitor To Raise $20k For Conservation Group (HP)
• Residents Say Sea Turtles Rot on Beaches of the Gulf (HP)
• Endangered Leopard Kittens Offer Hope to Species (TH)
• Animal Circuses to be Banned in UK after Animal Cruelty Exposed? (PS)
• Seemingly Cute Loris Videos Hide a Disturbing Reality (TH)
• No taxing effort to help save sea otters (DOW)
• Wild Atlantic salmon ‘under threat’ from escaped farmed fish and sea lice (G)
• Thousands Of Starfish Wash Up On U.S. Beach (HP/AP)

More Animal Stories.

Source Key:

• AA: Animal Aid
• APTA: American Public Transportation Association
• BG: Business Green
• CAGW: Crafting a Green World
• CC: Climate Central
• CDC: Climate Denial Crock of the Week
• CG: Crisp Green
• CF: CalFinder
• CP: Climate Progress
• CT: CleanTechnica
• CW: Climate Wire
• DOW: Defenders of Wildlife
• EDB: Eat Drink Better
• EL: EcoLocalizer
• ET: EarthTechling
• FTG: The Fun Times Guide to Green Living
• G: Guardian
• Gas: Gas2.org
• GP: Greenpeace
• GR: Grist
• GINR: Green is the New Red
• GT: Green Tech
• HC: Healthy Child, Healthy World
• HP: Huffington Post
• INF: Infrastructurist
• LAB: League of American Bicyclists
• N: Nature Conservancy
• NP: Natural Papa
• P: Planetizen
• PS: Planetsave
• R: Reuters
• SS: Skeptical Science
• TCF: The City Fix
• TH: TreeHugger

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Zachary Shahan (1978 Posts)

I'm the director of CleanTechnica, the most popular clean energy website in the world, and Planetsave, a leading green and science news site. I've been covering green news of various sorts since 2008, and I've been especially focused on solar energy, electric vehicles, bicycling, and wind energy for the past few years. You can also find my work on Scientific American, Reuters, Think Progress, GE's ecomagination site, several sites in the Important Media network, & many other places. To connect on some of your favorite social networks, go to zacharyshahan.com or click on some of the links below.