http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/home.aspxen-usCopyright 2010, KSRO-AMTue, 17 Aug 2010 18:19:59 GMThttp://emmisinteractive.comPacking a brown-bag lunch for your kids helps them stay full, focused, and productive throughout the day -- without the chemicals and preservatives and who-knows-what-else that goes into cafeteria food -- but it can also mean a lot of waste. Trading disposable bags, snack packs, individually-wrapped treats, and silverware for reusable versions helps cut your carbon footprint -- and makes your kid ...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1266071http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1266071Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:19:59 GMTIndonesia is home to stunning coral reefs, but the only thing stunning about them right now is that they're dying off at alarming rates after a sea surface temperature rise. The Wildlife Conservation Society just released a report detailing the wide-spread extent of the destruction that occurred in May at the northern tip of Sumatra, as their "Rapid Response Unit" of marine biologists investigated...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1266066http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1266066Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:14:13 GMTA new report from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant contends that the amount of oil remaining in the water in the wake of the Gulf oil spill is far higher than reported. In fact 70-79% of oil not captured at the wellhead by BP still poses a threat to the ecosystem. That's 2.9-3.2 million barrels of oil still in the water. Despite widespread reports stating that only 25% of oil fro...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1266063http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1266063Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:07:24 GMTWe all know it's out there: a giant swirling mass of trash and scrap known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. We have seen how the trash is killing birds and other wildlife. It's a twice-the-size-of-Texas problem, but what can we do to stop it? Cleaning Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch It might be possible to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage patch. Here are some of the ideas floating around: 1. ...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1263266http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1263266Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:58:42 GMTThe last great extinction occurred sixty five million years ago. You can visit the exact point on earth where it started, on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. The Chicxulub crater, more than 110 miles in diameter, was formed by the enormous impact of a meteor the size of San Francisco hitting the earth. Life on earth changed radically from that moment of impact. Scientists refer to the Chicxulub eve...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1263252http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1263252Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:54:49 GMTRead the AP report on BP's progress in the final stages of the operation that should finally permanently seal the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, and tell me it doesn't sound like the plot from a Jules Verne novel: "One man guides a drill more than two miles beneath the sea floor and three miles from the surface, trying to hit a target less than half the size of a dartboard. The drill is abo...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1263235http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1263235Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:50:27 GMTAn eye-opening study profiled in the New York Times reveals that some girls in the United States are hitting puberty at abnormally early ages -- sometimes at 7 or 8 years old. There are a number of suspected causes for this potentially dangerous trend, chief among them childhood obesity and exposure to chemicals. This gives us yet another reason to examine the habits and environs we've grown accus...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1263229http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1263229Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:44:56 GMTWe've all heard about the problems that military sonar causes for whales and dolphins. But the noises that humans make in the oceans aren't limited to sonar, and the effects aren't limited to marine mammals—though we're only beginning to understand the full impact on even them, which some believe has been underestimated until recently. Here's a look at what are probably the five loudest and harmful ...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1261535http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1261535Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:56:13 GMTThe Gulf oil disaster is having a massive impact on wildlife, with waves of animal deaths continuing into the foreseeable future thanks to both the oil and toxic clean-up methods. The disaster is so great that the extinction of some species is not an outlandish possibility, so it seems like a good idea to create a sanctuary elsewhere for the species who call the gulf home until the oil can be clea...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1261526http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1261526Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:45:28 GMTWith a rate of 96.5 percent, Brazil is the world's leader in aluminum can recycling, and chances are high that it can reach the seemingly-unattainable 100. Compare that with 51.6 percent in the U.S. An IPS story details the success story as told by the Brazilian Aluminium Association's recycling coordinator, Henio de Nicola. He attributes the success to people thinking about the recycling process "e...http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1261521http://www.wayy790.com/GreenNews/story.aspx?ID=1261521Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:33:18 GMT