And welcome to another edition of Green Reads. We collect ’em, you inspect ’em. Then post your own links below.
From the Wall Street Journal’s Environmental Capital blog, a bit of news you may never have considered: Peak Uranium. Yep, we’re running out of that stuff too! Damn!
You may already know about the problem of big agriculture getting patents on seeds, but this polemic from OpEdNews informs about another piece of the puzzle, having to do with so-called seed cleaners. If true, it’s outrageous. Read and get fired up.
On a lighter note: From Apartment Therapy Re-Nest, a nice how-to on re-using paper to wrap all those Xmas presents. Better World Betty covered this in the December issue of Abode, too. In short: proof that greenly-wrapped presents don’t have to look like a kindergarten art project.
From the Gray Lady, a story that first makes you feel amazed at a natural phenomenon, then sad because it’s (surprise!) threatened by human activity, and then amazed again. Another one for your files.
And follow that up with this hopeful tidbit about one of the species that’s actually doing better these days, the California Condor. Merry Christmas, wildlife lovers: We give you the gift of this little bright spot within the grim topic of extinction.
What enviro-news have you been reading?