Business [Fraud] Opportunities in Rising Seas? - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Belgian dredging companies Deme and De Nul, for example, presented plans this week in Brussels for raising submerged sandbanks 10 kilometers off of the Flemish coastline, according to a report in the Thursday edition of the Flemish newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen.

“The reason behind this project, which could provide both dredging companies with decades of work, is global warming,” according to an English translation of the article by Flanders Today.

“Not only will the sea level at least rise by 60 centimeters this century, storms will also become fiercer with waves increasing up to four meters,” the report continued. “The many submerged sandbanks lining the Flemish coast today slow down storm surges but, should water levels continue to rise, their effectiveness will decrease proportionately.”

Shining a (Natural) Light on Green Schools - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

A school addition that doesn’t use electric lights, heat or air-conditioning may sound like something straight out of “Little House on the Prairie,” but several architects and researchers from the Pacific Northwest hope to see such features become standard in new classroom construction nationwide.

Suit Links Climate Change with Purported Threat to Species - Drew Thornley - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Canada lynx live in upland boreal forest and use their large paws to run atop the snowpack as they hunt. As the climate warms, some portions of the cat's current protected habitat may become unsuitable, forcing the predators to migrate to colder zones. To survive those migrations, the lynx will need protected passages that the new designations failed to provide, according to Bruce Hamilton, deputy executive director of the Sierra Club, one of the groups suing FWS.