NYC ‘Eco Nightclub’ Gets Down for Earth Day - Earth911.com

Greenhouse nightclub takes being green-chic to a new level. The two story, 6,000 square foot New York City nightclub was the first hotspot of its kind to seek LEED certification, a buzzworthy status that led Mary Kate Olsen, Colin Farrell and, perhaps along more environmental lines, Al Gore, taking notice, according to the club.

'Wheelie bin tax will hit you' | Ipswich News | Local News in Ipswich | Ipswich Queensland Times

RATEPAYERS have been warned they face a minimum $40 'wheelie bin surcharge' as a result of the incoming carbon tax.

Councillor David Pahlke has hit out at the carbon tax, saying it is deeply unpopular with residents and will cost the Ipswich City Council millions.

Obama may blow off the Earth Summit | Grist

When the leaders of more than 100 countries meet this June to discuss the small matter of the Future of Life on Earth, President Obama might be there. Then again, maybe he’s got a golf match scheduled that day. He’s not saying.

My Earth Day wish: A better human brain | Grist

We have a great deal of intellectual difficulty understanding threats like climate change

Sainsbury's slimline toilet roll to wipe 140 tonnes from carbon emissions | Environment | The Guardian

Supermarket launches new roll with 11mm shaved off cardboard tubing, meaning about 500 fewer lorry trips a year

Open access will be crucial to maintain public confidence in science | Professor Peter Coles | Science | guardian.co.uk

I believe all data resulting from publicly funded research should be in the public domain, for two reasons. First, it's public money that funds us, so we scientists have a moral responsibility to be as open as possible with the public. Second, the scientific method only works when analyses can be fully scrutinised and, if necessary, replicated by other researchers. In other words, to seek to prevent your data becoming freely available is plain unscientific.