The electricity industry is undergoing a messy transformation to clean up its act

The sad moral of this story is that it’s very hard to be a C.E.O. for tomorrow, when the markets only care about being a C.E.O. for today.

Aron Cramer, C.E.O. of Business for Social Responsibility, discusses the difficulties faced by traditional electricity producers that want to be leaders in the transition to clean energy.

Scientists are racing to preserve Madagascar’s seeds

Ninety percent of Madagascar’s 13,000 known plant species are found nowhere else on earth, but slash and burn agriculture threatens much of the island’s flora with extinction. As insurance against the species’ disappearance, researchers at the United Kingdom’s Kew Gardens are racing to collect as many seeds as possible in the institution’s Millennium Seed Bank. The Guardian

The country's first offshore wind farm is set to open this fall

Deepwater Wind will build five turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Experts say the project marks the dawn of a new era for the wind industry. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has awarded 11 offshore wind energy leases for elsewhere in the Atlantic, and many states are starting to push for more renewable energy—including offshore wind. Associated Press

Recovery of California Island foxes is fastest ever

Just 12 years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service placed the rare canid on the Endangered Species List. Yesterday, three subspecies found on San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz islands pounced right off of it, and the status of the Santa Catalina Island subspecies rose from endangered to threatened. Eliminating feral pigs, relocating non-native golden eagles, and captive breeding were all part of the successful recovery effort. NPR

Trees get heat stress, too

A study of Douglas firs across the American West finds that as temperatures rise, the trees become less productive and have stunted growth. Making matters worse, the trees also absorb less CO2 from the atmospherewhich could affect the global carbon cycle as the climate continues to warm. Scientific American

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