Joshua Hill writing for PLANETSAVE talks about the dramatic increase in America’s desire to protect the environment.This comes only a few months after the last such poll which saw a desire for energy production to take priority over environmental conservation by 7 percentage points.

People are beginning to recognize the risks involved in deep sea drilling; it’s too bad that the consequences of such drilling can be so enormous.

The margin has swung back in favor of the environment with a clear 16 percentage point gap in the environments favor.

The article entitled “Oil Spill Renews American Fervour for Environment” can be view in its entirety by clicking here.

The Nature Conservancy has put together an interactive slide show describing how we are all connected to our oceans; just click on the photo above to view that show.

Tina Casey at CleanTechnica has a very contrasting story of what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico

SEADOG Pump Harvests Clean, Renewable Wave Energy from Gulf of Mexico

“The contrast could not be more extreme.  This week, as British Petroleum’s undersea oil gusher continued to flow uncontrolled into the Gulf of Mexico, fouling the Louisiana coast and threatening other states, Independent Natural Resources, Inc. announced that it has passed a critical milestone in constructing a new wave energy installation in the Gulf off the coast of Freeport, Texas.  The installation, engineered by INRI’s wholly owned subsidiary Renew Blue, is designed to use clean, renewable wave energy to power a desalination plant.” You can view how the pump works by clicking on the above photo.

You can view the entire article by clicking here.

Lastly, here is an article by Lloyd Alter that appears on the treehugger blog site.

“It takes guts to make change happen, and some cities have them, others don’t. In Vancouver, they changed the regulations to permit housing in back lanes, calling it EcoDensity; it is a carefully crafted bit of legislation that protects views and privacy.”

The homes are small; a 700 square foot home costs about $190,000 if you have the property to put it on. Just an interesting concept that I wanted to share with you. You can read the article and see video on the project by Lanefab by clicking here.

Good Cheer!