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NGN Daily: Spilled Oil, Biofuel, and Music

New reports from BP claim the oil leak is finally capped...A Pacific Northwest partnership aims to develop a sustainable jet fuel for the aviation industry…New Orleans musicians sum up the oil spill sentiments in the Gulf with a song.

NGN Daily: Oil Wells, Offshore Drilling, and Tigers

Oil spill update on day 83 a new idea from BP may plug the leak…Offshore drilling ban back in place in the U.S. until November 30…Pre-Tiger Summit meeting is happening this week in Bali with the 13 tiger countries.

NGN Daily: Oil, Tax Credits, and Swimsuits

BP’s relief wells close to reaching final destination and plugging the oil leak…President Obama is pushing for clean energy manufacturing tax credits…A swimsuit issue in the Arctic to highlight climate change in uphere magazine.

NGN Daily: Obesity and Bicycle Safety

A new report says obesity rates in the U.S. have increased in 28 states in the past year and the trend could end with a few simple steps...Some say that the one impediment to a mass bicycling culture is bicycle safety.

NGN Daily: Costco and Wind Turbines

Greenpeace is after Costco for selling destructively farmed seafood in their stores…GE and the American Wind Energy Association sent a giant wind turbine blade to Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park in support of clean energy legislation.

NGN Daily: Seafood and Clean Energy Legislation

NOAA continues to monitor seafood from the Gulf of Mexico for signs of oil contamination or chemical dispersants…The renewable energy sector is still hoping that the BP oil spill will prompt Congress to pass clean energy legislation.

NGN Daily: Paris and Oceanic Trash

Paris plans to install underwater turbines to generate power from the river Seine…Electrolux to collect wayward plastic in the ocean and transform it into vacuum cleaners and appliances.

NGN Daily: Air Pollution and Biofuel

Hong Kong political system hindering environmental reform…Sweden is replacing oil with biofuel.

NGN Daily: Video Conferencing and the Neighborhood Dream

New study says that companies could save $19 billion by utilizing video conferencing…Portland’s Mayor is working to improve the city with 20-minute neighborhoods.

NGN Wildlife Watch: Nightingales and Tigers

Nightingales have declined in Britain by 90% in the past 40 years…Disease plagues Siberian tigers, pushing them to extinction.