by Randy Rieland. There’s an oil spill in Michigan and the energy bill’s now a little slip of a thing , but a lot of other stuff happened this week that didn’t grab big headlines. Here are 10 stories from the greenosphere that you might have missed: A really, really mighty wind:

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• Slash-and-burn ‘improves tropical forest biodiversity’
  Slash-and-burn agricultural practices, banned by governments because of the risk of uncontrolled fires, provide better growing conditions for valuable new trees than more modern methods of forest clearance, a study suggests. ...
• Cooling Lagoons aim to reduce thermal discharges to marine ecosystems, improve efficiency
  Gulf countries that lack freshwater resources rely deeply on seawater desalination to meet their daily needs and cool down thermal generation plants. According to Gulf News, the United Arab Emirates alone uses four trillion litres of Gulf seawater each year to cool down its power...
• Mother of Green Party candidate killed by SUV becomes bike-safety advocate
  by Jonathan Hiskes. Natasha Pettigrew, a Maryland Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, died on Sept. 20 after a Cadillac Escalade struck her while she was bicycling. The 30-year-old was training for a triathlon about an hour before sunrise. The driver didn't stop and didn't ca...
• Hurricane Earl
  Hurricane Earl is still a powerful category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale as it approaches the North Carolina coast September 2. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite observed the high rates rain was falling within Earl in some areas more than 2 inches...
• Critical List: 24 hours later, climate change still a reality; EPA will miss GHG deadline
  by Sarah Laskow. Al Gore said some stuff . Texans return to their burnt-out homes . If these droughts keep up, it won’t be too long before the state gets on board with Gore. The EPA won't make a deadline for regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Here's what an imagi...