Pandas, dingoes, BP and graphic novels

Another week, another new batch of articles.

First up, my latest Extinction Countdown columns:

Can Australia save the dingo from extinction?

Imperiled giant pandas need replanted bamboo forests in order to reconnect

Island hoping: Japan breeding program aims to save rare albatross


Then there are the fun stories for Tonic.com:

Editorial Cartoonist Uses Actual BP Oil to Draw Cartoons About BP Oil Spill

Let 'Salt' Whet Your Appetite for These 10 Great Spy Movies

Five Graphic Novels Your Kids Will Enjoy (and So Will You)


And finally, GreenHandsUSA has overcome their website issues, so I'm starting up there again:

Artists: Enter the CoolClimate Art Contest

Wildlife trade, primates, border problems and Nicolas Cage

My Green Tech column is on hold while they work out some website issues, but everything else is going strong.

First off, here are this week's Extinction Countdown columns:

Unfair trade: A week in the world of illegal wildlife trafficking

Slender hope: A tiny primate is rediscovered after 65 years

Endangered Sonoran pronghorn seen as hindering U.S. attempts to shore up its border


International collaboration is key to saving the Middle East's rarest bird



And here are two fun pieces for Tonic.com:

Five Ways to Help Your Favorite Bloggers

Five Weirdest Nicolas Cage Performances

Alfred Hitchcock, Harvey Pekar, Right Whales, Telecommuting and more

Several great new articles for your reading pleasure:

Remembering Harvey Pekar: A Splendid American

Green Tech: Telecommuting Saves 17,000 Dollars Per Employee Per Year

Extinction Countdown: Polar Rare: The Arctic's apex predator could disappear from Hudson Bay in 10 years

Adopt a Hitchcock: Help Save the Director's Films from the Evils of Time

Extinction Countdown: Marmot meltdown averted: Vancouver Island species on the brink of extinction regaining social bonds

Smarter Fire Alarm Earns Teen IEEE Presidents' Scholarship

Dealing With Conflict at Work

Green Tech: Is Your Website Carbon-Neutral?

Green Tech: Samsung Launches Its Greenest Cellphone Yet

Extinction Countdown: Rights wronged: North Pacific right whale nearly extinct in Bering Sea

IBM Employees Reach Milestone: 10 Million Volunteer Hours in Five Years

Links to my latest articles

Well, it's been a few weeks since I last updated this library blog. But that doesn't mean there isn't a lot to read. I publish at least six articles a week, sometimes as many as 10, and you can find all of the latest links over on my Twitter feed:

John R Platt (johnrplatt) on Twitter

Thanks for reading!