On Our Radar: Coal at $1.10 a Ton The Bureau of Land Management auctions a major tract of Wyoming coal to Peabody Energy at just $1.10 per ton. The sale still awaits final approval. Think Progress President Obama heads to Colorado Springs, Colo., to view the devastating effects of the untamed wildfires there. The Greenland ice sheet is poised for another record melt this year and is approaching the point at which the summer melt area will cover the entire land mass, researchers say. Climate Central While conservationists lament the extinction of a giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands, a 72-year-old park ranger who cared for him for three decades mourns the loss of a friend. Mongabay.com Halictus eurygnathus? This is the final weekend of a British contest to invent more colorful common names for 10 species.