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Weekly Web Roundup: carpools, clunkers, carbon traders

August 21, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
carbonemissions, cashforclunkers, globalwarming, mercury, plasticbag, tarsands, walkableurbanism

Cash for Clunkers ends on Monday. ZoomPool, a new social network, connects carbon-conscious people who want to carpool. Baoding, China, becomes world's first carbon positive city. An international climate conference for teenagers results in 14 specific projects to help...continued

Weekly Web Roundup: pesticides, perchlorate, biodegradable cell phones

August 7, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
cashforclunkers, energysavings, globalwarming, greenhousegas, perchlorate, pesticides, solar

Senate passes $2 billion extension to fuel Cash for Clunkers. California's pesticides department resumes review of fumigant used on strawberry fields. Global warming may be the cause of Yosemite's trees getting smaller. New study links home pesticides to childhood...continued

Weekly Web Roundup: farm truck, beach report, overfishing

July 31, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
beachreport, cashforclunkers, energyefficiency, foodsafetybill, localfood, overfishing, seafood

NRDC releases annual beach report rating 200 U.S. vacation beaches. The wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program may run out of funds. NRDC's own Phil Gutis shares his experience trading in a clunker for cash. The Princeton Review rates...continued

Weekly Web Roundup: carbon counter, water footprint, hydroponic rooftop farm

June 19, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
carboncounter, cashforclunkers, globalwarming, greenjobs, localfood, recycling, renewableenergy, waterfootprint

A new NRDC report shows that clean energy will boost economy and create jobs. Deutsche Bank launches a carbon counter. NRDC's Nathanael Greene writes about it here. NREL and Google launch map of America's alternative fuel stations. San Francisco...continued

Weekly Web Roundup: High Line, sustainable seafood, Cash for Clunkers

June 12, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
biofuels, cashforclunkers, ditigalconversion, fuelefficiency, gasprices, greenjobs, highline, recycling, renewablenergy, sustainableseafood, tonyawards, windturbine, worldoceansday

It's digital conversion day. Find out how to get rid of your old TV. June 8 was the first-ever World Oceans Day. NRDC's experts discuss problems and solutions on Switchboard. National Parks will offer free admission on three weekends this summer....continued

Kim Ranney
Kim Ranney
Sr. Online Marketing and Production Associate
New York City
I'm a book lover, occasional fiction writer, avid snapshot taker and frequent traveler. I grew...
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