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Weekly Web Roundup: Energy Star, FutureGen, jellyfish

July 3, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
emissions, endangeredspecies, energy, energystar, futuregen, globalwarming, greenbuilding, logging, water

The House passes the energy and climate bill. The EPA grants a landmark California emissions waiver. Researchers and activists say water should be a basic human right. More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the...continued

Weekly Web Roundup

April 3, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
bottledwater, energy, energyefficiency, fuelefficiency, globalwarming, googleearth, perchlorate, renewableenergy, tarsands, wolves

Joe Romm gives the Waxman-Markey draft energy and climate bill a B+ and calls it a solid bill that boosts the economy and creates green jobs. Read NRDC's response to the draft bill here. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...continued

Weekly Web Roundup

February 6, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
algae, energy, energyefficiency, ethanol, francesbeinecke, googleearth, greenjobs, santamonica, wind

Slate's The Big Money takes a video tour of NRDC's LEED-Platinum Santa Monica office. NRDC's Kaid Benfield highlights the good life in Santa Monica on his blog. The Takeaway's week-long energy series takes listeners on a trip along the...continued

Weekly Web Roundup

January 2, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
BPA, carbonneutral, cars, cleanenergy, coal, coralreef, energy, ewaste, gasdrilling, globalwarming, greenbuildings, newyears, offshoredrilling, oilshale, organicmilk, resolutions, solar

 A number of bloggers shared wrap ups of environmental news in 2008 and offered predictions for 2009: Grist lists the top green stories of 2008 from bpa getting a bad rep to the offshore drilling ban getting lifted. Joe Romm...continued

Weekly Web Roundup

December 19, 2008

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
endangeredspecies, energy, gastax, globalwarming, jellyfish, mercury, obama, peakoil, renewableenergy, solar, volt

The National Science Foundation releases a report  on the environmental causes and ramifications of jellyfish swarms.  New research ranks top alternative energy sources. Tom Philpott wonders whether the Obama administration will be the first to seriously regulate genetically-modified food....continued

Web Roundup

November 7, 2008

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
economy, energy, greenjobs, obama, solarpanels

Bloggers are focusing on green jobs and the clean energy economy during this election week: Obama team considers national listening tour on the new energy economy. Joe Romm writes that green investment does create jobs.  Treehugger calls for Obama to...continued

Friday Web Roundup

October 31, 2008

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
biofuels, drilling, economy, energy, ewaste, globalwarming, greenhousegas, greenpower, greenroofs, halloween, offshore

Get your green Halloween tips from the Green Inc. bloggers. Fast Company explains what "smart garages" of the future are all about. Global warming is killing off plant species at Walden Pond. GOOD Magazine interviews Malcolm Gladwell about green...continued

Friday Web Roundup

October 24, 2008

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
bikecommuting, energy, energysavingscalculator, farmersmarket, globalwarming, greenjobs, localfood

A study says that California has created 1.5 million green jobs thanks to efficiency regulations. Colleges are encouraging students to leave their cars at home by giving away free bikes to students, offering discounts at local bike shops and...continued

Kim Ranney
Kim Ranney
Sr. Online Marketing and Production Associate
New York City
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