Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment
Seattle residents will vote on a plastic bag tax next week. Mother Jones charts the miles traveled per bottle of nine popular water brands. GM says the new Chevy Volt will get 230 mpg in city driving (more than...continued→
Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment
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→
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Blogger Nate Silver offers financial challenge to climate skeptics. The Green 500 list ranks supercomputers, placing electrical efficiency as the most important feature; IBM grabs 18 of the 19 top spots. Study shows that PBDE's enter humans through diets,...continued→
Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment
Big news: EPA announces plans to begin carbon regulation. Read David Doniger's response on Switchboard. He'll host a live chat about the announcement on Switchboard this Monday at 1 pm. Post your questions here. Obama outlines plans for high-speed...continued→
Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment
In the news this week: GM and Segway unveil a two-seat electric vehicle that runs on a lithium-ion battery and travels up to 35 miles per hour (Huffington Post, Fast Company, Wired's Autopia blog). NRDC's Luke Tonachel wrote about the...continued→
Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment
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→
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In the news this week: Turn out the lights, please! Earth Hour is on Saturday at 8:30 pm (find out which sites will go dark). NRDC's Rob Perks makes sense of the EPA's mountaintop removal announcements on his Switchboard blog...continued→
Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment
In the news this week: Lawmakers in a Long Island county have voted to approve what would be the nation's first ban on baby bottles and sippy cups made with bpa. Florida wants to charge bottled water companies by the...continued→
Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment
In the news this week: Mexico City tries to combat pollution with urban vegetation. NYC reps appeal to state to ban natural gas drilling because of risks it poses to drinking water supplies. At Power Shift 2009, 12,000 young activists...continued→
Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment
Green Inc., Grist and Climate Progress respond to President Obama's speech. Read Switchboard bloggers' reactions to it here. U.S. Circuit Court overturns a ban on mountaintop removal. The United States reverses policy by signing an international pact to reduce mercury emissions....continued→
