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Weekly Web Roundup: 230 mpg, green ratings registry, plastic bag tax

August 14, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
bottledwater, energyefficiency, globalwarming, greenhousegas, plasticbag, trains, volt

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

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: biofuels, fungus, trains

May 8, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
biofuels, endangeredspecies, ethanol, ewaste, globalwarming, greenhousegas, hybrid, trains,

White House makes first major statement on ethanol this week. NRDC biofuels expert Nathanael Greene responds to the EPA's proposed rule to implement a new renewable fuel standard here. Saturday is National Train Day. Find out if there are...continued

Weekly Web Roundup

February 20, 2009

Posted by Kim Ranney in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
coalfiredpowerplants, electricvehicles, EPA, greenhousegas, obama, renewableenergy, stimulus, tarsands, windpower

President Obama goes to Canada. Grist, the Thin Green Line and Green Inc weigh in on the trip and the President's stance on the tar sands. Switchboard bloggers write about it here. The Arctic is burping nitrous oxide, a...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

Kim Ranney
Kim Ranney
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