Weekly Web Roundup
Posted January 23, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
- A federal court acts to protect more than 110,000 acres of Utah wilderness. Robert Redford shares the good news on NRDC's Greenlight blog and on Huffington Post.
- Joe Romm and Andrew Revkin respond to Obama's Inaugural address. Read Switchboard posts about the change in Washington here.
- On Grist, Bill McKibben reflects on eight years of Bush's inaction and the challenges that poses for Obama (for a timeline of Bush's environmental legacy, see NRDC.org).
- Carbon prices drop as global downturn continues.
- Eric Schmidt says investing in renewable energy is cheaper than nuclear. Watch the video on Treehugger.
- President Obama halts the Bush administration's last-minute rules.
- Salon explores the conflict between building industrial solar installations in the Mojave Desert and protecting the ecosystem.
- California asks EPA to review the car emissions waiver.
- Treehugger explains the "naturally-raised" label for meat.
- Fast Company shares an innovative idea: lasers that project traffic lanes around bikers as they ride.
- Credit crunch and technology problems slow growth of solar industry.
- Green Wombat writes about layoffs in the wind industry.
- Study shows that cleaner air has added nearly five months to the average life span in the United States. NRDC's Kim Knowlton discusses the study on NBC's Nightly News.
- PepsiCo tries to figure out Tropicana's carbon footprint.
Think I missed anything really great out there this week? Feel free to share it in the Comments section.
