Weekly Web Roundup: ACES, mountaintop removal, electric cars
- Kim Ranney
- Sr. Online Marketing and Production Associate, New York City
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- Posted June 26, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
- Retired professor wants to build car-free village in a San Francisco suburb.
- Rock snot is invading New York.
- Vermont farmers change cows' diets to lower their emissions.
- Coal mining costs five times more in deaths than it provides in economic benefits.
- Major polluters meet in Mexico to speed up work on United Nations climate accord.
- Congressional study estimates the costs of the climate bill.
- The House vote on the Waxman-Markey bill is scheduled for today. Al Gore has called ACES "the most important environmental vote of this generation" on Twitter. NRDC's experts keep you up to date on climate and energy legislation here.
- Tesla, Nissan and Ford will get stimulus money for electric car development.
- Daryl Hannah, James Hansen and other mountaintop removal opponents arrested during rally.
- A new study examines whether wind power will ever produce enough power to meet America's energy demands.
- The "Gigaton Throwdown Initiative," a study backed by venture capitalists, identifies eight clean energy technologies that could help dramatically reduce carbon emissions (more here).
- San Francisco signs mandatory recycling and composting law.
Think I missed anything really great? Feel free to share it in the comments section. Want news updates every day? Check out my colleague Ben Jervey's blog on Greenlight.
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