Weekly Web Roundup: Bike commuting, Garbage Patch, Waxman-Markey bill
Posted May 15, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
- The Waxman-Markey bill on investing in clean energy and reducing global warming pollution nears consideration. Get updates from NRDC's bloggers here.
- College students demand higher tuition to help pay for green projects.
- The first clean-up effort of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is underway. Ocean advocate Charles Moore says cleanup is impossible.
- The EPA will oversee the coal ash spill cleanup in Tennessee.
- Bike to Work Day motivates NRDC's Scott Dodd to get back on his bike. Treehugger offers five examples of better bike infrastructure.
- Nine toxic chemicals are added to the UN's banned list.
- San Francisco approves first major solar project.
- Dolpins with high levels of flame retardant found near Miami.
- Florida town turns horse poop into renewable energy.
- Bill McKibben explains his new project, 350.org, an effort to organize worldwide climate-related actions on October 24.
- A hummingbird, a lark and a finch are close to extinction.
- Chicago bans bottles with BPA plastic.
- Some homeowners associations oppose solar panel installations.
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.
