Weekly Web Roundup: cap-and-trade, bike power, wind energy
Posted July 17, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
- Sarah Palin's Washington Post editorial slamming cap-and-trade gets bashed on Switchboard (here and here), Grist, Climate Progress, The Atlantic and Vanity Fair.
- "Carbon footprint" and "locavore" added to Merriam-Webster's dictionary.
- Fast Company calls for a universal standard for measuring and comparing "greenness" of products.
- Yahoo says it will stop buying carbon credits and instead focus on reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.
- The United States and China announce plans for a joint clean energy research center.
- Wal-Mart creates comprehensive sustainability index of every product it sells.
- Obama administration approves first roadless logging contract in Tongass National Forest.
- Two Middlebury College students write citizen's guide to climate policy.
- Coal ash spill site doesn't make EPA hazard list (more on Switchboard).
- Pickens to sell off 667 wind turbines.
- Study suggests that global wind energy potential is considerably higher than previously thought.
- Spy satellite sea ice images made public.
- Hybrid2 public bike concept promises to help power city buses.
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.
