Weekly Web Roundup: carpools, clunkers, carbon traders
- Kim Ranney
- Sr. Online Marketing and Production Associate, New York City
- Blog | About
- Posted August 21, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
- Cash for Clunkers ends on Monday.
- ZoomPool, a new social network, connects carbon-conscious people who want to carpool.
- Baoding, China, becomes world's first carbon positive city.
- An international climate conference for teenagers results in 14 specific projects to help save the planet.
- The Obama administration approves a tar sands pipeline from Canada into the United States.
- Seven carbon traders arrested in England for tax fraud.
- Seattle rejects the plastic bag tax.
- Mercury contaminated fish found in nearly 300 streams nationwide.
- Homebuyers are paying more to live in neighborhoods with greater walkability.
- The revival of small retail might help fight global warming.
- Plastics in the ocean decompose and release hazardous chemicals.
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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