Weekly Web Roundup: dumpster pools, crop swaps, jackrabbits
Posted July 24, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
- Blogger Nate Silver offers financial challenge to climate skeptics.
- The Green 500 list ranks supercomputers, placing electrical efficiency as the most important feature; IBM grabs 18 of the 19 top spots.
- Study shows that PBDE's enter humans through diets, not just household products.
- Beekeeping in New York City is on the rise, despite being illegal.
- Smart tag experiment tracks where trash ends up.
- Federal appeals board to allow oil and gas drilling near prehistoric ruins in southern Utah.
- Researchers link air pollution exposure before birth with lower IQ scores in childhood.
- Grist is tracking how Senators will vote on the energy and climate bill.
- Brooklyn dumpster swimming pools may head to dried-up suburban strip mall parking lots.
- Sacramento neighbors participate in a crop swap, sharing fruits and vegetables from their backyard gardens.
- Nielson reports that bottled water sales fell 3.3% in the U.S. last year.
- North Carolina lawmakers considering bill to ban wind turbines from scenic ridgelines.
- Offshore drilling is part of California budget deal.
- Toyota promotes the 2010 Prius with giant solar-powered flowers that serve as WiFi spots and power outlets.
- Federal wildlife officials will study the elusive white-sided jackrabbit to see if it needs Endangered Species Act protection.
- Giant blobs of oil wash up on the beaches of South Padre Island in Texas.
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.
