Weekly Web Roundup: Energy Star, FutureGen, jellyfish
Posted July 3, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
- The House passes the energy and climate bill.
- The EPA grants a landmark California emissions waiver.
- Researchers and activists say water should be a basic human right.
- More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries.
- Japan fears massive jellyfish invasion.
- ExxonMobil continues to fund climate skeptic groups.
- Two major power companies are pulling out of FutureGen.
- Sears Tower gets a $350 million green makeover.
- The U.N. is using social media for climate treaty inspiration; it launched the Twitter-like site, Hopenhagen.
- Great Lakes wolves are back on the endangered species list.
- Study warns that Louisiana's coastline could be underwater by 2100.
- The EPA's Energy Star 5.0 specification went into effect this week.
- Judge overturns Bush administration change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in northern forests.
- A rough term in the Supreme Court for environmentalists draws to a close.
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.
