Weekly Web Roundup: farm truck, beach report, overfishing
Posted July 31, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
- NRDC releases annual beach report rating 200 U.S. vacation beaches.
- The wildly popular Cash for Clunkers program may run out of funds. NRDC's own Phil Gutis shares his experience trading in a clunker for cash.
- The Princeton Review rates the top 15 greenest colleges.
- Chicago passes green food resolution.
- New McKinsey report cites $1.2 trillion in potential savings from energy efficiency.
- Teen decomposes plastic bag in three months.
- The guys who made "King Corn" are now growing vegetables in a truck in Brooklyn.
- Tom Philpott explains the food safety bill passed by the House this week.
- New study declares that 63 percent of world's seafood stocks are below healthy levels.
- Americans waste $130 billion a year on energy.
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.
