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- Posted January 30, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
In a CNN piece Wesley Warren explains how repowering America with clean energy can create jobs, bolster the economy, and establish America's energy independence... In a McClatchy Newspapers article detailing the failure of an Air Force plan to build a coal-to-liquid plant in Montana Henry Henderson contends that coal-to-liquid technology, along with being incredibly dirty, is also incredibly expensive and could never independently become financially competitive...In Reuters Noah Horowitz talks about the logic behind the nation's first mandatory TV energy efficiency requirements as written in California... A Wall Street Journal blog piece discusses attempts between environmental groups and the auto industry over the past several months to find common ground regarding California's tailpipe emissions regulations... And the Chi Town Daily News profiles Henry Henderson and his work in Chicago, with a special focus on Henry's theory that the Midwest, as the birthplace of generations of economic innovation, could be a leader in guiding America out of this recession.
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Link TV — Feb 6 2009 05:28 PM
Check out the Global Pulse video on this, showing how different TV news around the world are covering the issue.
Watch it here: http://www.linktv.org/video/3479
I'm an intern with Link TV, the nonprofit that produces Global Pulse. Interesting to see how the rest of the world is reporting on the news.