Frances Beinecke contemplates what it will mean to have an advocate for the environment in the White House in her Huffington Post blog, and emphasizes that green energy and green tech will be very strong tools that will help rebuild the American economy in the years to come… In both NBC LA and in the Associated Press David Pettit explained why the ballot initiative Proposition 7 would have slowed California’s move toward clean power had it succeeded at the polls… The Gary Post Tribune highlights NRDC’s warning that a proposed plan to discharge Whiting refinery pollutants into Lake Michigan could seriously harm the health of the lake…And The Valley Advocate passes along NRDC water filter advice to readers.