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White
House report: Health, green jobs growing quickly (By The Associated Press, 7/13/09)
July 2009 - Food, Inc. showing at The
Charles Theater in Baltimore (Scroll down linked
page to see Food, Inc. showtimes)
and other
Maryland theaters - Food, Inc. reveals
surprising-and often shocking truths-about what we eat, how it's produced, who
we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
"Kitchen
gardens" are having their moment in the sun. But eating your lawn takes some
planning (By Scott
Carlson, Urbanite Magazine, July 2009)
National and
International News
Fresno
County, left in the dust: Drought, water politics and tough economic times have turned a
once-vibrant region into California's Detroit (By Rick Wartzman, The Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed, 7/19/09)
Trade
and Climate (The New York Times Op-Ed, NT, 7/19/09)
Exxon
Could Face $1 Billion In Fines For Sabotage-Texas Agency (By Angel Gonzalez, NASDAQ Stock Market
News, 7/17/09)
Conservationists
Stop Herbicide Spraying on 1.5 Million Acres of Public Land Bureau of Land
Management Urged to End Its Addiction to Toxins (Center for Biological Diversity Press Release, 7/17/09)
Embattled
organic sector worries about regulation (By
Mari Saito, Reuters, 7/17/09)
World's
cheapest car hits Indian streets
(By Phil Hazlewood, Yahoo News, 7/17/09)
Windscapes:
American Vistas Where Energy Is in the Air (By Adam Goodheart, The New York Times, 7/16/09)
AAA
Expands Roadside Assistance to Bicycles (By Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones, 7/16/09)
Supermarkets
in Britain slash plastic bags
(Yahoo News, 7/16/09)
Corporations
co-opt "local": As the movement to buy local gains momentum, chains try to get in on the
action and confuse consumers (By Stacey
Mitchell, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, 7/15/09)
Village
Aims to Kick Carbon Habit (By Sarah Mukherjee,
The British
Broadcasting Corporation, 7/15/09)
Farming
Algae For Fuel: From Pond To Pump (By Laura Conaway, National Public Radio,
7/15/09)
Revisit
Carter's energy speech (By Kevin Mattson, The Times Union, 7/14/09)
Paris
Bike Rental Program Celebrates Second Birthday (The Huffington Post -
video, 7/15/09)
Wal-Mart
index to rate products' environmental impact (By Nicole Maestri, Reuters, 7/15/09)
Oil's
Puzzling Spring Surge Reignites Debate About Speculators (By Steven Mufson,
The Washington Post, 7/14/09)
The
Summit of Green Futility (By Anne Applebaum, The Washington Post, 7/14/09)
The
rich can relax. We just need the poor world to cut emissions. By 125%. British and G8
climate strategy just doesn't add up. As soon as serious curbs are needed it
turns into impossible nonsense (By George
Monbiot, The [UK] Guardian, 7/13/09)
Dow
Pitching New Pesticide That Doubles As an Extraordinarily Potent Greenhouse
Gas: Scientists and Advocates Organize
to Block Sulfuryl Fluoride, a Pesticide
4,780 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide (Center for Biological Diversity Press
Release, 7/13/09)
Students
Build Hydrogen Vehicle That Gets 1,336 MPG (By Jerry James Stone, Gas 2.0, 7/13/09)
Green
infrastructure in smart growth, beautifully illustrated (By Kaid Benfield,
Natural Resources Defense Council, 7/13/09)
Electric cars could dominate
U.S. roads in 2030 (By Reuters as reported by CNBC.com, 7/13/09)
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