Green-News: Thursday 9.18.08
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- On Tuesday the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that will UNDO a longstanding ban against offshore drilling. The House voted 236 to 189; Reuters reports.
- We know about oil and coal and we’ve heard about solar and wind energy, but some countries are also considering TIDAL power; more from ENN.
- Senator Barack Obama wants to designate $5 million to help coordinate the restoration of the Great Lakes; The Detroit Free Press explains.
- National Geographic journalist Charles Mann claims that the degradation of soil quality across the world is putting the global population at risk—via GreenDaily.
- Wyndham hotels have just hired a “vice president of sustainability and innovation” to help improve the GREEN quality of their resort properties—from The Green Meeting.
- Your television isn’t green, but there things you can do to improve it, like keeping it clean and switching to an Energy Star model—Grist is on it.
