A.M. Greenlist: Subway funding chat and Whole Foods plastic bag ban
>> How should we fund public transit? All y'all who weighed in on the subway to the sea half-cent tax issue: Take your opinions to Metro's latest chat with Pam O'Connor, Metro Board Chair, happening today from noon to 1 p.m.
>> L.A. County has passed only a voluntary anti-plastic bag measure, but Whole Foods will be plastic-bag free by Earth Day, April 22. This goes for all 270 Whole Foods stores in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The grocery store chain will encourage customers to bring reusable bags -- and will continue to offer paper bags.
>> San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom lays out his plan to decrease CO2 emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2010.
>> Flooding in California's Central Valley is "the next big disaster waiting to happen," say engineers at the University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering. (via Treehugger)
>> Plug-in hybrids are the only way to drive, says Joseph Romm in Salon. "I expect many early adopters will be able to charge their cars twice: at home during the night and at work during the day."
>> 20 cows get to belch for a living. Why? "A Swedish university has received $590,000 in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.
>> Kobe beef: Not necessarily humanely raised. "“The animals were kept in some kind of crate, so there could be very little movement. They were very dirty from their own manure." (via kottke)
>> Democratic presidential candidates tout the importance of building a clean-energy economy at a recent debate, despite CNN moderators' failure to ask any questions about the environment.
>> Don't get what a Cap and Trade system is but are too shy to ask for details? The Center for American Progress' put together a primer: "What Is Cap and Trade, and How Can We Implement It Successfully?" (via grist)
>> Watch Antarctica melt via the blogosphere! A roundup of Antarctic blogs, courtesy of Kottke.
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