Offshore wind farm approved for construction off the coast of New Jersey; to provide energy for 125,000 houses but not until 2013. (New York Times)
Sprint sets goal of 15% GHG emissions reduction by 2017 (does that sound lame to anyone else??) (Environmental Leader).
New report (Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World) predicts massive increases in global green job market. (Renewable Energy World.com)
Unsurprisingly, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom demands a new green economy, and more surprisingly blogs about it on the Huffington Post.
Newsom also announced a rainwater harvesting initiative in San Francisco to conserve water and help green the city, which changes rules to allow rainwater capture for irrigation and non-potable indoor use. (Press Release).
Sarah Palin has terrible environmental record in Alaska. (Grist)
Measuring the triple bottom line is tricky (Sustainable Industries).
The American Psychological Association building in DC just opened a green roof with a maze. (Greener Buildings)
Earth worms unearthed in U.K. capable of eating heavy metals including arsenic and improving soil quality. (National Geographic)
