Eco-Beat, 5/28
Which celebrities are getting the fewest miles for the gallon? Is Superman abusing his superpowers just to save the troubled print media industry? Can a few million gallons of white paint save the planet? Today's Eco-Beat has the scoop on all of the latest green news and tips.
Green in a Flash:
 A Tour of Celebrity Gas-GuzzlersWhat are all the least carbon-conscious celebrities driving these days? It's an important question that deserves (for our collective celebrity obsessiveness) to be answered. That's why Treehugger has put together this list of the top seven celebrity gas guzzlers. |
 Superman Hearts the 2010 PriusEven Superman wants to see if the 2010 Prius is really all it's cracked up to be. I'm not sure it's really ethical to call on his superpowers like flying and x-ray vision just to get a scoop. It must be tough times over at the Daily Planet. Check out the video. |
 BYO Dry Cleaning Bag?Many of us bought reusable grocery bags a year ago, and a small but proud percentage of us remember to bring them to the store. Shouldn't plastic dry cleaning bags be phased out too? These reusable cotton dry cleaning bags can help reduce your footprint. |
 Paint it WhiteUS Energy Secretary Stephen Chu has a bone to pick with Mick Jagger: he wants everything painted white. According to Chu, painting all roofs and streets white would be equivalent to taking every car off the road for 11 years. I'm looking for my paintbrush right now. |
 Bike Sales Cruise Past Cars and Trucks!Keeping in mind that the first quarter of 2009 was hard on both auto and bike manufacturers, it's pretty amazing that more bikes were sold than cars in the US.That's right, 2.6 million new bikes hit the streets compared to 2.5 million automobiles. |
- Check out this ad for a GM hybrid from 1969!
- Is Big Oil slowly becoming Big Biofuels?
- Hoping to boost tourism in Key West, offical blew up a WW2 ship to create an atificial reef.
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