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State of the Union Green Twitter Chat Reaches 1 Million+
#EcoSOTU responsible for over 4 million impressions on Twitter for State of the Union
State of the Union Energy and Environment Twitter Chat at #ecoSOTU
Since 2010, Ecopolitology has urged Twitter users to use the #ecoSOTU hashtag for conversation regarding energy, environment and sustainability topics during the State of the Union address.
What the Frack is Going On?
The Fracking Song is educational, well-cited and even pretty catchy. I dare you to watch it without either getting the chorus stuck in your head or learning a thing or two about the science and politics of hydraulic fracturing.
From Poop to Plastic?
When making a list of the most promising new sustainability innovations, sewage probably wouldn’t be the first topic that springs to mind. Let’s face it – beyond being the butt of jokes, what other good can come out of human waste? Well, one company thinks they’ve figured out how to use sewage to reduce humanity’s environmental impact and oil dependence.
Wastewater treatment plants could be a gold mine in the quest to replace the petroleum used every year to make plastic for packaging. energyNOW! correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan got a whiff of how sewer sludge is being turned into sustainable plastic.
Keystone XL: Victory Today, Clean Energy Tomorrow
The earth moved in Washington, D.C., today, and it wasn’t another freak East Coast earthquake.
