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Energy Dept. Gets Social with Twitter and Facebook Pages, New Blog
The U.S. Department of Energy stepped up its social media presence today by launching a new blog, Facebook and Twitter pages. While this is not the beginning of DOE’s social media strategy — the Department already has YouTube and Flickr pages, and Secretary Steven Chu has a personal Facebook page — DOE hopes that the [...]
USGS Develops Twitter-Based Earthquake Detection System
Seismologists say Twitter is the fastest way to get information out of a earthquake area, especially in less densely populated areas.
Environmental Politics on Twitter: Who to Follow
Garnering considerable buzz in the world of politics as of late, the micro-blogging tool twitter is growing at an astonishing 1,382 percent—adding 7 million new accounts in February alone—and showing little sign of slowing down. Although politicians themselves may be relative newcomers in the world of communicating in 140-character or less, those who write about [...]
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