The US Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency have filed suit against BP and eight other firms, asking that they be held liable for all clean up and damage costs associated with the Gulf Oil Spill. In other major green news this week, a “new car smell” may have caused a hit-and-run on a cyclist in Vail, NASA publishes two world maps showing that the planet is warming, San Jose, California bans plastic shopping bags, the MacGyver approach to winter biking (zip ties!), and more in our news in review slideshow, below.
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The Week in TreeHugger: US Sues BP Over Gulf Oil Spill, and More (Slideshow)
