The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Nicole Hughes:

Should Drive-Thrus Be Banned?

Eco-Moms Mad About “Greenwash” Barbie

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Andy Kondrat:

Home Depot Will Recycle Your CLF Bulbs for Free

Department of Energy Predicts 50% Energy Increase By 2030

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Jon Popham:

NYC Waterfalls Installation Starts This Week

Capt. John Smith Is Back…and Running for President

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Giulia Rozzi:

Yoga Across the Border

Emile Norman: By His Own Design

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Gina Telaroli:

Silverdocs 08: A Post-Fest Wrap-Up

Human Rights Watch 08: Letter to Anna

Hey, you know how there are all these awesome things like CFLs and solar power and wind energy and renewable this and rechargeable that, and so we’ll be energy independent and carbon neutral in no time at all?  Yeah, well, the United States Energy Department is really excited to rain on that parade.   Like, super pumped.   Turns out they’re guessing that by 2030, the global energy demand will rise by 50 percent, and everyone and their mothers will continue to rely on coal and fossil fuels.   Check out the buzzkill in the International Herald Tribune:

The projections by the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy Department, said that without mandatory actions to address global warming, the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide flowing into the atmosphere each year from energy use will be 51 percent greater in 2030 than it was three years ago.

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