White House takes one last push to loosen restrictions on pollution
October 31, 2008
Polit-ecoThe White House is working to push through one last wave of deregulation before President Bush leaves office in January, according to an exposition in the Washington Post. According to the commentary, these steps are controversial and could be very difficult for the next president to undo.Constraints on ability plants, mines and farms are on the list for easing, as well as obstacles to commercial fishing. But the list doesn’t end there. The White House is plus looking to ease controls …
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With Gas Prices Down, Drivers Fill ‘Er Up
October 31, 2008
Last July, oil prices climbed to a record $146 per barrel, and the average cost of a gallon of gasoline skyrocketed to $4.12 (another record). What happened? Americans realized they didn’t want or couldn’t afford to pay that much for fuel, so they started driving less. In fact, during the first quarter of 2008, Americans consumed 400 million fewer gallons of gasoline than in the same period one year earlier. In all likelihood, less driving and less gas consumption meant less carbon dioxide go…
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“Am I Green Or Not” lets others rate your greenitude
October 31, 2008
FashionDoes anyone remember that site, Am I Hot Or Not? humans would send in their photos, and any viewer could vote on the relative attractiveness of the person. It was kind of terrible, but riveting. Total trainwreck.I suppose it was inevitable, with all of the judgmental finger pointing that goes on in the green movement, that that kind of social blackmail would find a green outlet. Am I Green Or Not is a membership community, although you can vote without joining. The greenness of individua…
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Top 5: 2009 ‘Green Car of the Year’ finalists announced
October 31, 2008
Cars and Transportation, Alternative EnergyIt’s that duration once again, the Green Car Journal has gone public with its top 5 picks for the title of ‘2009 Green Car of the Year.’ After last year’s contested end with the extremely unpopular controversial selection of the Chevy Tahoe 2-mode hybrid — which gets a less than mind-blowing 22mpg highway — as 2008’s green “car,” it looks like the magazine has rounded up some more, how should I say this, more deserving candidates. They are, in no spe…
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Sabertooth Cats Surprisingly Social
October 31, 2008
Sabertooth cats, it turns out, weren’t much like our famously independent felines. According to new research published in the Royal Society’s journal Biology Letters, the towering extinct cats were probably social animals, hunting and hanging out together like lions. (With declining populations, by the way, that species may soon go the way of its ancient cousin–along with one in four of today’s mammals.)
Scientists from UCLA and two South African universities used an strange technique to inv…
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Movie Review Friday — Grizzly Man
October 31, 2008
Escape to the movies with one of our Movie Friday selections. Each week we review a film with environmentally or socially-responsible themes that’s currently in theaters or available on DVD.
Seen a good eco-flick lately? Send us a review of 100 words or less and look for your review in the next Movie Friday!
Grizzly Man (2005)Available on DVD
In 2003, Timothy Twell and his girlfriend were killed and consumed by a grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness. Prior to this gruesome end, Twell…
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GoGreen Online - a resource for the well-meaning but overwhelmed
October 31, 2008
Food, Home, ActivismEvery once in a while I think I’m getting so green, and next I notice how much trash our house has created in just one week. Or I can’t figure out whether it’s better to get the non-organic but local strawberries, or buy organic ones that were flown in from God-knows-where.The society behind GoGreen Online know that most of us are willing to go more green, but we don’t know where or how to start. So they created an online resource center, with all of the “hows” along with al…
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