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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): A Step in the Right Direction

Good | Ben Jervey | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Environment, Western Climate Initiative, RGGI, Carbon Footprint, Green News

America's first formal crack at regulating industrial greenhouse gas emissions kicked off last week with a much-ballyhooed carbon auction that should ...

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Starbucks Stores Distribute "CO2 World" GOOD Sheet, but is it Good Enough?

George Spyros | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Starbucks, Carbon Dioxide, Reducing Carbon Emissions, GOOD Magazine, Carbon Footprint, Green News
George Spyros

If you're at the local Starbucks and find some knowledge dropped on you about atmospheric CO2, look no further than the good folks at the GOOD integ...

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Need Small Steps To Reduce Your Footprint?

Grist | Umbra Fisk | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Politics of Food, Reducing Emissions, Impact of Eating Meat, Carbon Footprint, Green News

Dear Umbra, This year my family is not in the position to make any major CO2-reducing changes. We will not be purchasing a new car, a smaller house, ...

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The Twilight of the Utility Bill?

Carl Pope | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Building, Renewable Energy, Energy, Green Buildings, Carbon Footprint, Jerry Brown, Green News
Carl Pope

The 2030 dream of buildings that are energy self-sufficient and emit zero carbon came a big step closer in the past few weeks.

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The Eco-Sins (and Virtues) of Sarah Palin

Jeanie Pyun | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Oil Drilling, Grizzly Bear, Sarah Palin, Environment, Polar Bears, Green Living, Meat, Caribou; Salmon; Toxic; Mining; Wolves; Aerial Hunting; Vegetarian; Tanning Bed; Snowmobile, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Jeanie Pyun

We thought we'd see what eco-sins the saintly hockey-mom conservative might, however guilelessly, harbor.

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Walk To The Pub: New Green Beer Campaign

Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Australia, Walking, Carbon Emissions, Beer, Coopers Brewery, Green Living, Green Beer, Carbon Footprint, Green News

What better way to reach Aussies with a message about climate change than through one of their favourite things:- Beer? Coopers Brewery have been runn...

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Public Transit Use Surges 5.2 Percent In US

AP | SARAH KARUSH | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Mass Transit, Public Transit, Public Transit Use, Gas Prices, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Green News

WASHINGTON — The nation's public transportation systems logged a 5.2 percent jump in ridership in the second quarter, according to industry figu...

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Greening 150,000 Roadies, is it possible?: Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco

Patrick Pfeiffer | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Democratic National Convention, Compost, Ben Harper, Wind Energy, Green Energy, Carbon Offsets, Radiohead, Tom Petty, Widespread Panic, Carbon Footprint, Environment, John Bell, Eco Living, Organic Food, Jack Johnson, Green News, Another Planet Entertainment, Bio Plastic Products, Solar Power, Outside Lands, Green Living, Green News
Patrick Pfeiffer

This year's Democratic National Convention is following suit: organic food, alternative energy transportation, and carbon offsetting are mitigating the masses.

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What is the Carbon Footprint of McCain's Countless Homes?

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Housing Crisis, Carbon Footprint, Mccain Housing Gaffe, Mccain House, Mccain Carbon Footprint, Politics News
Joseph Romm

Given a total estimated value of McCain's homes of $14 million, one can make a very rough estimate that McCain has 10 times the carbon footprint of the average American home.

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Beijing To London: Passing A Dubious Green Torch

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: London, Carbon Emissions, Beijing Olympics, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Graham Hill

Beijing has been proud of its 'green' Olympics. One stat gives pause, however. The Olympic Torch Relay (the torch flew in a private jet when not actua...

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Japan To Label Goods With Carbon Footprint Information

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Japan Carbon Labels, Tesco Carbon Footprint, Sapporo, Carbon Footprint Labels, Japan, Carbon Footprint, Food Politics, Politics of Food, Green News

As previously mentioned here at Huffington Post Green, the Japanese are ahead of the game when it comes to carbon footprint awareness. A little while...

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My Race to Save the Planet

Leilani Münter | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Racing, Leilani Munter, Female Race Car Driver, Indycar, Eco Dream Team, Carbon Footprint, Auto Racing, Alternative Fuels, Nascar, Green News
Leilani Münter

The latest issue of ESPN the Magazine describes me as "an oxymoron: a tree hugging race car driver."

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What Does It Mean When A Company Says It Is Carbon-Neutral?

Fortune | Marc Gunther | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Neutral, Yahoo, Dell, Green Business, Google, Timberland, Carbon Footprint, Green News

But what, exactly, does becoming carbon neutral mean? It turns out that there's no agreed-upon definition of carbon neutral, even as rock groups like...

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Seven Out Of Every Ten Americans Trying To Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

ABC News | Gary Langer | Posted 09.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Footprint, Reduce Carbon Footprint, Environment, Green News

High energy prices are double-teaming with environmental concerns to prompt broad conservation efforts, with seven in 10 Americans saying they're tryi...

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Reduce Energy Use At Home: How To Easily Cut Back

Huffington Post | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Sustainable Living, Energy Consumption, Candlelight, Green, Environment, Green Living, Conserve Energy, Green Living Tips, Green Home, Reducing Emissions, Conservation, Carbon Footprint, Green News

There sure is a lot of energy being spent on the energy debate lately. Sometimes it's best to hone in on what you can do, personally, at home, before ...

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CarSharing 2.0: Give Us Many Transportation Options (Please!)

Graham Hill | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Transportation, Biking, Biofuel, Bicycles, Fuel Efficiency, Cars, Bike, Hybrid Cars, Carbon Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Green Living, Green Transit, Green News
Graham Hill

Do you find yourself using a big car or truck when something smaller would do the job? Would you book an electric bike or golf cart or folding bike to cut your carbon footprint?

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Tap Has 1/100 Impact of Bottled Water

Graham Hill | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Carbon Footprint, Tap Water, Bottled Water, Green News
Graham Hill

These astonishing figures show that tap water is hands-down the greenest and most responsible choice.

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10 Things You Should Stop Worrying About

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Melting Ice, Shark Attacks, Wormholes, Artic Ice, Plastic Bottles, Worries, Exotic Fruit, Plastic Bags, Worry, Carbon Footprint, Living News

It seems like every day there is a new study or a new test result that proves something is very, very bad for you. From cellphones to plastic water bo...

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Save Money and the Environment: Cool Off Your Food this Summer

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: High Food Prices, Local Food, Eating Locally, Food, Eating, Green Living, Local Farmers, Green Food, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Andrew Kimbrell

We can use summer to consider how much better locally grown foods are, not only in taste and price, but because they help to cool the planet. Change can taste delicious.

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Downloading A Movie Seems More Eco-Friendly...

Epicenter | Betsy Schiffman | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Netflix, Downloading Movies, Pollution, Movies, Carbon Footprint, Green News

Americans think downloading movies is "far more convenient and eco-friendly than taking a drive out to the local video store," according to survey con...

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Do Big Homes Mean Bigger Happiness?

Graham Hill | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Census Bureau, Housing Market, Statistics, Mansions, Waste, Architecture, Environment, Living, Green Living, Mcmansions, Green Homes, Housing Crisis, Housing Slump, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Graham Hill

The funny thing is, while homes get bigger, and this McMansion trend swallows up neighborhoods and landmarks, families are actually getting smaller.

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The G8 Punts on Climate Change

Walden Bello | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green

Read More: G8, Climate Change, Energy, G8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hokkaido, Carbon Emissions, G8 Summit, Kyoto Protocol, Environment, Kyoto, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Walden Bello

The G8's endorsement of a 50% reduction in emissions by 2050 is a giant step backward and may have effectively undermined the prospects for an effective global climate strategy for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

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Five (New) Rules for Driving Green

Starre Vartan | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Driving, Parenting, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Transportation, Green News
Starre Vartan

For whatever reason, you can't quite give that fossil fuel fiend sitting in the garage up completely.

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Reducing Your Carbon Footprint The Lazy Way

Los Angeles Times | Susan Straight | Posted 07.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Carbon Footprint, Green News

IT'S HIGH SUMMER, so my three teenage daughters and I have heaved the yard couch off the big porch of our 1910 Craftsman bungalow here in Riverside an...

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Righteously Green: The Risks of Eco Snobism

Isabel Cowles | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Gisele Bundchen, Green Living, Graham Hill, Being Green, Going Green, Environmentalism, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Isabel Cowles

If you have green fever, you already know all of the eco-friendly things you can do. The trick is to set an example and include people in your efforts without seeming like you're trying to forcefully convert them.

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