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The High Price Of Taking Trees For Granted

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Co2, Harrison Ford, Climate Change, Green, Environment, Conservation, Trees, Conservation International, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

The CO2 emissions from deforestation are greater than the emissions from the world's entire transportation sector-all the cars, trucks, planes, trains, and ships combined.

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"Drill, Baby, Drill" Remix Contest at Wired Science

Dave Burdick | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, John McCain, Chanting, Rnc, Mccain Energy Policy, Oil, Conservation, Republicans, Energy Policy, Drill Baby Drill, Sarah Palin, Green News
Dave Burdick

In recognition of the baffling popularity of the chant "Drill, baby, drill" at the Republican National Convention, Wired Science has put out a call for creatively remixed videos involving the chant.

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Oil prices plunge as Gustav dissipates

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Oil Demand, Conservation, Oil Prices, Energy Use, Green News

NEW YORK — Oil prices plunged to the lowest level in five months Tuesday, falling to within sight of $100 a barrel on signs that Hurricane Gusta...

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Life Cycle: The Hidden Cost of $40 "Bling Water."

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Thirsty, Thirst, Tap Water, Environment, Green, Marketing, Conservation, Plastic, Ecological, Sarah Smarsh, Reusable, Bling Water, Anthony Mirhaydari, Simran Sethi, Bottled Water, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the life and death of everyday things. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. In...

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A Teachable Moment on Energy Policy: Demand-Side Policy Beats Drilling by More than 20 to 1

Mark Cooper | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Oil Drilling, Fuel Efficiency, Oil, Nhtsa, Conservation, Energy Policy, Green News
Mark Cooper

While the administration is busy beating up Congress for not acting to solve the energy crisis -- it is the administration that has dropped the ball.

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The Forgotten Extinction: Heritage Livestock

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Farming, Chickens, Rare Breed Livestock, Cows, Sustainable Food, Livestock, Going Green, Green, Conservation, Green News
Jenna Woginrich

Due to the assembly line style of meat production, the animals we eat have dwindled to a small number of industrial-strength breeds.

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Econgeeks and Hotbabe: Deal with Iran Beats Offshore Drilling

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paris Hilton, Energy, Iran, John McCain, Economy, Conservation, Paris Hilton Mccain Ad, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Politics News
Robert Naiman

A group of economists have initiated an open letter to the Congressional leadership noting that modest efficiency improvements would do much more than offshore drilling to reduce gas prices.

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10 Creative Ways To Reuse Your Junk Mail

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

Read More: U.S. Postal Service, Green Advice, Junk Mail, Going Green, Environment, Green, Conservation, Green Junk Mail, Green Living, Mail, Stop Junk Mail, Green Living Tips, Green News

100 billion pieces of junk mail are sent annually, which accounts for one-third of all United States mail. According to Treehugger, Americans spend ov...

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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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McCain's Energy Ignorance

Diane Francis | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Hybrids, Mccain Energy Policy, Oil Dependency, Alternative Energy, Saudi, Environment, Renewable Energy, Conservation, McCain Offshore Drilling, Ethanol, China, Green News
Diane Francis

John McCain foolishly credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of the offshore drill ban. What's he going to do when prices nudge or jump upwards again?

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Where's My Orangutan? Why Biofuels Don't Kill Apes

Josh Tickell | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Orangutan, Biofuels, Alternative Energy, Future of Fuel, Sugarcane, Logging, Conservation, Malaysia, Future Fuel, Ethanol, Deforestation, Biodiesel, Soy, Green News
Josh Tickell

The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.

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America's Greatest Source Of Renewable Energy: Whine Power?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Gas Prices, Energy Crisis, Conservation, Al Gore, Anwr, Offshore Oil Drilling, Energy, Green News
Kerry Trueman

We're so screwed that there's no way we can drill ourselves out of this mess. What will it take for people to accept the fact that the era of livin' large is over?

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I Got Mine

Sam Greenfield | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, George Bush Green, Emissions Reduction, Laissez-Faire, Conservation, Green Living, Cutting Back, Politics News
Sam Greenfield

Bush doesn't think Americans need to be told to conserve. He thinks they are pretty smart and will know what to do. Now THAT'S leadership.

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Big Fish Saving a Small Pond (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Lake Agawam, Southampton, David Bohnett, Environment, Conservation, Long Island, The American Riviera, Buffer Zone, New York, The Hamptons, Green News
Tom Gregory

Southampton's Lake Agawam is a large pond to some, and a small lake to others; but to locals, this still-beautiful body of water is suffering under the stress of overpopulation and neglect.

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East Tennessee: Conservative and Green

Kayla Webley | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Al Gore, George Thacker, Ronald Reagan, Green, Conservation, Conservative, Mary Sue Garrison, Tennessee Valley Authority, Republican, East Tennessee, Spring City, Watts Bar, Environment, Randy Gentry, Tva, Home News
Kayla Webley

In Republican-dominated East Tennessee conservation and environmentalism are propelled less by Al Gore-style inconvenient truths than by biblically mandated calls to stewardship.

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The New, Less Pungent Scent of Green

David Hall | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Eco-Warrior, Green Lifestyle, Energy Conservation, Fuel Costs, Economy, Fuel Efficiency, Green, Conservation, Green Living, Coal, Environment, Green News
David Hall

Years ago, in a time of plentiful cheap food, energy and fuel, a green lifestyle was seen as a superfluous luxury. That was then, this is now.

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Obama's Oil Opportunity

Bob Burnett | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil Prices, Conservation, Economy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Obama should declare unequivocally that America's problem is an addiction: we've developed an unsustainable dependence on oil. His message should be: we're all in this together, because we're a nation of petroleum addicts.

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Rocky Mountain Conservation Land Deal Tops $500 Million, Largest Of Its Kind

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Rocky Mountains Land Deal, Conservation, Rocky Mountain Conservation Deal, Green News

HELENA, Mont. — Some of the most prized land in the northern Rocky Mountains is being protected from development in a conservation land deal hai...

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Wall-E: Robotic Ode to Environmental Protection [SPOILER ALERT]

Jessica Jensen | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Wall-E, Environment, Sustainability, Conservation, Trash, Green Living, Pixar, Movies, Global Warming, Green News
Jessica Jensen

Wall-E was one of the most moving, gorgeous, and dare I say "important" movie experiences I can remember in a long, long while.

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Offshore drilling--No! Climate-friendly energy--Yes!

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Conservation, Mass Transit, Climate Change, McCain Offshore Drilling, Solar Power, Offshore Drilling, Energy, YES! Magazine, Green News
Sarah van Gelder

Proposals by presidential hopeful John McCain and Florida Governor Charlie Crist to drill for oil offshore is the wrong direction for the United State...

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Oil or Water ... The Only Answer Is Less Consumption

Perry Yeatman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, U.S. Economy, Perry Yeatman, Water, Conservation, Water Conservation, Green News
Perry Yeatman

If there is a lesson we can take from once dominant US industries it is that we have to find new models for economic growth. We have to learn to do more with less.

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How Green Is Your Brand?

New York Times | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Going Green, Green, Environment, Sustainability, Branding, Marketing, Environmentalism, Conservation, Green Business, Green Living, Green News

Sustainable brands. A term soon to join the lexicon of perfect oxymorons, like jumbo shrimp and plastic glasses, but for now the title of a four-day a...

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NAFTA: America's Energy Solution

Diane Francis | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Alternative Energy, Manhattan Project for Energy, Mexico, Conservation, Obama, Mccain, Canada, U.S., Drill Bans on Federal Lands and Offshore, Democrats, Nafta, Windfall Profits Tax, Power Generation, Hybrids, Oil, Tidal Power, Fuel Efficiencies, Hydro-Electric Power, Natural Gas, Alberta, Newfoundland, Green News
Diane Francis

North America should forget a continental energy policy which will guarantee its economic pre-eminence -- but this will only work if the US imposes strict conservation and Mexico changes its oil policies immediately.

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Cash-Strapped Farmers Say Screw Conservation

New York Times | DAVID STREITFELD | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Wheat Prices, Conservation, Ethanol-Based Fuel, Corn, Conservation Programs, Conservation Reserve Program, Cropland, High Commodity Prices, Flour Prices, Business News

Out on the farm, the ducks and pheasants are losing ground. Paul Devlin works at a bakery in Tampa, Fla. The bakery's owner said the price he paid fo...

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