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Environment

What if MJ Fans Left a Legacy Rather Than Flowers

Matt Petersen | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, Michael Jackson, Charity, Violence, Child Abuse, Africa, Green, Women and Girls; The Giving Life, Green Living, Living News
Matt Petersen

What if instead of spending $20 on flowers to leave behind on tribute sites, or tying $10 Mylar balloons to fences, Jackson's fans instead honored his humanitarian streak by making a donation to charity?

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Green News Report - July 2, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Exxon Mobil, Epa, Green News Report, Exxon Valdez, Bush Administration, Waxman-Markey, California Emissions Standards, Green News, Environment, Fox News, Coal Ash, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Food Recall, Gray Wolves Endangered Species, Forests, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: California wins one for a change; Where's the beef? Recalled!; Did EPA suppress study from global warming skeptic?... PLUS:...

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Poverty Near The "High Hazard" Coal Ash Sites

Bruce Nilles | Posted 07.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Environment, Coal, TVA Disaster, Sierra Club, Coal Ash, Home News
Bruce Nilles

The public's right-to-know scored a victory this week when the Environmental Protection Agency finally released the list of the 44 coal ash sites deemed "high hazard."

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On The Streets: My Green Wedding!!! (VIDEO)

Jonathan Kesselman | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Environment, Marijuana, Jonathan Kesselman, Weddings, Comedy News
Jonathan Kesselman

2009-07-02-RING.jpg I got married! To a woman! With a pulse!

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More Than 800 Wildlife Species Now Extinct

Reuters | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Animals, Marine Life, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Environment, Conservation, Endangered Species, Wildlife Conservation, Animals, Global Warming, Wildlife, Extinct, Green News

More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened with extinction, the Internation...

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Canada Comes In Last On WWF Climate Report Card

treehugger.com | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Wwf, G8, Green, Environment, Climate Change, Canada, Global Warming, Green News

To the surprise of nobody who lives there, Canada has come in dead last on a climate report card prepared by the World Wildlife Foundation. The US is ...

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The Uncomfortable Circle: Conservative

Xeth Feinberg | Posted 07.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Environment, Conservation, Cartoon, Conservatives, Humor, Energy Policy, Xeth, Comedy News
Xeth Feinberg

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How Green Is Al Franken?

treehugger.com | Posted 07.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Senate, Environmental Policy, Al Franken, Environment, Green, Filibuster, Minnesota, Al Franken Minnesota, Green News

Franken brings the number of Democratic senators to 60, meaning they'll have a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. So what does all this mean for...

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Vegetables Are Your Friends (VIDEO)

guardian.co.uk | Posted 07.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Funny Pictures, Funny Images, Vegetables, Green News

EU restrictions on the size and shape of 26 types of fruit and vegetables are lifted today, ending the 20-year absence of lumpy melons and suggestivel...

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What's Your Favorite Method of Nature-Connection?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Psychotherapy, Art, Nature, Environment, Green, Meditation, Science, Healing, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Evidence-Based Medicine, Living News
Linda Buzzell

Research has shown that nature-connection of almost any kind turns out to be a powerful healing force.

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Coastal Seagrass In Danger: 58 Percent Of Meadows In Decline

AP | Posted 07.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Seagrass, Flora and Fauana, Marine Life, Coasts, Climate Change, Seagrass Beds, Environment, Green, Seagrass Meadows, Global Warming, Coasts Declining, Green News

WASHINGTON — Coastal development and declining water quality are threatening seagrasses worldwide, researchers report. A study of coastal grasse...

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Obama Administration Proposes Tougher Clean Air Standards

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa. Clean Air, Carbon Emissions, Car Pollution, Climate Change, President Obama, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Pollution, Global Warming, Green News

WASHINGTON — (AP) _ The Obama administration is proposing to strengthen a key air pollution health standard. The Environmental Protection Agenc...

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Judge Overturns Bush Administration Logging Rule

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 07.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Logging, Bush Administration, Logging Rules, Owls, Northern Spotted Owl, Green News

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A federal judge has struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from...

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Pooping Where You Sleep: Bad for the Economy

David Roberts | Posted 07.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Science, Economy, Environmental Practices, Green Economy, Coal, Green News
David Roberts

Time and time again, an environment-degrading practice often defended as necessary to economic health is revealed, upon closer inspection, to be uneconomic.

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The Power to Mislead

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 06.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Al Gore, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Green News
Bernie Bulkin

In the last decade, we have realized that we have a very difficult problem to solve. It requires an unprecedented amount of global cooperation. It goes by the name of climate change.

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Liberal Groups Vexed By Obama Knocking Climate Bill

The Plumline | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: World Trade Organization, Public Citizen, Trade, Liberals, Cap-and-Trade, Climate Change, President Obama, Environment, Obama, Protectionism, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama, Politics News

Liberal groups allied with the White House are fuming -- mostly in private -- about some comments President Obama made yesterday attacking a provision...

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Crops Could Get Toxic If Climate Continues To Warm

Reuters | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Dioxide Levels, Crops, Global Warming Pollution, Grains, Whole Grains, Toxic Chemicals, Global Warming Effects, Climate Change, Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Food, Global Warming, Green News

Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide lev...

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Apple Overstated Macbook's Green Claims

Greener Computing | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Laptops, Macbook, Apple, Steve Jobs, Computers, Green, Notebooks, Environment, Ad Campaign, Green News

An Apple ad campaign claims that its line of Macbooks is the "world's greenest family of notebooks" --- but a recent ruling by the ad industry's self-...

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Starbucks Launches Eco-Friendly Stores

Coffee City | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco-Friendly Designs, Starbucks, Green, Environment, Eco-Friendly, Green Living, Coffee, Green News

Starbucks is opening far fewer stores these days than it used to, but it wants the ones it does open to be environmentally friendly, to be made with l...

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Tel Aviv Bicyclists Protest In Thongs (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Jerusalem, Helmet, Biking, Biking Legislation, Urban Cycling, Protest, Environment, Green, Tel Aviv, Bicycle, Pollution, Israel, Cycling, Bicyclists, Cycle, Bike Culture, Green News

Tel Aviv cyclists and roller bladers protested the lack of bike legislation in Israel wearing nothing but thongs and underwear. The cyclists argue tha...

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Did Bad Energy Policy Cause the Economic Crisis? (VIDEO)

Blaise Zerega | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: David Goldstein, Energy, Natural Resources Defense Council, fora.tv, Nrdc, Economy, Economic Crisis, Environment, Green News, Blaise Zerega, Green Energy, Green News
Blaise Zerega

David Goldstein of the Natural Resources Defense Council makes a convincing case linking jobs, inflation, and the savings rate to smart environmental practices.

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World's Largest Solar Project Planned For Saharan Desert

inhabitat.com | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Saharan Dessert, Solar Energy, Solar, Environment, Green, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Europe, Solar Power, Green News

If just 0.3% of the Saharan Desert was used for a concentrating solar plant, it would produce enough power to provide all of Europe with clean renewab...

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China Cuts Use Of Plastic Bags By 66 Percent

worldchanging.com | Ben BlockJune 25, 2009 5:00 PM | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Chinese Bags, Ultra-Thin Plastic, Water Pollution, Green, Environment, Plastic Bags, Pollution, Air Pollution, China, Green News

A strict Chinese limit on ultra-thin plastic bags significantly reduced bag-related pollution nationwide during the past year. The country avoided the...

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Why Some Environmentalists Oppose The Climate Bill

thedailygreen.com | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmentalists, Climate Change, Environment, Renewable Energy, Green, Energy Tax, Climate Bill, Democrats, Green Energy, Global Warming, Republicans, Green News

Republicans decry the first serious attempt to curtail greenhouse gas emissions as an "energy tax." That's not the beef some environmental groups have...

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Cool Off Without The AC This Summer

Chelsea Green | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Electricity Costs, Air Conditioning, Air Conditioner, Car, Electrcity Bill, Summer, Ac, Environment, Green, Heat, Summer Heat, Hot, Green Living, Green News

You may want to reconsider blasting your AC in the cars, in your house, and in your workplace (unless you're working outside, 'cause that breeze is fr...

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