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Environment

How To Go Green At Work (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Energy, Green Work, Workspace, Work, Office, Green, Environment, Green News, Diy, Green Workplace, Green Living, Green News

You may not be able to control everything that happens in your office, but there are definitely things you can do to make sure your office is on its w...

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Self-Care = Earth Care

Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Depression, Green, Fat, Earth, Psychology, Obesity, Diet, Medications, Planet, Overeating, Organic, Wellness, Self-Care, Organic Food, Health, Environment, Plastic, Food, Bisphenol A, Therapy, Pollution, Antidepressants, Green News
Avital Binshtock

What's good for our bodies is good for the planet -- and what's bad for the earth is bad for our health.

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Chevron Holds a Grudge, but the US Government Won't Budge.

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Free Trade, Chevron, Chevron Ecuador, Ecuador, Chevron Human Rights, Green News

Chevron is fighting tooth and nail to save themselves from being held accountable for 3 billion barrels of spilled oil and the nearly 1,000 open pits they left behind in Ecuador.

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Is Sarah Palin's Resignation BAD For The Environment?

Posted 07.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Wolf Hunting, Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Sarah Palin, Environment, Sarah Palin Aerial Wolf Hunting, Sarah Palin Wolf Hunting, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, Green News

Sarah Palin's looming departure from the governor's office in Alaska may deprive at least one animal welfare group of a key source of green....

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David de Rothschild's Fantastic Plastic Bottle Boat

Grist | Posted 07.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Recycle Plastic, Recycle, Recycled Materials, Plastic Bottles, Environment, Green, Plastic, Reuse, Reuse Plastic Bottles, David De Rothschild, Green News

The Plastiki is the latest project of British environmentalist and polar adventurer David de Rothschild, the 31-year-old scion of the famous banking f...

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CDC To Explore Environmental Links To Disease

Wall Street Journal | BETSY MCKAY | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Environment, Environment Disease, Cdc, Environment Links, Green News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a Web-based network to help scientists and the public research potential links between environ...

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Pop A Squat: Would You Use A Composting Toilet? (POLL)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Composting Toilet, Commode, Soil, Compost Toilet, Compostable Toilet, Compost, Compostable Commode, Environment, Green, Poll, Gardening, Green Living, Green News

Inspired by the New York Times Green Inc. blog, we decided to investigate a bit more into what this composting toilet stuff was all about. With the av...

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Finally! Awesome Answers To Your Climate Bill Questions

washingtonpost.com | David A. Fahrenthold and Steven Mufson | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Climate Bill, Barack Obama, President Obama, Green, Environment, Climate Bill, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Democrats, Global Warming, Republicans, Climate Change, Green News

The climate bill approved by the House last month started out as an idea -- fight global warming -- and wound up looking like an unabridged dictionary...

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Why Driving Makes Us Angry, Bitter and Fearful

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, Traffic, Cars, Psychology, Sociology, Global Warming, Behavioral Economics, Living News
Philip N. Cohen

The constant danger of accidents heightens our emotional responses to other drivers, and directs our anger and bitterness towards individuals around us instead of towards a traffic-based society.

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Top 10 Green iPhone Apps

EcoSalon | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Apple Iphone, Apple, iPhone App Store, iPhone Applications, Green, Environment, Iphone, Green Living, iPhone Apps, When-Can-I-Get-Iphone-Apps, Green News

We've trolled the web to unearth the best iPhone apps to make your time on this planet more fulfilling, and a slightly darker shade of green....

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Forget Flushing: Composting Toilets Coming To A City Near You

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Fertilizer, Compostable Waste, Toilet, Compost, Water, Green, Environment, Composting, Home Composting, Rainwater, Composting Toilets, Green Living, Green News

In addition to catching raindrops, homeowners and building managers are trying out another way to conserve water: composting toilets....

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Storming The Projects: Public Housing Residents Preach Recycling Gospel

nytimes.com | MIREYA NAVARRO | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Environment, Explaining Recycling, Environmental Advocacy, Public Housing, Green News

Proselytizing on the issue [of recycling] in housing projects is an enormous challenge but crucial, environmentalists say, given the incentive to cut ...

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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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