10 Shocking Products Full Of Petroleum
About one quarter of the oil consumed in this country is used for industrial purposes. Plastic production is the most obvious example, as awareness gr...
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Sunset Photos
Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green
Here at HuffPost Green, we think there's nothing more inspiring than enjoying the beauty of nature, and sunsets are top of the list! Check out these b...
Aziz Ansari Wants To Stop Acting In Order To Reduce His Carbon Footprint (VIDEO)
Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green
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In this hilarious video from Grist TV, Umbra Fisk interviews Parks and Recreation's Aziz Ansari about his enviro musings, including his proposal that ...
Saving the Lakes of Udaipur, "World's Best City"
Perry Garfinkel | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
A series of beautiful lakes in Udaipur, Rajasthan are in danger. These lakes a major magnet to the city -- one of the reasons 1.2 million tourists who visited the city last year nicknamed it "Venice of the East."
The Commonwealth and the Commons
Gary Hart | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
I've always been puzzled by our efforts to leave a private legacy for our children while neglecting our public legacy, the character and quality of our commonwealth and its resources that we also leave to our children.
Copenhagen Climate Treaty on Death-Watch
Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
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Is the Copenhagen climate change treaty dead? I'm not willing to say that yet, but it's pretty depressing here at the last pre-negotiation session und...
Why Developing Countries Cannot Afford Failure in Copenhagen
Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
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In contrast to the developing world's clear, specific position, the E.U. seems to act as if these climate change negotiations just started, as if talks haven't been going on for years since Kyoto.
The Most Toxic Cities In America: Atlanta Tops The List
Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green
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Forbes has put out a list evaluating the toxicity of the 40 largest US metropolitan areas. The results may surprise you. Atlanta topped the list for m...
Obama Year One: United by Change, Divided by Reform
Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
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If Obama fails to grasp soon why his idea of reform has alienated key parts of his base -- and if he fails to do something to bridge that divide -- the result could be a full scale mutiny by 2010.
Al Gore's Our Choice: Progressive Book Club Review
Progressive Book Club | Bill McKibben | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books
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Bill McKibben Progressive Book Club Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis By Al Gore Rodale, 2009 There's been a certain amount of debate ...
Planet Earth - Your Lymph Nodes Have Cancer
Mary Liz Thomson | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
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We humans have been in a comfortable denial, enjoying the convenience of throwaway items with no thought to the consequences. Now we face a planet despoiled by toxic plastic.
Nation's Top Polluters: We're Green Too!
Tom McNichol | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
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Don't expect any of these companies to admit they have a poor environmental record. In fact, to hear the top polluters tell it, they're as green as Al Gore.
Treehouse Photos: Awesomely Unusual Creations
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
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Every kid fantasizes about living in a tree house, but some people are making that childhood fantasy into an all grown up reality. Have a look at this...
Halloween Murder Mystery: Who Is Killing Copenhagen?
James Hoggan | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
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With premature obituary notices popping up all over, it's probably time to ask: Who is killing Copenhagen?
The True Impact of Coal Mining
Bruce Nilles | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
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Blasting has begun on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia, site of a long battle between Massey Energy and local residents who want it to be a site for wind turbines instead of coal mining.
Laurie David, Will You Marry Me?
Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
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I really don't know what to make of this video. At the least it's very entertaining, but I don't know if it will woo the likes of Inconvenient Truth producer Laurie David to the altar!
Mindblowing Video by Moms Against Climate Change
Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green
Someone just sent me on of the best videos on climate action I've seen to date. As they say in the video, if our children knew that our world's lead...
Inspirational Stories From No Impact Week: The DC Green Muslims, Volunteering In Costa Rica And Confronting "Poverty Consciousness"
Huffington Post | Matthew Palevksy | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
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Starting Sunday October 18, HuffPost hosted the inaugural No Impact Week, where people around the globe examined and reduced their ecological footprin...
Do Green Jobs Create Greener Americans?
nytimes.com | Liz Galst | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green
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Most "green job" training programs aim to teach low-income workers the job skills necessary to join the nascent clean-tech economy: energy-efficiency ...
Astroturf King Jack Bonner's Long History of Deceitful "Grassroots" Lobbying
James Hoggan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
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Jack Bonner and his 'Associates' are Astroturf specialists, working for the agendas of major corporate clients, who pay his firm large sums of money to manufacture 'citizen outrage'.
Toyota Creates Its Own Flower Species to Gobble Harmful Gases
Fast Company | Posted 12.19.2009 | Green
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Toyota is upping the green stakes with a strange, yet ingenious initiative--the company has developed two new flower species that offset CO2 emissions...
Even If They're Right, the Superfreakonomics Guys Only Have Half an Answer
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green
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Even if geoengineering works magnificently to cool down the Earth (and right now, that's definitely an "if"), it won't meet growing energy demand from countries like India and China.
Mighty Movie Podcast: Lars von Trier's Antichrist: A Conversation
Dan Persons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment
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"Lars von Trier isn't going to talk to a lot of press." Yeah, yeah; yadda-yadda. But just because he isn't talking to us doesn't mean we can't talk about him, particularly about his childhood.
11 Carnivorous Plants (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green
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These plants may look like sweet, innocent flowers, but don't be fooled -- they are meat-eating killers! Carnivorous plants are those that don't just ...
Solar Is Coming to Town -- Price Shifts, Market Changes And Policy Opportunities to Grow the Midwest's Green Economy
Howard Learner | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green
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Everyone is in search of which clean energy option will be the US's savior from fossil fuels. While wind looks promising, a perfect storm of opportunities might make solar the best game in town.
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