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Environmentalism

Lisa Jackson Is Leading Where We Want to Go: To a Clean Energy Future

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Climate Change, Lisa Jackson, Big Oil, Gillian Caldwell, 1sky, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, Environmentalism, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

She has every intention of doing what the law requires her to do to protect the environment and our public health, and she is ratcheting up the pressure on Congress.

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The Route to Economic Recovery Lies in Climate Recovery

Ed Miliband | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Gordon Brown, Climate, Climate Change, Environmentalism, Economic Recovery, Climate Recovery, Global Warming, Barack Obama, UK Climate Change, Green News
Ed Miliband

If governments and our businesses and citizens want it enough, a global deal to prevent climate change further damaging our environment, and our economies, is within reach.

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Kids and Environmental History

Deanna Neil | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: History, Environmentalism, Green Living, Earth Day, Children, Nature, Progressives, Green News
Deanna Neil

For kids, stories can highlight past struggles and successes and explain how these prior experiences influence environmentalism today.

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The Last Green Taboo: Should We Try To "Engineer" Our Climate?

Johann Hari | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Geoengineering, Climate, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Engineeing, Climate Change, Pollution, Global Warming, Green News
Johann Hari

'Geo-engineering' is a Messianic movement to save the world from global warming, through dust and iron and thousands of tiny mirrors in space. It is also the last green taboo.

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Making Every Day Earth Day

Robert Redford | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Earth Day 2009, Nrdc, Environment, Environmentalism, Earth Day, Robert Redford, Green News
Robert Redford

Today, pause for a moment and take full advantage of the unprecedented array of tools we have for connecting with others and expressing your views on how to protect the environment.

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Mercury, Like the Planet, Gets Around

Lisa Sharkey | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Cfl Bulb, Cfl, Environment, Green, Environmentalism, Green Living, Green Energy, Green News
Lisa Sharkey

The bulbs we're all supposed to be screwing into our sockets to save energy and the planet contain the highly toxic mercury.

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Where Have You Gone Jacques Cousteau? Wangari Maathai Comes to Chicago

Jimmy Seidita | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Green Belt Movement, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jacques Cousteau, Wangari Maathai, Environmentalism, Green Living, Environmental Activism, Chicago News
Jimmy Seidita

Who is the most famous environmentalist in the world? A pretty straightforward question, but there isn't one obvious person that comes to mind.

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The 'Deep Throat' of Green

Giles Slade | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmentalism, Democracy, Green Living, Grassroots, Deep Throat, President Obama, Feminists, Incredible Hulk, Dr. Bruce Banner, The People's Prez, Green News
Giles Slade

Environmental activists need to remake themselves into organizing activists who invite policy participation at the grassroots level.

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3 Things That Should be Easier to Recycle

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Environment, Green, Environmentalism, Green Living, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

Every so often I find myself leaning over the bin at a loss -- and wondering just how long it's going to take me to dispose of something properly.

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Extreme Infants! Rocket Fuel In Baby Formula! (VIDEO)

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa-and-Perchlorate, Humor, Baby Formula, Epa, Perchlorate, Environmentalism, Rocket Fuel Water, Environmental Protection Agency, Rocket Fuel, Baby Formula Standards, Epa Rocket Fuel Water, Satire, Political Humor, Environment, Geroge W. Bush, Humor Politics, Political Satire, Humor and Satire, Video, Green News
Matthew Filipowicz

If rocket fuel in baby food isn't enough to push through meaningful environmental legislation, what on earth is?

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Green Porno 2 with Isabella Rossellini: Now with More Sex!*

Starre Vartan | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Porno, Environmentalism, Oceans, Isabella Rossellini, Animals, Robert Redford, Sundance Channel, Green News
Starre Vartan

*OK, it's fishy sex (and I don't mean the kind you have with your ex when you've had six ''Pacific Sunset" martinis, but actual sex between fish and c...

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Zero Carbon Design and Architecture, But How Low is Zero?

Phillip Jones | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Building, Environment, Environmentalism, Zero-Emission, Green Buildings, Green News
Phillip Jones

The downturn in the global economy gives us the opportunity to take note of what can be done to develop a more sustainable design system.

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When Stars Align

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Foreign Oil, AT&T, Oil, Environmentalism, Diesel, Green Living, Green Energy, Biodiesel, Clean Diesel, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

AT&T announced Wednesday that it was taking a giant step forward by replacing about 8,000 vehicles currently running on imported diesel with vehicles that run on domestic natural gas.

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Are Our Ideas About Sustainable Food Out of Date?

Scott Lachut | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Sustainable Food, Food, Green News
Scott Lachut

The key to creating a sustainable system may rely on our collective ability to accept a realistic solution as a opposed to a perfect one.

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Waterless Urinals: A Breath of Fresh Air

Laurie David and Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Urinals, Water Conservation, Green Living, Water Supply, Waterless Urinals, Water, Green News
Laurie David and Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D

Did you know that every day we are flushing drinking water down urinals? Sounds crazy, doesn't it? Especially since there is a healthier, cheaper and ecologically preferable way to go: waterless urinals.

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Our Dangerous Addiction to Immediacy

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Solar Power, Climate Change, Energy, Price of Oil, Oil Tax, Gasoline Tax, Reliance on Oil, Gas Tax, Price-of-Oil, Environmentalism, Oil Dependence, Cost-of-Oil, Oil Costs, Cost of Oil, Green News
Jeff Schweitzer

The time has come for society to pay the true environmental and national security price tag of burning fossil fuels.

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Water, Water Everywhere? Sustaining Scarce Resources in the Desert

Randall Amster | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Tragedy of the Commons, Progress, Sustainable Resources, New Mexico, Water, Acequia, Environment, Privatization, Environmentalism, Climate Change, The Commons, Arizona, Water Crisis, Bottled Water, War, Oil, Green News
Randall Amster

It's one thing when the desert is bereft of water, but the marshlands? The nation's agricultural leader? Major cities? Whole continents? And this is only the beginning.

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Robert Redford - Honoring the Environmental Artist

Bill Chameides | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Contributions, Environmentalism, Duke University, Environmental Awards, Robert Redford, Nicholas School of the Environment, Green News
Bill Chameides

Robert Redford has also been a key spokesperson for the environment beyond the big screen, working for conservation, renewable energy, and clean air and water.

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Is American Car Patriotism Dead?

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 03.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Environment, General Motors, Framing, Economic Crisis, Green Cars, Green Car, GM Bailout, Environmentalism, Ford, Business News
Jeffrey Feldman

To succeed again, GM must do more than build good cars. GM must find a path from 'buy American' to 'buy green' and then it must become that path.

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Letter from Chile

Carl Pope | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Chile, Environmentalism, Ozone, Patagonia, Obama Election, Pollution, Global Warming, Green News
Carl Pope

Fresh assaults on the ozone layer may have been suspended, but here the impact of its wounds are severely felt. A new kind of environmentalism is needed.

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Healthier, Wealthier and Wiser: The Case for Creating Green Schools Now

Matt Petersen | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Los Angeles Unified School District, Green, The Oscars, Music, Infrastructure, Salma Hayek, Edward Norton, Hurricane Katrina, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Leonardo Dicaprio, Huffington Post, Green Buildings, Celebrities, Gavin Rossdale, California, Toxic, Green Building, Environmentalism, Green Rebuilding, Green Living, Los Angeles, Parties, Rebuilding New Orleans, Sheryl Crow, Toxic Chemicals, Oscar Parties, Education, Health, Environment, Oscars, Schools, Children's Health, Hollywood, Green News
Matt Petersen

As the Congress deliberates the largest stimulus package in history, there is no single better investment that we can make than to help maximize the potential learning and productivity of our children.

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Celine Cousteau: Environmentalism Should Be Taught In Schools

Indagare | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Green Schools, Celine Cousteau, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Living, Schools, Green News

It must be eco-school day. This morning, we wrote about a contest for America's Greenest School and 5 Green Tips For Students, and now we come across ...

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Biggest Ever Civil Disobedience on Climate at Congressional Power Plant

Daniel Kessler | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green

Read More: James Hansen, Greenpeace, Capitol Power Plant, Global Warming, Activism, Big Coal, Political Activism, Environment, Washington DC, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Coal, Social Activism, Eco-Friendly, Earth, Protesting, Green News
Daniel Kessler

Of all the fossil fuels, coal is the single biggest contributor to global warming; Burning it cuts short at least 24,000 lives in the U.S. annually.

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The Future of Bush's Past

Stuart Blumin | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Herbert Hoover, Healthcare System, Karl Rove, Carbon Emissions, Harry Truman, George W. Bush, Environmentalism, Passing the Buck, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, History, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment and Government, Marshall Plan, Middle East, Nato, Environment, Department of Justice, Health Care System, Health Care, Politics News
Stuart Blumin

History will identify the Bush-Cheney administration as the last holdout of the Age of Carbon, using its crucial eight years to block every effort to end the reign of fossil fuels.

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Water Quality Regulation in California: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?

David S. Beckman | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Regional Water Quality Control Boards, State Water Resources Control Boards, Environment and Government, California, Water Pollution, Water Pollutants, Water, Clean Water Act, Nature, Clean Water, Environment, Environmentalism, Pollution, Green News
David S. Beckman

The core component of California's Clean Water Act is the issuance of permits -- basically, limitations on the discharge of pollution -- to dischargers of water pollution.

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