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How To Green Your Holiday Meal

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

Working up a menu for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or another upcoming holiday? Here are three tips to help you be more environmentally responsible while planning that feast.

Algae Could Be the Key to Ultra-Thin Biodegradable Batteries

Inhabitat | Ariel Schwartz | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green


Algae is often touted as the next big thing in biofuels, but the slimy stuff could also be the key to paper-thin biodegradable batteries according to ...

Global Warming Emails: Hack Raises Ethical Questions, Hoax And Scam Claims

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein/Craig Kanalley | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green


Hundreds of emails related to global warming were hacked from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University in the United Kingdom recently and t...

Stolen climate science emails just ain't the conspiracy some want it to be

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

I'll admit, as someone who spends most days looking for leaked documents, the package of stolen emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at...

Behind the Scenes at Project Green Search Model Competition

Starre Vartan | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green


Starre Vartan

Project Green Search, the first-ever green model competition, has a winner! Rachel Avalon hails from Los Angeles, and beat out over 130 other contenders for her new title as Green It Girl.

Robert Redford's Sundance Channel to Air Climate Denier Propaganda

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

In spite of the tsunami evidence that the Great Global Warming Swindle is both laughably wrong and criminally irresponsible, this polemic will air tonight to a nationwide audience on a network renown for its lefty credentials.

Energy Bookshelf: Ten More Worth Your Time Than Super Freaky Crap

A. Siegel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

The authors of Superfreakonomics super(freaky)star status means that they and their travesty of a book will get attention despite its non-truthful truthiness and misleading mediocrity on climate-change.

When Does Green Real Estate Development Finally Take Hold?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


Jonathan A. Schein

The Urban Land Institute convenes each November for its annual fall meeting. Much of this year's meeting focused on the impact of the great recession, and, of course, green and sustainability.

Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

Cautious Optimism for Copenhagen Deal as Barcelona Climate Talks End

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green


Brendan DeMelle

The mood was markedly improved on the final day of the Barcelona climate talks, as delegates, observers and non-governmental organizations all brushed off the pessimism.

Copenhagen Climate Treaty on Death-Watch

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

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


Brendan DeMelle

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.

Al Gore's Our Choice: Progressive Book Club Review

Progressive Book Club | Bill McKibben | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books


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 ...

Venturing Green

Bob Giloth | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green


Bob Giloth

Are theses nonprofit ventures harbingers of bigger and better things to come? It's hard to scale these businesses or even to replicate them.

Michael Pollan's 'Hummer-Driving Vegan' Claim Debunked

Kyle Cassidy | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green


Kyle Cassidy

Michael Pollan stated that "A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef-eater in a Prius" at the Pop-Tech conference last Saturday. The only problem is, the statement isn't true.

Laurie David, Will You Marry Me?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

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!

Beyond Green

Wendy Gordon | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Wendy Gordon

It's not surprising, given the economic stresses on the American family, that many are seeing green in a more serious light -- not as a luxury, but as a necessity to integrate into all aspects of life.

Mindblowing Video by Moms Against Climate Change

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

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...

Indonesia's Rainforests and the Climate Crisis

Daniel Kessler | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green


Daniel Kessler

A drive through the Kampar Peninsula reveals hectare after hectare of forest conversion from healthy rainforest to palm oil plantations. There is no sign of animal life or biodiversity -- just row after row of palm.

Green Clean Where the Sun Don't Shine: Use a Bidet

Lea Lane | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Lea Lane

I realized that by wisely moderating water use, trees can be saved with better cleaning achieved. You'll be saving paper and greening the planet in a basic way. Go for it!

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


Howard Learner

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.

Solar Power Boss to Announce "A Solar Bill of Rights"

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

Next time you hear a coal executive or one of his lobbyists tell you that coal is cheap and solar remains too expensive, remember that renewables have been forced to compete on an unfair playing field.

Leaving the Law, Part Two: A Different Kind of Green

Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 10.24.2009 | Denver


Laura A. Hutchings

In May of this year, I left my post as an associate at a large international law firm to stake my claim in the Wild West of Colorado's clean energy economy.

HuffPosters Getting Trashed (SLIDESHOW)

Matthew Palevsky/Zach Dorfman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


As part of Trash Day for No Impact Week, (learn more here and sign up) we're taking a deeper look into trash, recycling and where things go after we t...

World's Greenest Skyscraper Is Under Construction

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green


Rising high through the polluted air of Guangzhou City in southern China is a 71-story tower block which, according to its designers, will be the most...