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Recycle Your Christmas Tree!

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 12.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Christmas Trees, Green News, Natural Christmas Tree, Climate Change, Christmas, Environmental Impacts, Holiday Decorations, Greenhouse Gases, Decluttering, Life Cycle Assessment, Recycling Christmas Trees, Artifical Christmas Trees, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Even though most people reuse an artificial tree for up to six years on average, artificial trees would need to be kept for at least 20 years to compete with natural trees on greenhouse impact.

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Natural Home and Michelle Obama Love Decoupage Ornaments

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 12.28.2009 | Style

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Robyn Griggs Lawrence

When we chose projects from the Natural Home arsenal to decorate the president's guest house, we had no idea we were so in tune with the Obama family's ideas. We were all thinking decoupage.

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The Top Green Stories Of The '00s

Grist | Posted 12.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Top Green Stories, Sustainability, Van Jones, Green News

IT'S NOT JUST FOR TREEHUGGERS ANYMORE The green tent gets bigger Not so long ago, the word "environmentalist" conjured upper-middle-class white people...

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Natural Gas: A Made-in-America Opportunity

Regina Hopper | Posted 12.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Copenhagen Climate Change, Green News, Copenhagen Summit, Natural Gas, Copenhagen Conference, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News
Regina Hopper

As our nation looks to establish its bona fides on clean energy, while putting Americans back to work, one often overlooked domestic resource stands abundantly ready to make a difference: natural gas.

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Americans Love Microwaves -- But are they Safe?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Microwave Use, Home Cooking, Microwave Ovens, Green News, Convenient Cooking, Cooking, Fast Food, Microwaves, Convenience Food, Microwave Food, Saving Money, Home-Cooked Meals, Recession, Stovetop Cooking, Microwave Safety, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

With the economy still in recession, more American families are eating at home rather than eating out, but most aren't making hearty, traditional meals on the stovetop or in the oven. They're nuking.

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Scenes From Copenhagen's Street Protests (Part II)

Andrew Sniderman | Posted 12.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Protests, Environmentalism, Climate Change, cop15, Copenhagen, Green News
Andrew Sniderman

The final tally on the day? 250 arrests. No people's assembly. And a whole lot of headlines, but about what?

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Climate Deal Sealed. Sort Of.

May Jeong | Posted 12.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Climate, Hopenhagen, Yvo De Boer, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Green News, Climate Change, Unfccc, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Green News
May Jeong

A deal of sort has been sealed in Copenhagen. At 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference officially came to a close.

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The Questions Media Didn't Ask Inhofe in Copenhagen

Kevin Grandia | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Green News, James Inhofe, Global Warming, Green News
Kevin Grandia

The great leader of the Copendeniers, Senator James Inhofe, showed up at Copenhagen for a fly-by press event here at the international climate treaty. It was a waste of time.

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How to have a Slow Holiday: Re-learning How to Play

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Green News, Slow Movement, Going Green, Presents, Holiday Gifts, Slow Holiday, Consumption, Gifts, Christmas Gifts, Slow Christmas, Living News
Kirsten Dirksen

Polls show that 90% of Americans feel anxiety around the holidays. So I'd like to propose a solution: Don't shop, play. In my family that involves jumping into snowbanks in our bathing suits.

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Lord Monckton, Climate Change Denier, Punked By International Youth Climate Movement (VIDEO)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Copenhagen 2009, 350.Org, cop15, International Youth Climate Movement, Un Climate Change Conference, Lord Monckton, Green News, UN Climate Talks, Climate Change, Copenhagen, UN Climate Change, Green News

Lord Monckton may have had it coming. The International Youth Climate Movement decided to confront the well-known climate change denier on camera in C...

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Reason And Faith In Copenhagen

Bill McKibben | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Religion, 350.Org, Copenhagen 2009, Green News, cop15, Un Climate Change Conference, UN Climate Talks, Climate Change, Copenhagen, UN Climate Change, Green News
Bill McKibben

I've spent the last few years working more than full time to organize the first big global grassroots climate change campaign. That's meant shutting off my emotions most of the time.

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We're Number One (in Financial Damage From Climate Change)

Brendan Smith | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Climate Change, Green Jobs, Green Living, Copenhagen 2009, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Green News
Brendan Smith

The real cost of global warming for the US includes rising sea levels, water shortages, species extinctions, expanding diseases, agricultural costs, forest fires, and many other factors.

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Voices From the Hopenhagen Ambassador Contest

David Kroodsma | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

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David Kroodsma

Winning this opportunity is an enormous honor--especially because many other contestants were worthy and capable of representing you. I thus asked a few other contestants for their messages of hope.

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Despite Stern Rejection, Leak, and Protest: Climate Talks Continue

May Jeong | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Todd Stern, Climate Change, Rising Sea Level, Unfccc, cop15, Global Warming, Protest, Green News
May Jeong

Wednesday, Todd Stern, Climate Envoy to the United States, dismissed the notion of developed countries owing financial reparations - otherwise known as climate debt - from CO2 emissions.

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The New Faces of Eco-Entrepreneurship: Q&A with Blake Mycoskie (TOMS Shoes), Lauren Bush & Ellen Gustafson (FEED Projects), and Andy Dunn (Bonobos)

Courtney Reum | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Entrepreneurs, Green Alcohol, Alcohol, Eco-Peers, United Nations, Acai, Green News, TOMS Shoes, Green Business, Veev, FEED Projects, Bonobos, Green News
Courtney Reum

TOMS Shoes, FEED, and Bonobos share the same entrepreneurial spirit as I do, while caring about tomorrow at the same time. So without further ado, please enjoy the following chat.

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Where Is The Fossil-Fuel Industry In Copenhagen?

Grist | Jonathan Hiskes | Posted 12.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Fossil Fuels, Exxon Mobil, Green News, Green, Environment, Climate Change, Grist, Global Warming, Green News

Just past the security gates and the main entrance to the Bella Center, the site of the Copenhagen climate change conference, attendees must pass thro...

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Hopenhagen: Hope, What Is Hope? (VIDEO)

Posted 12.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Hopenhagen, Video, Copenhagen 2009, UN Climate Change, cop15, Climate Change, Green News

With COP15 officially convening today, Hopenhagen released the third video in their campaign get leaders to act at the summit. The video dares us to ...

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Copenhagen Climate Change Talks LIVE on Twitter

Huffington Post | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

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Check out the Copenhagen climate talks live through our curated Twitter lists. Do you know a tweeter who's perfect for one of these lists? Email us at...

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Humanure: Extreme Composting

TIME | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Composting, Humanure, Sustainability, Human-Waste, Green Living, Composting-Toilets, Green News, Green News

For a well over a decade, 57-year-old roofer and writer Joseph Jenkins has been advocating that we flush our toilets down the drain and put a bucket i...

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In A Frenzied Copenhagen, Crucial Climate Talks Begin

Grist.org | Jonathan Hiskes | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Copenhagen Climate Conference, cop15, Green News

By Jonathan Hiskes from Grist.org: COPENHAGEN--There was no calm before the storm. At least not over the last few days, not in Copenhagen. The clima...

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The Consequences of Climategate

Janet Ritz | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Political News, Recession, United Nations, Economy, Climategate, Drought, Copenhagen, Green News, Ipcc, World News, Global Warming, Gordon Brown, University of East Anglia, Climate Change, Politics, Refugees, Copenhagen 2009, Green News
Janet Ritz

At what point, when we're dealing with wars over resources and the growing chasm between rich and poor leading to political upheaval, will these skeptics step back and say: oops?

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Outrageous and Excessive Holiday Deals (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

Read More: American Consumerism, Consumerism, Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday, Unneccesary Products, Consumer Goods, Slidepoll, Waste, Green News, Trash, Green News

A big part of the enticement of holiday shopping is getting "deals." Here at HuffPost Green, we think that the frenzy around Black Friday and holiday...

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Australia's Carbon-Trading Legislation Fails

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Climate Change, Green Energy, Copenhagen 2009, Australia, Global Warming, Carbon Trading, Green News

SYDNEY — Australia's Senate on Wednesday defeated the government's plan to implement a carbon pollution trading system to fight global warming, ...

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NASCAR Goes Green (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Environment, Cars, Green Energy, Green Technology, Nascar, Video, Green News

One of the nation's most popular sports is going green. NASCAR, hardly synonymous with environmental innovation, can now claim that ⅓ of all its ven...

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The Dalai Lama Calls for Action on Climate Change

treehugger.com | Brian Merchant | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Dalai Lama, Climate Change, Green Politics, Copenhagen 2009, Green News

The Dalai Lama urged governments to put the great global concern before domestic politics, and to take serious action in slowing the rise of global wa...

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