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Phillip Phillips for President

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 05.25.2012

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Why do we need an idol who is both authentic and humble? Here are 20 quick reasons as to why could we use a little humility and authenticity -- a little Phillip Phillips -- in our personal, public and political lives.

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Reducing Our Environmental Impact

Posted 05.25.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: When you’re out shopping, and you haven’t brought your own bag ...

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Why Is This Guy Wearing A Bag On His Head At City Hall?

Posted 05.25.2012

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Who is this guy, and why is he wearing a plastic bag on his head in a city council meeting? Let's just say that Tinseltown has become Cellophanecit...

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BYE BYE PLASTIC!

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council has moved toward banning plastic bags at grocery stores in the nation's second-largest city. The council ...

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Hilarious Live Tweeting Of Park Slope Coop Meeting

Posted 02.29.2012

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Senior Reuters Opinion Editor Chadwick Matlin attended the monthly meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop Tuesday night. At 7:26PM, he tweeted, "I wasn't...

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Hawaii Plastic Bag Fee Could Be First Of Its Kind

AP | TREENA SHAPIRO | Posted 04.18.2012

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HONOLULU (AP) — A proposal to collect fees from customers who choose disposable paper and plastic shopping bags is gaining support as it works its w...

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The United States of India

Terry Tamminen | Posted 04.10.2012

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With inspired entrepreneurs and political leaders like these, especially at the state level, the "United States of India" will create massive opportunity to tackle sustainability challenges and create new economic opportunity simultaneously.

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In Defense of Plastic Bag Bans

Stiv J. Wilson | Posted 02.28.2012

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Plastic does not biodegrade in a meaningful timeframe. Thus, some portion of it accumulates in the environment. The more we produce, consume, and recycle, the more will come into the world and accumulate in landfills, on land, in rivers, and the sea.

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Major City Votes To Ban Plastic Bags

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 02.18.2012

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SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council voted Monday to ban single-use plastic bags from groceries and other retail stores, joining a growing trend a...

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Plastic Bag Bans Spreading To More Cities

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 12.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Across the country, cities and counties are instituting fees on plastic bags, or even banning them outright, in an effort to prevent pol...

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Finding Fortune in Plastic

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 01.17.2012

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Unlike air pollution which we can see and smell, most think plastic is harmless, or merely an aesthetic eyesore when seen on the ground or in the water, Woodring says, and is perceived of as less of a planetary problem by the public.

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Should Chicago Ban Plastic Bags?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 12.21.2011

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Though they are often as ubiquitous in the city as stop signs or parking meters, plastic bags have become the target of one Chicago alderman's quest t...

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Boulder Considers Ban On Plastic Bags

Posted 12.11.2011

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At its Tuesday meeting, the Boulder City Council will consider a ban on or mandatory fee for using plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and convenien...

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Could NYC Ban Disposable Bags?

Peter Hanlon | Posted 12.04.2011

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When you consider the long-term implications of a product designed to be used for just a few minutes, reducing the number of plastic bags seems like a no-brainer. So why wouldn't New York City try to get rid of them altogether with a ban or at least some kind of fee?

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Join the Resistance: The Power of No

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 12.01.2011

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Self-examination can be challenging and scary. But the rewards to true awareness of our own excesses can be the path to a much better life.

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Move Over Joe Camel -- Plastics Lobby Targets Kids in Textbooks

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 10.26.2011

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What do cigarettes and single-use plastics have in common? Most cigarettes have a single-use plastic filter -- so smokers get a dose of petrochemical...

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A New Look at Plastic Bags

Mark Daniels | Posted 10.04.2011

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Plastic bag recycling has caught some attention in recent months as the ongoing discussion of plastic bag legislation has become a highly debated topic. So I would like to straighten out some myths regarding plastic bags and plastic bag recycling.

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Plastic And The Great Recycling Swindle

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.30.2011

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Disposable plastics are the largest component of ocean pollution. Should we be risking life and limb for single-use bags and plastic bottles that can easily be replaced with sustainable alternatives?

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The Lost Art of Shopping Bag Marketing

Larry Leach | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Reusable Bags, Marketing, Plastic Bags, Shopping, Plastic Shopping Bags, Small Business America, Business News

Once thought of as a marketing tool and a means to sell more goods, the shopping bags is now a tool to add to your bottom line and show customers that you are environmentally conscious.

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Plastic Bags and the Environment

Paul A. London | Posted 09.13.2011

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Environmentalists are often attacked from the political right for favoring too much regulation even though most Americans agree with their larger obje...

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It's Beach Season: Meet the Giant Plastic Bottle Garbage Jellyfish

Diane Dulken | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Plastic Pollution, Oceans, Upcycling, Plastic Bottles, Recycled Art, Plastic Bags, Beaches, Green News

Walking into a neighborhood grocery store, I saw a sculpture of heartbreaking beauty: a giant jellyfish made of plastic bottle tentacles and a body of jumbled plastic bags and debris.

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Our Future Business Leaders Are All About Green

Andrew Winston | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Rice University, Innovation, Clean Technology, Plastic Bags, Waste-to-Energy, Business Plans, Green News

If these entrepreneurs are our future business titans, then I'm feeling pretty good about where we're headed.

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Invest Now or Pay Later

Terry Tamminen | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Green, Environment, Plastic Bags, Air Pollution, Health Care Costs, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

So what do sick kids and garbage-collecting fishermen have in common? Shortsighted investment and environmental protection policies.

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Evanston Considers Taxing Or Outright Banning Plastic Bags

Evanston, IL Patch | Patch Staff | Email the Author | April 26, 2011 | Posted 06.27.2011

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Choosing plastic at the check-out line could potentially cost Evanston residents an extra five cents if a bag tax ordinance passes. ...

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Don't 'Bag It': Get to the DC Environmental Film Festival

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Dc-Environmental-Film-Festival, Plastic, Film Festival, Film, Plastic Bags, Bag It, The American Chemistry Council, Green News

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