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Marketing in Disguise

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Sarah O'Leary

When marketers knowingly play in the darker parts of the gray to drive sales, they're doing a disservice to the consumer and the industry. A good deal not a good deal when it misinforms consumers.

11 Creative Ways To Recycle Packing Peanuts

thedailygreen.com | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green


Traditional packing peanuts are made out of polystyrene and are now color coded to indicate the origin of the material they contain. Polystyrene takes...

Find Out What It Takes To Cut Shipping Emissions

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green


Global shipping contributes about a billion tonnes of CO2. That's more than the entire economies of Germany or the UK. ...

Global Warming: 2 German Cargo Ships Pass Through 'Arctic Passage'

AP | MATT MOORE and SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


FRANKFURT — Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route from South...

Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: 'Cash for Clunkers' -- now with more cash!; 'Astroturfing' -- no...

All Ships Near California's Coast Must Now Use Cleaner Fuel

treehugger.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


A Californian regulation mandating that all ocean-going vessels within 24 miles of the state's coast must use cleaner burning low-sulfur diesel fuel i...

A Sea Change in the Mid-Atlantic -- Many Hands Makes Light Work

Sarah Chasis | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green


Sarah Chasis

Today at noon I will witness the dawning of an important new council dedicated to protecting our precious and threatened Atlantic Ocean: the Governors' Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on Oceans.

Mid-Atlantic Governors to Sign Landmark Agreement to Protect Ocean

Sarah Chasis | Posted 06.03.2009 | Green


Sarah Chasis

Our oceans don't recognize borders. That's why it's so significant that these five Governors will agree to reach across state lines to protect them.

Petraeus: Shipping Industry Should Consider Armed Guards

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The global shipping industry should consider placing armed guards on its boats to ward off pirates who have become increasingly vio...

EPA To Clean Up US Port Emissions By 2016

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green


NEWARK, N.J. — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency wants to limit emissions along the nation's coastline and within its seaports, ju...

An Industry Drunken with Profits

Javier Sierra | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green


Javier Sierra

Exxon has long ago turned the page on Valdez spill twenty years ago. However, for the Alaska residents, especially the fishermen, the nightmare continues.

Elusive Northwest Passage May Open To Shipping As Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks

AP | Jamey Keaten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous ...