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Photo via Green GrownObama has revealed that he favors spending stimulus money on a jobs bill rather than using it to plug the growing deficit. This seems to be a sound decision, as creating more jobs will grow the economy--and of course will ease the deficit in the long term. But some interestin...
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National Christmas Tree. Photo by Brown Pau via FlickrLast night the National Christmas Tree, a living Colorado blue spruce, was lit, so now the holiday season is official. And inside the White House, Michelle Obama unveiled the Blue Room Christmas Tree, announcing her seasonal theme: "Reflect, R...
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20% of the Amazon Rainforest is gone, but the remaining 80% can still be saved.New research was recently published in the journal Science which estimates that deforestation of Brazil's rainforest could be halted for a (relatively) scant 6.5 billion to $18 billion bailout. According to the articl...
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Plenty of celebrities are already on board to support the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this month, but a whole new lineup joined the party this week with this new video from TckTckTck and the Environmental Media Association....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image via Digital JournalI know everyone's pretty sick of hearing about the hacked emails--believe you me, I am too. But I felt that the issue was creating enough confusion that the point needed to be driven home: these emails reflect some bad behavior by a few scientists, but reflect nothing on ...
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At the 2nd Corporate Footprinting Conference, which took place this week in San Francisco, big brands in the beverage industry were front and center, presenting sophisticated “bleeding edge” strategies for addressing their water footprints. Water, for obvious reasons, is critical to these players...
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Image credit: Good John Michael Greer is a blogger and a Druid who has some radical ideas about how we should evaluate economic productivity (hint: energy efficiency is important, financial services, not so much)....Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo via the GuardianSome in the United States shiver when they hear the words 'global citizen'--many Americans unfortunately (and nonsensically) feel they have communistic connotations. But if we're going to solve the pressing problems confronting the world--climate change, hunger, poverty, pea...
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Image credit: erix!/FlickrRinderpest, the world's most deadly animal disease, will be completely eradicated in 18 months, a new report claims. When successful, the disease will become the second to be driven to practical extinction in the world. Smallpox, which was eradicated in 1980, was the fir...
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All manner of dramatic actions and hyperbolic statements are being made regarding the upcoming climate meeting in Copenhagen. No wonder industry leaders are keeping still. For a quick sampling of the latest, consider: Sen. Byrd to Big Coal: “Let’s Speak a Little More Truth.” an...
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I’m on the eve of my return home to San Francisco from a lovely time in Finland.Our wonderful hosts at Finnfacts planned a special last day for us in Nuuksio National Park where we hiked in the woods, smoked our own venison sausages over the fire, and dipped ourselves in a frozen lake and t...
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Image credit: .Larry Page/FlickrSome trees eat up carbon dioxide like an unsupervised child eats candy. And, like said child, when these trees consume too much candy, they go crazy. Such is the case with aspen trees in the United States.Researchers have discovered that the increased availability ...
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Images via MacalleyThe latest green computer accessory to make the rounds is the EcoFan Pro, a bamboo wash-rack looking thing that is basically a slotted laptop stand made of bamboo with not one but two fans inside. If you need a laptop stand with two fans to keep your computer cool enough to run...
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Photos via Apartment Therapy, If staid old Canadian Architect can title their article on Bernard Flaman's apartment "Weekend at Bernies", so can TreeHugger. It is in an old heritage-designated building in Regina, Saskatchewan, where Flaman is Conservation Architect with Public Works and Governme...
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Image credit: TEDFrom 13th Century computers to Majora Carter's powerful argument for environmental justice, TED talks are always a wonderful source of inspiration and education. This latest is no exception, as Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns Movement, explores peak oil, the end of t...
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Images via University of MichiganAs we mentioned earlier in the summer, we have green apps up the wazoo that work to help us track our carbon footprints, plant trees, shop for eco-friendly products, use public transportation more effectively....but are they doing any good? Experts seem to say yes...
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There have been lots of studies by agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control that have looked at what is in our blood, but the Environmental Working Group has just completed an interesting (and disturbing) new one. They looked at minority populations, which often are exposed to higher leve...
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A full scale wind farm is not a subtle piece of landscaping, and many folks express concern over losing their view, their rural character, or *gasp* their property values. As the number of communities considering wind energy development grows, the need to empirically investigate these concerns ...
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As we’ve been reporting, some bike-sharing programs (well, okay, mostly the Velib system in Paris) have been navigating rough stretches of road, due to everything from vandalism to poor logistics to class distinctions. But that didn’t keep the curiously-named startup Oybike from intro...
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Who knew that a red shirt would become a life-changing event for Jeremy Litchfield? On a hot and humid morning back in 2007, Litchfield went out for a run. Wearing a brand new performance t-shirt, the runner was gearing up for an upcoming marathon. By the time he finished his morning [...] ...
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B Lab, the force behind a new business sector designation—called the B Corporation—which recognizes companies that meet a set of social, environmental and institutional benchmarks for sustainability, is facing a Herculean effort. The work won’t be in convincing people that business can be a...
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An enhanced image of President Obama hangs in Copenhagen airport. All photos via GreenpeaceIf you've ever wondered what President Obama will look like in 2020, then here you go. If you've ever wondered what the world's carbon emissions will look like in 2020, Greenpeace and TckTckTck are hoping ...
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A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com.COP15 Is Here - The conference everyone but email hackers have been waiting for is upon us. Will Copehagen produce meaningful dialogue or fizzle? Follow along with Tom Schueneman and others as we track...
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Photo: CC/GFDLRapid Progress and Money to be MadePike Research has released a study today that projects the growth of the transportation lithium-ion battery market over the next few years. Investors should pay attention, especially in these uncertain economic days: "The opportunity for Li-ion bat...
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Photo: Better PlaceMinimum of $40k in Tax BreaksIt looks like Denmark is going to be an testing ground and incubator for electric cars and the related technologies and policies. And they're not going half-way: $40,000 minimum tax breaks, free parking in downtown Copenhagen, and a $100 million par...
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Image via: neilalderney123 on Flickr.comBeating out New York City, the small Tennessee town of Signal Mountain is the first in the nation to pass a Green Food Resolution. But, just what does a Green Food Resolution mean for farmers, consumers, and even the livestock themselves? Read on to find ou...
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Image by Matt Grigsby.Michael S. Hopkins is Editor-in-Chief of the MIT Sloan Management Review, "the leading print and web publication that brings ideas from the world of thinkers (scholars, researchers, management theoreticians) to the executives and managers who use those ideas to build busines...
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Metso Corporation is pretty confident in their green cred. The Finnish company calls themselves “a global supplier of sustainable technology and services” and in a press visit today the company’s VP of Strategic Development Michael Hoven and Communications Manager Sanna Rahikai...
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Image via: blz2 on Flickr.comIn what might be a seemingly dicey, controversial, ethical issue, the The Guardian is reporting this week that a new carbon offsetting scheme offers offsets not by planting trees or installing solar panels, but by funding birth control for developing nations. Recently...
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Rather than using plastic, Japan-based Eager Co. is using cardboard for mannequins used in retail displays, and because they're easily recycled, they're being touted as "the world's most environmentally friendly robots." Animated mannequins would sure catch the attention of shoppers as they move ...
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When people describe their first time seeing mountaintop removal coal mining, the response is invariably the same: dropped jaws and sunken hearts. Along with her prolific work in film and television (ER, Raising the Bar), Gloria Reuben is a tireless backer of clean energy, global public health, a...
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