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How fresh is your air freshener?
By Don Willmott, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 6 Comments
I'm not big on air fresheners. They never smell all that fresh to me. The bloggers over at The Good Human agree. ... Read full post »
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Loving ourselves to death
By Jay Weinstein, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 5 Comments
Population overload is the elephant in the room in the environmental debate, because so many religions, nationalities, and ethnic mores encourage their adherents to procreate. Read full post »
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The free market doesn't account for sustainability
By Don Willmott, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 0 Comments
Ready for a deep think as the year comes to an end? Head to Read full post »
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Dell declares war on excess packaging
By Don Willmott, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 1 Comments
Over the years, Dell has come up with a number of innovative ways to cut its carbon footprint, even going so far as to become a major Texas tree planter. Now it turns its attention to its own packaging, with a new Read full post »
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Greenwash of the year?
By Alex Nunez, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 0 Comments
In my daily Web travels looking for stuff to write about, I came across The Greenwash Brigade, a blog run by the public radio folks. ... Read full post »
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Our new climate czar ... just don't call her that
By Don Willmott, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 0 Comments
On the heels of the announcement that Carol Browner will be the Obama administration's "climate czar" comes this question from Read full post »
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Mercurial politics
By Jay Weinstein, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 0 Comments
As another endgame swipe at environmental protections, the outgoing Bush administration is trying to downplay the proven health risks of mercury exposure from fish in an attempt to give payback to supporters in the fishing industry. ... Read full post »
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Revisiting the Fiji question, calculator in hand
By Don Willmott, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 2 Comments
It's the classic question of the 21st-century environmental movement: Why would anyone is his or her right mind by bottled water from Fiji? But of course people do. Lots of them. Fiji Water is the number two bottled water in America, right behind Evian Read full post »
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The poor will feast on pheasant
By Jay Weinstein, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 0 Comments
New York State will close a $750,000 pheasant farm, the last of its kind in the state, and donate its nearly 8,000 remaining birds to food pantries. The New York Times reports that this will bring to an end an era of state-stocked pheasant-hunting lands. Read full post »
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Danny Seo's greener holiday suggestions and tips
By Don Willmott, Forecast Earth Correspondent for forecastearth 0 Comments
It wouldn't be a truly environmentally friendly holiday around my house if I didn't check in first with Danny Seo, the best known "green lifestyle guru" in America. ... Read full post »
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