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Advice on antioxidant-rich foods and why they cost so much
Dear Umbra, Antioxidant foods are “the thing” right now, and I would love to be able to eat as many as I need. However, they are usually the most expensive […]
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The Full Vermonty
State of Vermont Endangered by Wal-Mart, Group Says The National Trust for Historic Preservation released its list of endangered historic sites yesterday, citing such imperiled landmarks as Pennsylvania’s Bethlehem Works […]
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Factory farms get off easy on air pollution
What do the National Chicken Council, the National Turkey Federation, United Egg Producers, and Tyson Foods have in common? Crying fowl. Photo: USDA. Well, first there’s the obvious fowl connection. […]
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Escape Notice
Demand for Hybrids Exceeds Expectations Demand for gas-electric hybrid vehicles has automakers scrambling to keep up. Ford’s new Escape hybrid SUV won’t go on sale until August, but already 30,000 […]
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Can capitalism be harnessed to solve environmental problems, or is capitalism itself the problem?
When right-wing pundits and corporate flacks compare environmentalists to watermelons (green on the outside, red on the inside), they mean it as a slur. But when eco-socialists look at the […]
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Study finds mandatory caps work better than voluntary programs to limit pollution
Smokestacking the deck? Photo: USGS. This just in, from the Department of Near-Tautologies: Mandatory emissions caps rein in power-plant pollution more effectively than voluntary programs. That’s the conclusion being drawn […]
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Margie Eugene-Richard of Louisiana battled Shell on behalf of her neighborhood
Eugene-Richard. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. The Old Diamond neighborhood of Norco, in far southern Louisiana, sits between a Shell Chemicals plant and an oil refinery owned by a Shell joint […]
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Al-Gore-Rhythm
Gore Blasts American Companies for Lagging on Green Tech American companies spend too much time fighting environmental regulations and too little time researching and developing the next generation of green […]
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Liquidated
Water Privatization Sweeps World Despite Problems Water will be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th, predicted Fortune Magazine in May 2000, and it is shaping up […]
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Seventh Heaven Can Wait
Eco-Friendly, Socially Conscious Company Faces Tough Choices Seventh Generation, the biggest U.S. brand of eco-friendly household products — toilet paper, diapers, soaps, etc. — is a case study in the […]
