Author: Rich
Website: http://www.earthpm.com/2010/03/sell-the-prius-and-buy-a-stre…

Evidently, the whole Climate Change thing (say some folks) is just vaporware.  Pun intended.

Today’s Boston Globe has a very telling article (read the whole thing here), with some poll statistics showing that people are backing off their belief in climate change.

To us, the most revealing statistic is this one: Just since 2008, the number of people who do not think “that global warming is happening” has doubled. It’s still an (ignorant, in our opinion) minority of 20%, but it’s 20% now, when it was 10% in 2008.   see the chart below.

And, according to the surveys, done by Yale and George Mason Universities,

Sixteen percent are considered “dismissive’’ – believing that global warming isn’t happening and is probably a hoax – up from 7 percent in 2008. So the number who actually think this is a hoax, has MORE than doubled.

Here’s a quote from the article:

“This issue is so politically sensitive, scientists need to be careful they [focus] on the science and not advocacy. ….

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Author: Dave
Website: http://www.earthpm.com/2010/03/nuclear-energy-green-power/

Is a nuclear power plant a green way to provide energy?  There seems to be quite a division in thinking on this one.  President Obama thinks that nuclear power is a good thing and his administration is promising $8+ billion of federal loan guarantees to build two new plants.  But the 800 pound gorilla continues to lurk in the foreground.  The problem with nuclear waste plagues the industry.  After all these years, and billions of dollars, there still isn’t a good solution.  In spite of a good solution to the nuclear waste problem, our European counterparts are on-board with nuclear power.  France now generates 80% of its power that way.  We produce about 20% of our power.

I read recently that Vermont has voted to block the license renewal for the Vermont Yankee (VTY) plant in Vernon, Vermont.  That has some nostalgic significance to me because I worked for the “project managers” (utility engineers) during construction of the plant in 1970.  Commissioned in August…

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Author: Lisa Frack
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2010/03/epa-should-start-where-che…

By Alex Formuzis, EWG Director of Communications

A comprehensive plan to reform the nation’s primary law responsible for regulating the use of industrial chemicals is about to be introduced in Congress.

The question of which substances the federal government should target first was part of the discussion at a hearing before the US House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection last week.

PBTs are bad, but they’re hardly alone
Committee members and witnesses focused their attention on a certain group of chemicals commonly called persistent and bioaccumulative toxic substances, or PBTs.

These are among the most notorious and dangerous chemicals ever put into commerce, which include DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), the Teflon chemicals perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluoroctanoic acid (PFOA), brominated flame retardants, lead and mercury compounds and dioxins.

But PBTs are just some of the 83,000 chemicals used as…

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Author: easy eco blog
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Costco now sells Nature’s Choice 100% Recycled Premium Bath Tissue.  No need to make a special trip to Whole Paycheck aka Whole Foods to get recycled products.  Price is as low as you would expect from Costco and performance of the product is fairly good too.

The NRDC states: If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper (500 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees.

Related posts:

1. Eco Friendly Toliet Paper
2. Recycle Paper into Toilet Paper
3. Green Paper or Greening the Paper Industry

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2010/03/08/travelocity-joins-the-m…

Since 2006, Travelocity’s Travel for Good program has been helping to make the world a better place – having donated 43 grants to deserving people so they can volunteer across the globe. The company is also breaking ground with its Green Hotel Directory to encourage a more sustainable future for the travel industry.

Most recently, Travelocity has taken yet another step toward “Good” travel via an alliance with the MASSIVEGOOD campaign – a worldwide campaign aimed at saving lives through micro-contributions. This new partnership seeks to inspire travelers to give $2 every time they travel. The donations will go toward buying dearly needed medication for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis in developing nations.

Travelocity president Tracey Weber joined Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations to announce its support of MASSIVEGOOD.

Everyone can make a difference – one click at a time

By empowering individuals to make a huge…

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Author: Jean-Paul
Website: http://www.thechicecologist.com/2010/03/eco-labels-and-logos…

Eco Labeling can be confusing, and with so many different green logos out there, who do you trust? Luckily, many of the statements, such as Organic and Fair Trade, are regulated to some degree, so you can feel safe knowing that it isn’t ambiguous. With all that greenwashing out there, others can be a bit [...]

Related posts:

1. Valentines Day Organic Equal Exchange Coffee and Chocolate Love Pairing
2. Fair Trade Sustainable Sporting Goods
3. A Green Valentines Day – Celebrate Your Love with the Environment Too!

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Author: Green Talk
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Photo by permission of Ben Donley

One of my most popular post is “Recycle your Blue Jeans.”  I guess I have a lot of jean wearing, need to get rid of old jeans readers.  Well, for a limited time, Gap is taking back old jeans as part of the CottontoBluetoGreen.org campaign. The time period is short:  March 5-March 14, 2010.    See here for a store near you.

In fact, when you give Gap your jeans, you can get 30% off a new pair of jeans.

Old Blue Jeans are used to create UltraTouch cotton insulation. (I have this insulation.  Love it.)  See the video here about how your ratty jeans become insulation.

To date, the Campaign has collected enough jean to make  185,000 square feet of  insulation. It takes 500 jeans to make insulation for an average house.  180 Habitat for Humanity have houses have used this insulation.  So, get a jump on spring cleaning, and head over to the Gap to give those jeans a second life.  If you miss the deadline, check out my post…

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