Did a Betrayal from Inside the White House Kill the Senate Climate Bill?
October 14, 2010 No Comment
Photo: WN , Creative Commons In the months that have passed since the ignominious death of the Senate climate bill , there’s been speculation abound as to what, exactly, caused its demise. Some argued that oil and coal interests were just too strong, or that public opinion was never strong enough, or that health care reform drained Congress’ will. Many have also focused on the role of the White House, and how the … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Walmart’s Newest Sustainability Initiative Focuses on Local Produce, Small Farmers
October 14, 2010 No Comment
Image: Flickr via mjb84 Walmart announced the next steps it will take toward sustainability today, with a series of changes focused on increasing local produce in its stores and improving relationships with small- and medium-size farmers. The chain has divided the latest goals into three main categories: supporting farmers and their communities, producing more food with fewer resources and less waste, and sustainably-sourcing key agriculture products…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Excerpt from: Today on Planet 100: Combating Prostitution with Deforestation (Video)
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Photo credit: Environment Point Green burials have been a growing trend in the United States for some time now — and the term itself has come to encompass very different kinds of natural burials. But it’s still surprising just how fast they’ve grown. An AP story out today reveals that the Green Burial Council “now counts more than 300 approved providers in 40 states, while only a dozen existed as recently as the beginning o… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Janette Sadik-Khan Explains How the Select Bus Service Works New York City has launched a new “Select” bus service on the East side of Manhattan, bringing the city closer to having its own bus rapid transit line. The video above, which was made by our friends at StreetFilms , shows very well just how much improvements can still be made to the public transportation system of most cities: “Select Bus Service in the Bronx has produced a 20 percent improvement in travel times… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: Elliot Brown / Creative Commons With a new study just released revealing that half of Americans would get a failing grade if test on climate change knowledge and The Guardian reporting that the BBC blew its budget covering the Chilean miners’ rescue and can only aff… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Continue reading …More Evidence that Two Coal & Oil Billionaires Mobilized the Tea Party (Video)
October 14, 2010 No Comment
Photo via Daily Gotham , Creative Commons The Koch brothers, a pair of billionaires who run the company that bears their name, have been extremely influential in cultivating the anti-regulatory and anti-climate science ideology now rampant in the United States. By directing millions of dollars worth of funding towards groups that help organize grassroots movements that advance their aims — a pro… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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photo: amboo who? / Creative Commons There’ve been a number of studies calculating just how little the average American knows about the science of climate change , and here’s another which lays out the ignorance pretty clearly: Yale University found that if we were getting letter grades, just 8% would get an A or B, 40% would rec… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Hyundai But the Credit Expires on Dec 31st, 2010 The Hyundai Sonata hybrid is going to launch in December with a MPG rating of 36 in the city and 40 on the highway (most hybrids do better in the city than on the highway, but not this one — highway travelers take note!). The good news is that in the U.S. it’s going to be eligible for a federal tax credit of $1,300, and since this is Hyundai’s first hybrid sold there, the company still has enough credits for 60,000 hybri… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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