published June 15, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Eric Schmuttenmaer via flickr We know that the Great Recession of 2008 & 2009 helped many nations slash their carbon emissions and lower deforestation rates--decidedly good things--but it also slashed in half the value of the voluntary carbon market , a new report by Ecosystem Marketplace shows.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published June 3, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via the US Coast Guard According to a Rasmussen poll , not all Americans are angry with BP, despite the fact that the company has put thousands of people out of work, and the still-uncontrolled spill in the Gulf . In fact, a full 22% evidently still view the oil giant favorably. Which to me, is a pretty ...
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published June 3, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via the US Coast Guard According to a Rasmussen poll , not all Americans are angry with BP, despite the fact that the company has put thousands of people out of work, and the still-uncontrolled spill in the Gulf . In fact, a full 22% evidently still view the oil giant favorably. Which to me, is a pretty ...
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published June 3, 2010 and has No Comments
Images via Nokia Nokia holds a proud ranking of one of the greenest tech companies around, applauded by everyone from Greenpeace to Dow Jones . The company has earned the accolades with tough standards fro green, and they've just released two green things we like: profiles of every new gadget they ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published June 1, 2010 and has No Comments
BP CEO Tony Hayward has been working really, really hard lately . And he's tired of it. He wants his life back. He said so in an interview with Fox News, definitively explaining once and for all why everyone should trust BP to clean up the oil spill as best they can. Which is why fishermen and charter boat ...
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published June 1, 2010 and has No Comments
BP CEO Tony Hayward has been working really, really hard lately . And he's tired of it. He wants his life back. He said so in an interview with Fox News, definitively explaining once and for all why everyone should trust BP to clean up the oil spill as best they can. Which is why fishermen and charter boat ...
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published June 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via The Guardian What are potato chips? They're slices of potatoes with the majority of the water taken out (and in most cases, a lot of oil added in). What happens to all the water - around 80% of a potato? Well, for four potato chip factories in the UK where water is an increasingly significant issue, the ...
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published June 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Image from the Guardian Celebrities buying plots of land to block developments is the new new. Last year people opposed to the third runway at Heathrow Airport bought up a plot in the middle of the runway in an attempt to thwart it. Now opponents to Donald Trump's golf ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published May 25, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: US Coast Guard via flickr I have to say that this is all getting pretty predictable, the BP oil spill. I'll direct you to Climate Progress for the 'you couldn't make it up' scoop on how BP having a central role in the Exxon Valdez disaster , but a story from a week ago that somehow escaped noticed ...
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published May 21, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo via Brian Beutler Dick Cheney's involvement in Haliburton is hardly news to anyone -- but his role in the offshore drilling industry may be. Chris Matthews went on Leno last night, and vented his anger at BP's negligence, Cheney's shady ties to the oil industry, and why president Obama attitude towards the catastrophe "scares" him. Watch the clip ...
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