Eric Leech
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How Far Are You Willing to Go to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle?
When it comes to saving the planet, there are a number of degrees from which one can place themselves. For instance, would you be
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How Green Was Your Valentine's Day?
Valentine's Day gets a pretty bad wrap as far as not being particularly among the green variety, as holidays go. Not that any holiday is particularly green when you take part
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15 Healthful, Green Reasons Why You Should be Having Sex... Right Now!
From my experiences as a sex columnist, it just never seems to amaze me of all the healthful reasons for having a plentiful sex life. The most recent Durex Global Sex Survey shows that there are unfortunately a number of
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Struggling Fisheries Could Make a Comeback using... Beer!
Not too far from Denver, Colorado comes an alliance between two businesses nobody would have ever thought could work so wonderfully together. We are talking about a beer brewery and a fishery.
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Research Indicates Global Warming May Take A Bigger Bite Out Of Dry Land Than Previously Thought!
A new study by Jerry Mitrovica of the University of Toronto and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, establishes evidence for a much different outcome of global warming as has been previously indicated. Using scaled models, Mitrovica and
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New Study Finds Corn-based Ethanol More Harmful Than Oil-based Gasoline
Currently in the news, the producers of ethanol are pressing their thumbs to the government, asking them to overturn the 25-year rule limiting the mix of ethanol which can be added to gasoline from its current 10 percent to as
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Hold Onto Your Carbon Footprints: The U.S. Mass Transit System is Preparing to Gouge Riders Big Time!
It is a sad state of affairs when things are hurting so bad in the economy that we can't even count on the things which could help save us. While over the past year we have seen record levels of public transit riders, we are going to
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More Than 50 Percent of Americans and British Still Don't Believe in Evolution
This coming February 12th, 2009, will be the 200th Anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, and subsequently the 150th Anniversary of his theory of evolution. While many people still see the Darwin Evolutionary Theory as
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U.S. "Snail" Mail may be getting Greener, Slower, and less Disgruntled for 2009!
The poor economy has touched upon just about everything this year, from lemonade stands to the U.S postal service. Yes, the Postmaster General, John E. Potter, has officially sent in a request limiting the number of days the
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Next on the Environment Agenda: Population Control!
We've discussed the issue of population control before on Treehugger, but every now and then a turn of events makes it necessary to drag it all out again. Jonathon Porritt, former chairman of the Green party, and the heart
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Plastic Bag Fees: Tax the Poor to Feed the Ego of the Rich!
The title of this piece represents the thought of some folks, when they hear the idea of the widely proposed plastic bag fees. Such thoughts come from single moms and senior citizens, who balk at the current price of
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Director of Consumers Union says, Peanut Butter Epidemic Should have been Avoided
No more peanut butter and bacon sandwiches! Photo Credit: Inuyaki.com Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, has released a report stating that tainted peanut butter products may have been avoided if the FDA had a quicker reaction rate
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Treehuggers: Tack 5 More Months Onto Your Lifespan
Photo credit: Pfala First, The Bad News Pollution through our air, water, and soil is currently one of the leading causes of death in both men and women throughout the world. It is the blame for some 40 percent of all deaths. Scientists have warned that
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Groundbreaking Study Proves Street Lights Help People See Better
It would appear that another study should have been on the forefront of this particular one... the study of a disintegrating gene pool among some scientists and
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Smart Car Interview with President Dave Schembri... You Asked, We Listened, Dave Answers!
When we had the opportunity to speak with Smart Car USA President, Dave Schembri, we turned to you, our fellow Treehuggers, to see what sorts of questions you had to ask Dave about their past, current, and future models. Well, we
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10 Funniest Celebrity Potshots on Conservation, Pollution, and Global Warming
The environment maybe no joking matter, but sometimes the best way to get a message across is through humor. Here are 10 of my all-time favorite potshots celebrities have made on the subject of conservation,
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ET says: Phone LA City Council, Billy the Elephant Need Home
The Los Angeles Zoo is currently battling for the right to keep Billy the Asian elephant and place him in a new 6-acre habitat they have been building over the past couple years. The zoo had earned the right
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Obama's Chrysler 300C Comes Back to Haunt Him on eBay
First it was a half eaten waffle and now this... what's next, a non-florescent light bulb found in the White House dumpster, or perhaps a previously chewed piece on non-dentist recommended
