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Green Economy Under Construction: State Department Action (Photos)
Apparently one of the dirty little secrets of fighting for a clean energy future (beginning right now, please : ) is that the pursuit can be downright fun. Although we couldn't make it to the State Department yesterday, the goings on in the photos sure
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Clean Energy Jobs Vote in Conrgress Threatened - MoveOn.org Commercial (Video)
Clean American Dream Ad from MoveOn.org Last week, the Obama administration offshore regulations for energy production were announced and during an Earth Day speech, President Obama held forth on the virtues of renewables (and clean coal?). Well a
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Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle, Relate: A Post-Earth Day Manifesto
Environmental Journalist Simran Sethi, fresh from her appearance on Oprah and in the wake of Earth Week, reflects of the fourth "R": the critical component that relationships of all varieties play in greening the world with justice for
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Green Hard Hats Descend on State Department Today
If you happen to be passing by the State Department today around 12:45pm-1:30pm, or after reading this decide to intentionally stop by to lend your voice, you'll be greeted by a sea of green-hardhat-wearing campaigners calling for a environmentally
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Obama Promotes Wind Power on Earth Day (Video)
As the Obama administration creates the first U.S. program to authorize offshore projects to generate electricity from wind and ocean currents, the President deployed the Clean Coal word yet again. We hope this is part of the Obama M.O. of building
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TH EXCLUSIVE: Amazing Newtown Pippin Apple, New York's Heirloom Hero (Video)
For Earth Day yesterday, TreeHugger TV dropped in at the Earth School on Manhattan's Lower East Side to listen in on a chat about New York City's own Newtown Pippin apple and to plant a seedling with the gradeschoolers. This "forgotten fruit," an NYC
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Project Earth Day Eco Fashion Show - APRIL 23RD - 6PM (Video)
PROJECT EARTH DAY IS APRIL 23RD - 6PM The third-annual Project Earth Day fashion show is sure to be one of the hotter Earth Week events here in NYC and we should know having had the opportunity to get up close to the action and put together some videos
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Win a Prius: Pledge to do One Thing That's Green Sweepstakes
Okay, we checked the fine print and it seems legit. JetBlue is spearheading this green sweepstakes for the grand prize of a 3rd Generation Toyota Prius along with some other very cool eco prizes. Seems easy enough to click over to the website and make
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BREAKING: Offshore Renewable Energy Regulations Announced by US Interior Department - Good News for the Cape Wind Project?
The United States Interior Department just issued regulations governing offshore renewable energy projects that use wind, ocean currents and wave power for producing
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Seven Green Sins of the City: Ben Jervey & NY Daily News Help the Earth
Eco-consultant and author Ben Jervey (The Big Green Apple: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Living in New York City ) offers some eco-friendly suggestions to the New York Daily News. While we don't see anyone's current missteps as sins, we do heartily
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Stephen Colbert Report: MACA Urges Obamas to Use Pesticides in Organic Garden
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTip/Wag - Texas Secession & MACAcolbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorGay Marriage Commercial Mid America CropLife Association urges the Obamas to use pesticides in their organic
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Eco-Palms NAFTA Outgrowth: Fair-Trade, Sustainable & Spiritual
Yesterday was Palm Sunday for Eastern Orthodox Christians whom worship under
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Zaproot Easter Special & Alternative Autos (Video)
From the sublime (enviro quotations from theologians) to the mundane (eco Easter-egg-dyes) to the insidious (untested chemicals released to market) ZapRoot's Easter special has all that plus alternative automobiles you can out your faith into.This is
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Yo! Whale Swims in Brooklyn: Humpback Spotted New York Harbor (Videos)
A wayward whale swimming around in New York harbor provides the excitement which comes only with our reconnecting with our natural world - woot! The whale, possibly a humpback, was first noticed Wednesday and the coast guard set up a safety zone to
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Prius Repossessed from Kooks Dressed-Up in Mediaeval Garb (Video)
Seems like everyone wants a piece of the red-hot, green auto action these days in order to draw eyeballs to their content which in turn will snare advertisers to sponsor said content. Which begs the question: to what degree is the
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Joke's on the Enviro Ministry: China to be Painted White to Fight Global Warming - Taking Cues from TreeHugger?
For April Fool's Day last week, TreeHugger's Alex Pasternack tells us that he rolled out of bed that day with gags spewing from his imagination for his post China Reveals Plans for Green-Colored "Suburb City." Well it seems a kindred spirit, and
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ILVTOFU License Plate Rejected as Obscene: More PETA PR Fluff or Veggie Freedom of Speech Issue? (Video)
By all accounts, this doesn't seem to be another PETA publicity stunt but rather, if you will, a rather organic occurrence: Colorado woman applies for the vanity plate ILVTOFU, is rejected by authorities on
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Poland Geothermal & Hot Tubs with Eddie Murphy SNL Sketch (Videos)
The Earth's crust in Poland is thinner that in other parts of the world thus making it easier to drill the heated water necessary for providing geothermal energy to homes and hot tubs. Geothermal in Poland is becoming a viable alternative to fossil
