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Denim Trends: Vietnamese Factory Plans for Sustainability in 2010

by Emma Grady, New York, NY on 11.23.09
Fashion & Beauty

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Credit: bsdfm via Flickr, CC.

Considering it takes around 1,800 gallons of water to grow enough cotton to produce one pair of blue jeans--not accounting for the amount of water used to reach the appropriate wash--we're all ears when progress is made in the sustainable denim sector. WWD reports that, Vietnamese denim factory and wash house Saitext is building a plant in Ho Chi Minh City, with the environment in mind. Click through for the latest in denim.

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Green NBC: Jimmy Fallon's Bamboo Set, Sustainable Production Guides, Green Week Programming, and More (Photos)

by Emma Grady, New York, NY on 11.23.09
news

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" set, fall 2009. Credit: Dana Edelson, NBC Universal, Inc.

NBC Universal and company-wide environmental initiative Green is Universal is paving the way for sustainable film and television production. From greening the set of Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to cutting carbon emissions on the feature film Away We Go, their Film and Television Production Guides outline environmental practices, from pre to post production, and are available to the industry at large for download. And this Week they are spreading environmental awareness across television production arms Universal Media Studios (UMS) and Universal Cable Productions (UCP) with Green Week--look out for Al Gore on 30 Rock this week. Click through for photos from set construction at Jimmy Fallon and on SNL, highlights from the 39-page sustainable production guides, and more.

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French Nuclear Energy Policy - A Cake The US May Do Well To Not To Consume Too Much Of

by John Laumer, Philadelphia on 11.22.09
Business & Politics

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Still life with Brioche. Image credit:Wikipedia, Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin,

Remember the whole "Freedom Fries" thing following France's refusal to support the US 2003 military incursion into Iraq? My how time flies. US politicians now cite the French energy policy example with excitement; claiming that nation's high reliance on nuclear power is exemplary. (Inference that support for climate and energy legislation is more likely if nuclear power expansion incentives are included.) It doesn't seem to matter to that France is roughly the size of Texas and that the existing US nuclear fleet already is far larger than what France has or will ever have. Nor, that the French government controls the nuclear power industry (socialized electricity).

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Where Have You Gone, John McCain? Our Climate Turns Its Lonely Eyes To You

by Daniel Kessler, San Francisco, California on 11.22.09
Business & Politics

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photo via AP

Some climate activists are losing faith in both President Obama's ability and commitment to clean energy and battling climate change. But what if John McCain were president? Where would we be today? Not in a good place, if his rhetoric on the Senate climate bill is any measurement. McCain, once a leader on climate change, is now a roadblock even through his best buddy in the Senate and constant campaign companion, Lindsey Graham, is out front working on compromises.

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'Green Patriarch' Takes Enviro Message Online, to US

by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey on 11.22.09
news

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sprinkles Holy Water over the Mississippi River. Photo by GANP/Dimitris Panagos from Ecumenical Patriarchate via Flickr.

A 69-year-old man with a long white beard and big black robes may seem like an unlikely role model for teenagers, but Greek Orthodox youth in the United States apparently found Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's message on the environment "pretty cool."

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Climate Researcher Database Hacked

by Daniel Kessler, San Francisco, California on 11.21.09
Business & Politics

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The King of Climate Deniers, Sen. James Inhofe

Email communication has made us efficient--yes--but also short-tempered, imprudent at time, and sloppy. Need proof? Check out emails between climate scientists stored on servers at the University of East Anglia that showed not a plot but perhaps too much information-sharing on climate change between scientists. The server was hacked into and the emails--almost 20 years worth from prominent scientists--showed up on a Russian FTP.

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Nature Iraq's 'Second Creation Story' (Video)

by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey on 11.21.09
Travel & Nature


The Nov. 15 "60 Minutes" segment "Resurrecting Eden."

Life hasn't been easy for the Ma'dan, or "Marsh Arabs," of Iraq's ancient wetlands. First the marsh area where they have made their homes -- and their living -- was drained in a vindictive move by Saddam Hussein, then drought threatened to wipe away the gains of the past few years. But a grassroots environmental group is working against the odds to try and bring about a sort of "second creation story" in the area thought by many to be the home of the biblical Garden of Eden.

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Science, Evidence, and the Importance of Action

by Sami Grover, Carrboro, NC, USA on 11.21.09
Business & Politics

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Image credit: Cedar Consulting

Contradictory science is nothing new within the green movement—from those who claim that solar energy could power the world to those who argue that nuclear power could solve the energy crisis, from those extolling biochar for carbon sequestration and soil improvement to those who say it could destroy the biosphere. In fact, it's in the very nature of science to constantly question, deliberate and reexamine the evidence available, and consequently there are almost always differing opinions and seemingly contradictory studies. But at some point we have to make decisions based on the science we have. At some point we have to act.

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