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Mitt Romney's Energy Plan: Boost Big Oil, Slash Environmental Protections
The man favored to win the GOP nomination would cozy up to fossil fuels and continue the Republican assault on the GOP.
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Biking Through Amish Country for Climate Ride
There is a certain irony in the fact that some of the best biking in the U.S. is in an area where people have rejected the modern world -- including bikes (for those of the Old Order).
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Do Tea Party, Heritage Foundation Oppose Hunting?
It would seem so, given that these groups want to cut the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) by almost 90%.
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Will Congress Stop Spending $860,000 Annually on Bottled Water?
According to Corporate Accountability International, the House of Representatives spends at least $860,000 on bottled water a year. That's almost $2,000 for each representative.
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DOE Installs Cool Roof, Saves Taxpayers $2,000 in Energy Costs
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the completion of a new 25,000-square-foot cool roof on the Department of Energy's headquarters west building in Washington, DC. The design added no extra cost to the roof
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Fox Scours Capitol Hill for a Fair and Balanced Meal
It's easy to liken Washington DC to a jungle, full of donkeys and elephants, hawks and doves, and more than enough pork to feed them all -- but when they head home for recess, that's when the real wildlife comes out to play. On the grounds of Capitol
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McCarthyism By Email: Fomenting Fear Of Environmentalists and Tea Partiers Alike
Environmentalists in Pennsylvania may have more in common with the "Tea Party" crowd than they might like to admit. Both have been similarly spied on and reported to PA
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Asian Elephants Get a New Home at the Smithsonian National Zoo
If you've been to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. lately, you may have noticed that they've been working on the first stage of their "Elephant Trails" project- a bold initiative to
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It Is Time To Go Beyond Transit And Get Multi-Modal Planning
In most of North America, we think that "Transit Oriented Development" is a great step forward over the auto-centric development of the last sixty years. Architect and Professor Roger K. Lewis suggests in the Washington
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Eat This House: U. Of Maryland Designs Dwelling with Edible Wall
Look out Bob Vila. University of Maryland students have turned "This Old House" on its head, and created a home that features an edible wall, and runs on sun, wind, rain and wastes. Let's hope the wastes are no where near
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UPDATED: BP Executive Told Congress That Offshore Drilling Has Been "Safe And Protective Of Environment"
This BP representative probably was correct was way off base in his Congressional testimony, made back in November of 2009, that offshore oil drilling in the Gulf has a long history of being "safe." What he did not mention is that his company,
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Take the Green Music Group Challenge No. 2, This Time with Sheryl Crow
I know, I know. This may remind you of the infamous Sheryl Crow toilet paper caper, which she cleared up in a 2008 interview with TreeHugger. This time, the No. 2 refers to the second of nine challenges from the Green Music Group.
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New Grants to Protect 2 Million Acres of Forest Land in 33 States
According to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, new grants will permanently protect private forestland in 33 states and U.S. territories. The grants were awarded through the Forest Legacy Program (FLP) and total $72 million. The program
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Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day in a City Near You
Whether you're an activist, gardener,
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Crowdsourcing the Most Energy-Efficient Life
If you want to get people to boost their personal energy efficiency, you should appeal to their vanity, their inner couch potato, their wallets, and their competitive nature. That's the strategy that
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USDA Tightens Organic Standards on Dairy and Livestock
As organic food has grown in popularity so too have the size of organic dairies and farms in this country. And in the last ten years questions have been raised about whether these large scale so-called organic dairies and farms have
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Is a Tax on Plastic Bags Necessary?
On New Year's Day, Washington, DC, instituted a tax on plastic shopping bags. So, how is it working so far?Good writes:
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Processed Foods Becoming Energy Efficient? 3 Potato Processing Plants Gain Energy Star Rating
Sustainability and food processing don't normally go hand in hand. That's why sustainable, local eats are always better for the planet, because they aren't trucked in and minimal energy is used in production. But in the past year the
