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On AlterNet: environment

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "environment"

Top 4 Energy and Environmental Lies in Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue'

Top 4 Energy and Environmental Lies in Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue'

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. November 16, 2009.
Her book is hardly out the gates, and it's already facing a torrent of criticism from mainstream news sources for including various untruths and flat out lies.

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: Environment + Economy = Harmony

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: Environment + Economy = Harmony

Sen. Bernie Sanders, October 30, 2009.
At http://sandersunfiltered.com you can get Senator Sanders weekly 5 minute show free in your inbox

Green Supermarkets? Janitors Push the Next Wave of Healthy Workplaces

Green Supermarkets? Janitors Push the Next Wave of Healthy Workplaces

Ngoc Nguyen, New America Media. October 27, 2009.
One of the country’s largest unions is broadening its idea of a safe and healthy workplace.

More and More Boys Born With Deformed Genitals -- What's to Blame?

More and More Boys Born With Deformed Genitals -- What's to Blame?

Joan Melcher, Miller-McCune.com. October 23, 2009.
Scientists are casting a wide net in search of chemicals seen as likely suspects in feminization and reproductive anomalies being spotted worldwide.

Going Green Means Having Fewer Kids

Going Green Means Having Fewer Kids

Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. October 19, 2009.
There are already just too many people on the planet. What are we supposed to do about it?

Here's How to Stop Using Toilet Paper and Save Water, Trees and Energy

Here's How to Stop Using Toilet Paper and Save Water, Trees and Energy

Lloyd Alter, TreeHugger. October 7, 2009.
Making a roll of toilet paper uses 1.5 pounds of wood, 37 gallons of water and 1.3 KWh of electricity.

Why Europeans Are Kicking Our Butts When it Comes to Living Green

Why Europeans Are Kicking Our Butts When it Comes to Living Green

Elisabeth Rosenthal, Yale Environment 360. October 1, 2009.
In Europe it is far easier to channel your good intentions into action. And you feel far worse if you don’t.

Why Do We Idolize Wall Street Hustlers but Hold People Who Actually Make Things in Contempt?

Why Do We Idolize Wall Street Hustlers but Hold People Who Actually Make Things in Contempt?

Les Leopold, Huffington Post. September 30, 2009.
The manufacturing sector accounts for fewer and fewer jobs each year, so why should we give a damn about it?

BBC: Almost 10 Percent Of World's Animals Are At-Risk Of Extinction

BBC: Almost 10 Percent Of World's Animals Are At-Risk Of Extinction

BBC September 29, 2009.

The Green, Clean Art of Keeping Our

The Green, Clean Art of Keeping Our "Rear Ends" Hygienic: What Are We Afraid Of?

Liz Langley, AlterNet. September 26, 2009.
We use enough deodorizers to ensure that we don't smell remotely organic, and yet we can't even keep our own heinies clean? What's a first-world country to do?

Are Chicken and Fish as Unhealthy as Red Meat?

Are Chicken and Fish as Unhealthy as Red Meat?

Chloe J., Sustain Lane. September 23, 2009.
In the interest of your health, the environment and even logic, it makes more sense to leave chicken and fish off your plate. Here's why.

7 Delicious Meat Alternatives (and Not a Lick of Tofu in Sight)

7 Delicious Meat Alternatives (and Not a Lick of Tofu in Sight)

Sarah Irani, EcoSalon. August 21, 2009.
Cutting back on meat consumption is one of the most significant ways to help the planet. And it doesn’t require subsistence on tofu.

Shocker: Exxon Mobil Violates the Law

Shocker: Exxon Mobil Violates the Law

Steven D., AlterNet: Environment. August 19, 2009.
I'm positively shocked, shocked I tell you!

Is There Any Point in Fighting to Stave off Industrial Apocalypse?

Is There Any Point in Fighting to Stave off Industrial Apocalypse?

George Monbiot, Paul Kingsnorth, The Guardian. August 19, 2009.
The collapse of civilization will bring us a saner world, argues Paul Kingsnorth. No, writes George Monbiot -- we can't let billions perish.

15 Horrifying Reasons to Never Let Anyone You Love Near a McDonald's

15 Horrifying Reasons to Never Let Anyone You Love Near a McDonald's

Sarah Irani, EcoSalon. August 15, 2009.
Erectile dysfunction, the truth behind the "special sauce," and a burger from 1996. Keep reading if you dare.

Lessons from the Coal Industry: Using vs. Engaging Communities of Color

Lessons from the Coal Industry: Using vs. Engaging Communities of Color

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, AlterNet. August 10, 2009.
Last week revealed some of the best and worst moments in the role of people of color in the struggle over our nation's energy and economic future.

"Kids Are a Pain in the Ass": 40 Reasons to Abstain from Having Children

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. August 7, 2009.
People who don't have kids have more sex, more career success and a far smaller environment footprint than people who do.

Your Crap, Our Compost: Turning Human Feces Into Fertile Soil

Your Crap, Our Compost: Turning Human Feces Into Fertile Soil

Sisi Tang, In These Times. August 3, 2009.
Nance Klehm, 43-year-old urban forager and grower, transforms human excrement into nutritious soil one bucket at a time.

Is Vancouver About to Become the Greenest City in the World?

Is Vancouver About to Become the Greenest City in the World?

Allan Hunt Badiner, AlterNet. July 30, 2009.
The city has made a rapid transition: It draws 90% of its energy from renewables, has a booming bicycle culture and a very popular progressive mayor.

Conservative Genius: No Need to Fight Global Warming, Cause an Asteroid Might Hit Earth

Conservative Genius: No Need to Fight Global Warming, Cause an Asteroid Might Hit Earth

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2009.
Jonah Goldberg has found a creative new argument against efforts to fight global warming.

Global Warming to Get Worse Sooner Than Expected?

Global Warming to Get Worse Sooner Than Expected?

Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 28, 2009.
A new study predicts that global warming will increase far faster over the next five years than previous predictions.

Serious About Green Jobs? It's Time to Throw 'Free Trade' out the Window

Serious About Green Jobs? It's Time to Throw 'Free Trade' out the Window

Les Leopold, AlterNet. July 20, 2009.
If we want a greener world and green jobs for our citizens, we have to ditch the 'free-trade' ideal -- markets on their own won't do it.

Nobody Knows What Nanoparticles Do -- Yet They Are in Your Food, Cosmetics, and Toys

Nobody Knows What Nanoparticles Do -- Yet They Are in Your Food, Cosmetics, and Toys

Carole Bass, E Magazine. July 11, 2009.
Not even the world's leading nanoscientists know what nanoparticles do inside the body or the environment

Reducing How Much We Drive Should be a National Transportation Goal

Reducing How Much We Drive Should be a National Transportation Goal

John Petro, Drum Major Institute AlterNet: PEEK. July 8, 2009.
Americans should be driving less -- fewer trips over shorter distances.

Hamstringing Environmental Protection for Coal

Hamstringing Environmental Protection for Coal

Natasha Chart, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009.
The coal industry's weeping and wailing about the Waxman-Markey bill hides the fact that they know it's the best deal they're going to get.