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Lightening the Load
Eight Simple Habits to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Eight simple habits that reduce your CO2 emissions by a significant percentage. Read story.
Conserve and Preserve
A Quiz
A short, fun quiz kicking off the new “Ask and Analyze” series. Read story.
Power Mixes
What Goes Into Your Grid?
California requires utilities to supply a “power content label” so customers can find out the sources of the electricity that comes to their homes Read story.
Conveniently Yours
Billions of Plastic Fantastic Disposables
Ecofacts: What to do about billions and billions of plastic fantastic disposable ink and paste application devices? Read story.
One Word: Plastics
Problem of the Day
Rarely has a movie character shown such prescience as the man who delivered that advice in the 1967 film The Graduate. Read story.
Food + Plastic
Of Cutting Boards and Tupperware
Ecofacts tackles the question of culinary plastics. Read story.
Letter from San Pancho
Barbara Hirsh witnesses a recycling miracle in Nayarit, Mexico. Read story.
Weighty Diversions
Recycling Keeps Rolling
Recycling keeps rolling with college contest assist. Read story.
The Cost of Gold, Part One
Besides the obvious fact that its beauty is universally valued, gold happens to be extremely useful. Read story.
Guzzling for Revenues
With state and federal revenues sharply declining, various sales taxes are being considered. Read story.
The Gift of Time
Consider a Gift Certificate for a Service
Consider a gift certificate for a service: massage, cooking, or building a cabinet. Read story.
Light-Emitting Holidays
Keeping Spirits Bright with Low-Energy Light
Candlelight is warm and lovely whether you use petroleum-based paraffin, beeswax, or soy candles. Read story.
Ministering to the Environment
UN Convention on Climate Change Opened with Wake Up Call
Climate ministers from 180 countries and close to 10,000 researchers, business people, NGO (non-governmental organization) representatives, and government delegates are meeting to work on a new international treaty, to replace Kyoto. Read story.
Greenhouse Blues
The ABCs of unintended consequences: NF3 has 17,000 times the global warming potential of CO2. Read story.
Environmental Pockmarks
Bird's Eye View of Bush's Planetary Legacy
A bird's eye view of Bush's environmental legacy. Read story.
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