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News Flash: It’s Not an Eco-Friendly Reusable Bag if You Don’t Use It
Published on October 7th, 2008
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Can you shop at any large retailer today without seeing a display of reusable shopping bags for sale at the checkout aisle? Seems like a good thing, right? Buy a cloth tote and prevent a lot of one-use plastic bags from entering the landfills.
But the thought occurred to me recently that it might not be a good thing if lots and lots of people are buying reusable bags but not reusing them. Apparently, I’m not the only one who’s started worrying about that.
Connecticut Town Bans Plastic Shopping Bags
Published on September 30th, 2008
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Posted in Baltimore, Boise, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Maryland, Seattle, Washington, Westport
Westport, Connecticut, recently joined a small but growing number of communities to ban the use of free plastic shopping bags within its borders. The new ordinance, which goes into effect early next year, would impose a $150 fine on any store that offers such bags.
WestportNow.com reports that citizens attending the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) vote on the ban overwhelmingly supported the measure. The RTM eventually voted 26 to 5 (with one abstention) in favor of the ordinance, and also rejected a proposal that would have made the ban effective only through Sept. 19 of next year.
Back to School Week: Which Colleges Are Greenest?
Published on August 26th, 2008
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Posted in Arizona, Atlanta, Bar Harbor, Binghamton, Cambridge, Connecticut, Durham, Eugene, Georgia, Lewiston, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Haven, New York, Oregon, Seattle, Tempe, Washington
As college students across the U.S. begin heading back to school, some will be returning to campuses that are greener than most.
According to the Princeton Review’s new Green Ratings for institutions of higher learning, 11 colleges stood out from the national field of 534. All 11 earned a rating of 99, the highest score possible in the Princeton Review’s new tally.
So which schools are tops in all things green?
Want to Curb Global Warming? Start Recycling and Composting
Published on June 6th, 2008
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Looking for ways beyond changing lightbulbs and taking the train to help reduce your carbon footprint? Turns out we all could make a big difference in greenhouse gas emissions by not throwing out so much trash and composting our food waste.
That’s the message from “Stop Trashing the Climate,” a report prepared by The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and Eco-Cycle, a non-profit recycler. The study finds that waste prevention and increased recycling and composting could reduce as many greenhouse gas emissions as are produced by 21 percent of the U.S.’s 417 coal-fired power plants.
How Peak Oil-Ready Is Your City?
Published on June 3rd, 2008
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Why have gas prices risen to nearly $4 a gallon (or more) in the U.S.? Is it oil speculation? Rising demand? Or the first signs of peak oil?
Whatever the cause (and there’s good reason to blame all three to some degree), most so-called experts these days aren’t expecting oil prices to drop anytime soon. In fact, Newsweek this week features a sobering article titled, “The Coming Energy Wars,” that predicts we’ll soon see oil prices top $200 a barrel. When that happens, the authors warn, we can expect everything about our daily lives to change.
Trendy Thieves Eye Used Grease, Metals
Published on May 13th, 2008
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Posted in California, Colorado, Connecticut, EcoLocalizer, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oregon
Rising prices for everything from copper and platinum to flour, gas and cooking oil are creating new markets for trend-minded thieves across the U.S.
With gasoline prices in the U.S. breaking new records weekly, for example, law enforcement officials are seeing more cases of cooking grease thefts from fast-food establishments and other restaurants. Why used grease? Because cooking oil can be converted into biodiesel fuel that can be sold at a cool profit.
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