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Okay, so it was a minor upset but the Patriots did have a slight edge going into last night’s game. I won’t bore you with any more news, analysis, breakdowns or talk of the slightly disappointing crop of Super Bowl ads. Instead, let’s take a look at how Super Bowl XLVI tried to reduce the [...]
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A study recently published in the journal Environmental Research Letters explores the trends towards colder winters that have been occurring throughout certain parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Reuters’ coverage of this study describes that observation as “counter-intuitive.” The article also begins with a reminder of the extreme cold that visited parts of Europe and the [...]
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Sunday’s New York Times included on the front page of its Arts & Leisure section an article by Michael Kimmelman declaring that “it’s time to take parking lots seriously, as public spaces.” It’s a worthwhile but perhaps unfamiliar consideration for environmentalists or anyone who is interested in an overall improvement of the American landscape. Parking [...]
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So far, December in my hometown has had precious little snow, but a good deal of rain. The prospect of a white Christmas was fairly reliable when I was a child, and I still have the expectation of a winter wonderland arriving early and lasting through the season. But the fulfillment of that expectation has [...]
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34 candles blazing up my cake this year and while it’s not a inferno, there is a slight allusion to global warming. Okay, maybe I’m stretching but I spend a lot of time writing about eco-friendly topics. It makes a girl wonder. And on this birthday (which happens to be today), I’m wondering more about [...]
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Last month, I reported that emergent processes might make bamboo a viable source of biofuels as we work toward reducing automobile emissions and our dependence on foreign oil. Now, in addition to providing a potential alternative means for powering our cars, bamboo is being put forward as a possible material in the actual construction of [...]
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Modern Family kicked HBO off their Emmy pedestal; Jane Lynch announced her gay agenda (“check with Rachel Maddow about court time, take pick-up truck in for an oil change. Never mind, I’ll do it myself.”) and behind the scenes, the Emmy Awards gave a prize to the environment as they chose to go green this [...]
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I have been keenly aware of the population crisis all my life. I was only fourteen when the world population surpassed six billion, and now, just twelve years later, we are poised to have seven billion human beings living on Earth. With the threat that this presents to the resource security of entire nations, this [...]
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There’s good news and there’s bad news. That seems to be a common refrain when one takes a broad overview of new research and reporting on topics related to global warming. Observed weather patterns and ecological changes, along with projections of the effects of recent carbon emission data usually constitute bad news. Yet there’s good [...]
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In April, I discussed an editorial that attempted to downplay the danger of carbon emissions, in part by pointing out that the rate of carbon release to the atmosphere had slowed down in recent years. I tried to emphasize that a reduction in the rate of increase does not mean that everything’s suddenly okay. Generally [...]
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Recent research at North Carolina State University indicates that biodegradable products can actually be bad for the environment because of the release of the greenhouse gas, methane. The researchers conclude that a reduction in these emissions can be achieved by expanding methane-capture practices at landfills, along with transitioning to use of products that biodegrade more [...]
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The Seattle Seahawks and Seattle’s soccer team the Sounders FC have announced plans to install Washington’s largest solar panel array on the roof of the Qwest Field and Event Center. This move is part of a larger series of investments being made by Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and Seahawks chairman. The solar panels, along with [...]
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Memorial Day, the official start of summertime fun, is a day full of barbecues inaugurating a entire season grilling. Three out of four households own at least one barbecue grills and nationwide, at the peak of grilling season on the Fourth of July, there will be 60 million barbecues occurring throughout the United States. On [...]
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The 2012 Ford Focus is getting a lot of attention for its impressive fuel economy. That is to say, it’s impressive to some. Presumably, its 27 miles per gallon in the city and 37 miles per gallon on the highway are not nearly so impressive to consumers, such as European drivers, who are used to [...]
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There’s an unfortunate stereotype that goes with green living. Some insist that it means a compulsory cutting down on all matters that have a note of the luxurious or decadent. On the contrary, clean and green products are often more luxurious, exotic and beautiful than their earth-destroying counterparts. But if there’s any family in the [...]
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After the stress of planning a wedding (royal or not), every couple deserves that week of privacy and fun better known as a honeymoon. Of course, back when weddings were simpler, born more out of necessity than love, the honeymoon was not quite as glamorous (or even wanted). One story goes that the word honeymoon [...]
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In the last decade, Apple’s products have reached monolithic status from near bankrupt obscurity. What was once the alternative and weird cousin to the PC is now sleek, sexy and fashionable. And like all massive corporate companies with a truly sleek, sexy and fashionable product, they’ve put a lot of energy into their environmental policy. [...]
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Once a year, we decide to take a whole 24 hours to acknowledge that the earth is indeed worth our efforts to save. Apologies if that sounds harsh but more often than not, I feel frustration that after 40 years of lobbying, advocacy and mounting evidence to show the impact of humans and industry on [...]
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