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  • June 2007

    • Rolling Stone's 'Green' Paper Has Recyclers Seeing Red

      New York Times  |  Jun 11, 07 6:53 AM CDT

      Rolling Stone's 'Green' Paper Has Recyclers Seeing Red

      (Newser) - Aging counter-culture arbiter Rolling Stone is discovering it's not easy being green. The Times reports the magazine will soon start printing its wry critique of music and politics on "carbon neutral paper," a unique stock which adds no CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. But none of it is recycled, upsetting one of environmentalists' most sacred hosannas. More »

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      carbon emissions  • recycling  • carbon footprint  • Rolling Stone

  • May 2007

    • UK Moves to Measure Products' Eco-Impact

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 31, 07 11:58 AM CDT

      UK Moves to Measure Products' Eco-Impact

      (Newser) - Calories, fat, sodium ... carbon footprint? The new measurement may soon appear on British product packaging. Under a plan proposed yesterday, the government will develop standards to measure a product's environmental impact from manufacture through shipment and disposal, allowing companies to list the information as they do nutrition facts. Consumers can then decide how green they want their goods. More »

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      Great Britain  • environment  • global warming  • United Kingdom  • retail  • consumer  • carbon footprint

  • April 2007

    • Carbon Offsets Are Often Scams

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Apr 26, 07 7:56 PM CDT

      Carbon Offsets Are Often Scams

      (Newser) - Carbon offsets—the credits gas-guzzling consumers buy to cancel out their carbon production—may do little or nothing more than assuage consciences, a Financial Times investigation concludes. Some companies sell worthless credits; others use them to finance environmental projects they had planned anyway. And consumers have no means to know when they're getting scammed. More »

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      climate change  • environment  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • consumer  • carbon footprint  • carbon offsets  • carbon trading

    • Sorry, Al: Tree Planting May Speed Warming

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 10, 07 9:06 AM CDT

      Sorry, Al: Tree Planting May Speed Warming

      (Newser) - Planting trees to offset your carbon footprint not only won't slow global warming, it may worsen its effects, a new study claims. Trees growing outside a small band of tropical zones don't cut the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by enough to offset the heat their foliage traps, says atmospheric scientist Govindasamy Bala in the Guardian . More »

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      climate change  • environment  • global warming  • science  • environmentalism  • greenhouse gases  • carbon footprint  • carbon dioxide  • trees

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