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  • July 2008

    • Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jul 13, 08 3:59 PM CDT

      Greenies Shudder as Big Biz Embraces EcoTravel

      Ecofriendly travelers once camped outdoors and foraged for food, but today a hotel in Times Square can claim it's as green as a lodge in the Costa Rican rain forest, Anna Kuchment writes in Newsweek . In other words, eco-vacationing has gone big business, and environmental advocates fear the notion is being diluted. "A lot of people want to use terms like 'ecotourism,' because it's cool and hip now," one expert said. More »

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      environment  • environmentalism  • hotels

    • GOP Must Strike Back in the 'Burbs

      newser  |  National Review  |  Jul 11, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      GOP Must Strike Back in the 'Burbs

      The GOP coalition—seemingly indomitable 4 years ago—is in shambles, losing ground “on nearly every demographic and geographic front,” write Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam in the National Review . Republicans must expand their base, and the writers have a plan: Seduce “the affluent, well-educated, increasingly liberal upper middle class.” More »

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      John McCain  • environmentalism  • Ronald Reagan  • Republican  • suburbs  • charter school

    • Celebs Face Off in Green Arms Race

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Celebs Face Off in Green Arms Race

      It could only happen in California—a pair of celebrity neighbors, actor Ed Begley Jr. and "Science Guy" Bill Nye, are involved in a contest of environmental one-upsmanship, the AP reports. Since Nye moved onto Begley’s block in Studio City 2 years ago, the two have been competing to see whose house can leave a smaller carbon footprint. More »

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      California  • environmentalism  • green technology  • carbon footprint  • pesticide  • solar panel  • AstroTurf

  • June 2008

    • McMansions Make Way for Green Pads

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 22, 08 8:41 PM CDT

      McMansions Make Way for Green Pads

      When it comes to building green, a LEED rating is the ultimate cachet-- but they're tough to get, the New York Times reports. And homes approved by the Leadership in Energy and Evironmental Design council tend to be small and pricey, with one platinum-certified four-bedroom house in California on the market for $2.8 million. Still, cities and homebuilders alike are jumping on the bandwagon. More »

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      environmentalism  • architecture  • green energy  • green building  • green  • green home  • green construction

    • Can Video Games Save the World?

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 22, 08 5:13 AM CDT

      Can Video Games Save the World?

      A small group of educators and activists is championing the use of video games for more than just entertainment, the Washington Post reports. “I don't think games have to be fun,” one key organizer said. “I think games have to be engaging.” New titles in the so-called serious game genre focus not only on subjects such as Darfur, the US justice system, and the environment, but also on the more practical, like training Canon employees to service copiers. More »

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      media  • video game  • environmentalism  • education  • political activism  • Sandra Day O'Connor

    • Why Everyone in Berkeley Owns a Prius

      newser  |  Economist  |  Jun 19, 08 8:55 AM CDT

      Why Everyone in Berkeley Owns a Prius

      Nowhere in California is the power of green consumerism more apparent than the Prius-packed city of Berkley. The Economist takes a look at a "greenery by zip code" study that, somewhat unsurprisingly, places Palo Alto near the top and Bakersfield near the bottom of locales packed with certified green buildings and hybrids. But why? More »

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      California  • environmentalism  • green technology  • alternative energy  • Toyota Prius  • UCLA  • public transportation  • green transportation  • green products

    • When Good Pandering Goes Bad

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 7:32 AM CDT

      When Good Pandering Goes Bad

      The offshore drilling ban has been in place since 1981, but George W. Bush—who is still the president, Gail Collins reminds us in the New York Times —wants it overturned in two weeks. Watching his speech in the Rose Garden, where he said Democrats would be to blame for high gas prices if drilling in heretofore verboten places was not immediately authorized, the columnist wonders why the president waited until now to call the Dems' bluff, and how unfortunate it is for John McCain. More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • oil  • environmentalism  • oil drilling  • offshore oil  • Republican presidential candidates

    • Planet Green a 'Waste of Energy'

      newser  |  Slate  |  Jun 12, 08 6:10 PM CDT

      Planet Green a 'Waste of Energy'

      Our era of eco-chic has borne bitter fruit: Watching the new cable network Planet Green is “an unforgivable waste of energy,” writes Troy Patterson in Slate. The Discovery Channel spinoff reduces environmentalism to a status symbol and bludgeons the viewer with inane condescension. “Eco-tainment” is king, with shows "designed to provide you with lines to pick up chicks at the farmers market." More »

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      television  • environment  • environmentalism  • Discovery Channel  • Adrien Grenier

    • Summer Tips for Greener Kids

      newser  |  Grist  |  Jun 12, 08 10:14 AM CDT

      Summer Tips for Greener Kids

      Summer is the perfect season to turn your rugrats into ecomaniacs, as warm weather and school vacations collide. Grist lists some basic steps to green up your family’s summer: Get outside: The best way to commune with nature is to experience it first-hand, but the time kids spend outdoors has shrunk by half over the past 20 years.   More »

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      list  • environment  • environmentalism  • parenting  • parents  • summer  • green  • sunscreen  • farmers markets  • eco friendliness

  • May 2008

    • Blue Collars, Green Ties

      newser  |  New Republic  |  May 3, 08 9:30 AM CDT

      Blue Collars, Green Ties

      In Pennsylvania, the New Republic 's Dayo Olopade finds an effort to unite working-class union types with the liberal elite that could long outlive Barack Obama's heyday: the search for green-collar jobs. Stelworkers have long viewed environmentalists skeptically, but both groups have a stake in finding a "new industrial policy based on the twin causes of sustainability and job creation." More »

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      Barack Obama  • environmentalism  • liberals  • Sierra Club  • green construction  • United Steelworkers

  • April 2008

    • NYT Columnist Pied at Brown

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      NYT Columnist Pied at Brown

      Two environmental activists threw cream pies at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman at an Earth Day speech Tuesday at Brown University, the AP reports. Friedman’s speech was about the corporate world's ability to help the environment with schemes such as cap-and-trade for carbon emissions. One of the pie-chuckers, a Brown student, faces possible expulsion. More »

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      environmentalism  • carbon emissions  • Thomas Friedman  • cap and trade  • activists  • Brown University

    • Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Apr 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Greenpeace Wages Tuna Wars

      The world's tuna stocks are in danger, and Greenpeace is taking matters into its own hands, reports the Times of London . Faced with little action from regulators and boosted by success in tackling Japanese whalers, activists have vowed to continue to "interfere" with boats they say are plundering Pacific tuna at an unsustainable rate. More »

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      environmentalism  • fishing  • Greenpeace  • Pacific Ocean  • tuna

    • Greenies Can RIP With Eco-Friendly Funerals

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 20, 08 5:35 PM CDT

      Greenies Can RIP With Eco-Friendly Funerals

      Greenies who bought organic in life can become more organic in death, the AP reports. Brits have enjoyed the eco-friendly funeral for years, but now cardboard coffins and natural fibers for corpses are catching on Stateside. "People are trying to think about what's the best way to live and with that, what's the best way to die," one funeral director said. More »

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      environmentalism  • death  • funeral  • green  • coffin

    • Ditch the Lawn, Grow a Garden!

      newser  |  Men's Vogue  |  Apr 20, 08 5:18 AM CDT

      Ditch the Lawn, Grow a Garden!

      A renegade architect/artist has declared war on an unlikely enemy: the suburban front lawn. To improve what he sees as an “actively antisocial space” which consumes resources and serves no definite purpose, Fritz Haeg is looking to transform lawns into food gardens, reports Men's Vogue . His first four repurposed lawns are the subject of a new book, Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn . More »

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      environmentalism  • homeowners  • vegetables  • fruits and vegetables  • eco friendliness  • suburban lawn

    • Greenies Find God Might Be the Answer

      newser  |  Politico  |  Apr 15, 08 11:56 AM CDT

      Greenies Find God Might Be the Answer

      How much carbon would Jesus use? Not much, say the religious communities now teaming with environmentalists to lobby Capitol Hill. As a carbon-capping bill approaches the Senate, eco-advocates hope that church partnerships will re-frame the debate, and religious leaders rail against the desecration of divine creation and the suffering of the poor coping with energy costs and food shortages. More »

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      Congress  • religion  • environmentalism  • carbon emissions  • Vatican  • Al Sharpton  • Pat Robertson

    • Marriott Goes Green to Gain Green

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 8, 08 3:37 PM CDT

      Marriott Goes Green to Gain Green

      Marriott is making a big environmental push, helping to protect Brazilian rainforests and implementing lower energy consumption and more recycling in many of its hotels worldwide, the Washington Post reports. And although consumer demand is one reason for the changes, the primary drive seems less altruistic. "We've got a lot of beachfront hotels," says the CEO. "We don't want two feet of water in the lobbies." More »

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      climate change  • environmentalism  • hotel  • carbon footprint  • rainforest  • Marriott

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Protest on Roof of Parliament

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 27, 08 6:53 AM CST

      Protest on Roof of Parliament

      Environmental protesters broke onto the roof of London's Houses of Parliament this morning and unfurled giant banners decrying the government's plans to build a new runway at Heathrow airport.  Five activists, representing a group called Plane Stupid, eluded security to hang banners reading "No third runway" and "BAA headquarters," a reference to the company that runs Heathrow. More »

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      London  • environmentalism  • Heathrow Airport  • British Parliament

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