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More Than Lip Service – Elemental Herbs Garner Green Award

Photo: Elemental Herbs Using herbs for preventative or curative health is as old as humankind. But these days before we put some lotion or other on our skin it seems we need a PHD in chemistry to understand the product’s ingredients. Elemental Herbs take a different approach and make lip balms, sun creams, and such like, from stuff we know the names of like: calendula, comfrey, lavender, yarrow, extra virgin olive oil, beeswax, vitamin E, and so on. Most of which are certified organic as well. Throw in a solar-powered kitchen, strawbale greenhouse, biodiesel vehicles, recycled packaging, composting toilet, and much more and you begin to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Koch Industries Backs Formaldehyde Council, Fighting Regulation of Carcinogen

The poor Koch family just can’t get a break these days. First Brian wrote Billlionaire David Koch: 25 Years of Disinformation Campaigns and Polluter Front Groups? , then Matt followed with ‘Financial Kingpin’ of Climate Change Denial Exposed: Koch Industries Outspends Exxon 3-to-1 . The New Yorker piled on with Jane Meyer’s article about the

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Koch Industries Backs Formaldehyde Council, Fighting Regulation of Carcinogen

Annie Leonard Looks at Cosmetics Industry: Simple, Serious, Scary (with Video)

Image: Story of Stuff – Cosmetics Let me start out by saying there are a lot of good people in the chemicals industry and in the cosmetics industry. But, as Annie Leonard points out in her newest eye-opener The Story of Cosmetics : the “system is broken”. Most people remain unaware just how broken the system is, trusting that the government takes care for their safety. Is Annie Leonard’s newest foray into battle the tipping point for change?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oh No Mommy! Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us?

We reprise some of our favorite July 4th posts: Obligatory Post About Green Fireworks for the 4th of July Fireworks are fun – who doesn’t like explosions? – and a good excuse to get together with family and friends, but they’re also not very clean. In Beijing, China, the smoke from fireworks during the new year celebrations tripled pollution levels overnight, and the toxic metals used to get the bright colorful sparks fall back to Earth, contaminating soil and water. Is there something we can do without losing the fireworks?

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Oh No Mommy! Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us?