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Don’t Forget Home Star: The Green Bill Everyone Can Agree On

Image via Energy Star In the arena of green politics, the spotlight has been hogged by the troubled energy reform efforts in the Senate. Many are watching as the best chance to reign in carbon emissions and stimulate clean energy development on a large scale is slipping away, with Barack Obama perhaps helpless to do much about it. But another tragedy would occur if the bill that just about everybody can agree is a good idea disappears with it: the fantastic Home Star bill , which would make homes across the nation more energy efficient, and… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Don’t Forget Home Star: The Green Bill Everyone Can Agree On

Clothesline Ban Leaves UAE Locals Hung Out to Dry

Laundry drying outside in Istanbul’s Tarlabaşı neighborhood. Photo by Jonathan Lewis ; used with permission. Residents of Sharjah can now add putting their clothes to dry on an outdoor line to the list of things that can get them into trouble in the conservative emirate, along with drinking alcohol, dressing immodestly, and mixing with members of the opposite sex. But many say they have no other choice but to hang their kanduras and abayas out for all to see…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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