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Family Planning As Important For Fighting Climate Change As Clean Technology: Worldwatch

photo: Paul Keller / Creative Commons Population growth is one of the touchiest issues out there. It’s really easy for people to leap to paranoia about government control of who can and cannot have children and no amount of qualification about how that’s not being advocated seems to stop it. Nevertheless population growth and its flip side, resource consumption is a critica… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Family Planning As Important For Fighting Climate Change As Clean Technology: Worldwatch

The Power is in Pedals, Says WorldWatch Institute

Image: Worldwatch It was with a sad heart I learned that the WorldWatch Institute have decided to mothball their illustrious print magazine after 136 stellar issues.* But at least it goes out with a bang, by including an article on bicycle transport, by senior researcher Gary Gardner. Obviously, at TreeHugger, we’re big fans of cycling, which we see as one of the most efficient forms of transport ever devised by mankind. The WorldWatch piece reinforces this view, with gems like: “A bicycle commuter who rides four miles to work, five days a week, avoids abo… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Power is in Pedals, Says WorldWatch Institute