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NRA’s Greener Restaurant ‘Recognition’ Program is Clear Greenwashing Without Third-Party Verification

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Certificate for a fake restaurant obtained through the Greener Restaurants program of the National Restaurant Program, provided to TreeHugger. A few weeks ago word started coming out about how the new Greener Restaurants program from the National Restaurant Association , which appears to certify restaurant’s efforts to tread more lightly on the planet, wasn’t worth the paper the certificates are printed on–thanks to no independent verification. TreeHugger finally tracking down… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Australian Anglican Church Says Population Growth May Break Commandment ‘Thou Shall Not Steal’

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

What’s an image of Gandhi doing here? Keeping reading… Photo: Ibrahim Areef via flickr. In what surely would be a hugely controversial move if had happened in the United States, the Australia’s Anglican Church has come out saying that the nation should have fewer children and the government should scrap financial breaks for having bigger families on environmental grounds. They also recommend curbing immigration to reduce environmental pressure. The Church says that current rates of population growth in Australia … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Are Planners Socialists for Trying to Encourage "Livability"?

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Ray LaHood’s vision of how we will get to work That is the title at Planetizen that Tim Halbur writes, that sums up a discussion about whether initiatives to get people out of their cars and to create more walkable cities are socialist plots. George Will recently called Ray LaHood “Secretary of Behavior Modification.” Will writes in Newsweek: … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Can $46 Million Buy An Energy Monopoly? Not In California

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via flickr In a fight that showed the flaws in California’s ballot initiative process and the sheer nerve of PG&E, the state’s largest utility, clean energy and local control has won. Proposition 16, which would have change California’s constitution to force cities and counties to get the approval of two-thirds of their voters before using public money to invest in local energy projects or utilities. PG&E spent over $46 million on the effort, which would have ensured its monopoly. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Amish Farming Methods & Manure Runoff Raising EPA’s Ire

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Sara Lauderdale via flickr In many ways the Amish live up their reputation of living greener lives–low-power technology, non-existent consumerism, strong sense of community and DIY ethic–but when it comes to agricultural practices, just because you replace fossil fuel energy with the sweat of your brow doesn’t always mean you’re eco-friendly. Which is where the EPA comes in. The

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BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Terms on Google, Yahoo, and Bing

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: BP Not Exactly an Unbiased Source of News on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill… BP seems to have bought many phrases related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing). What this means is that people who do an internet search to find information about the spill have a good chance to see BP’s official site pop up at the top of their search results…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Colbert Channels Our BP Anger, Whips ‘Tony Hayward’ (Video)

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo via comedy central Last night, Stephen Colbert, always the good samaritan, channeled our collective anger at BP over their never ending gusher. Colbert implored the president to show more anger at BP and its head, Public Enemy #1 CEO Tony Hayward. Hayward has raised our ire by saying insensitive things like he ” wants his life back .” The president seems to be listening to Colbert, telling the “Today” show he talk… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Could Go Bankrupt Over Gulf Spill

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Autoblog Green So far in its coverage of the BP Gulf spill , the media has made much of the fact that the company’s daily profits are higher than its daily cleanup costs, and that after raking in $17 billion in profits last year alone, such costs are but a drop in the bucket. But that’s changing fast — and if a few other factors come to pass, it’s possible that the Gulf spill will end up bankrupting the oil giant. Speculators are calling this possible outcome the “Texaco scenari… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Majority of Americans Think BP Should Face Criminal Charges

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Image via Twilight Earth It should come as no surprise that BP’s public image is in the midst of a meltdown: Between the gaffe-a-day CEO Tony Hayward creating a heartless public face for the company, a near-complete lack of transparency on how much oil has really been gushing from the Gulf, and the fact that the disaster is still going on, it’s no wonder that the vast majority of Americans view the company unfavorably . But a recent pol… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Less Than 1% of Oil-Soaked Birds Survive

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Photo via Boston “Kill, don’t clean” oiled birds No, that’s not the opinion of the most heartless oil spill expert ever, or BP CEO Tony Hayward letting fly another tactless gaffe . It’s the actual recommendation of one oil spill expert and animal biologist who says that once birds are thoroughly oiled, the best course of action is to put them out of their misery. Even if all the crude is scrubbed from their feathers, she says, oiled bir… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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