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Sunny D Goes Zero-Waste...
photo via IDSGN.org Today, Inhabitat reported that all of Sunny Delight’s U.S. and Spanish companies have gone zero-waste to landfill. While this could be a positive change for the company, Inhabitat thinks that the corporation’s star product (Sunny D), which contains a lot of high-fructose corn syrup, cancels out the zero-waste achievement. Yes, high-fructose corn syrup is bad for us. But so is sending exorbitant amounts of waste to landfills. And sure, it’d be...
Gulf Doctors Advised to...
Photo via News One Less dramatic than the fiery explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the multiple month-spanning underwater oil geyser that followed it are many of the BP Gulf spill’s side effects. And oil-related sicknesses are undoubtedly among the thorniest — many fishermen-turned cleanup workers have already been afflicted by close contact with oil and the chemical dispersents used to combat it. But there will probably be many … Read the full story on...
Small Networks of Marin...
photo: Johnny Bahru via flickr. Large marine reserves aren’t working to protect fish or coral–and therefore fishermen’s livelihoods in the long term–and we should collectively shift towards more small reserves with fishing allowed in between. That’s the word from the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health ’s Peter Sale. … Read the full story on TreeHugger Read more here: Small Networks of Marine Reserves Better Than...
Obama Aims $50 Billion ...
Image via California High-Speed Rail Authority In his Labor Day speech two days ago, the president announced plans for a $50 billion stimulus package that would take aim at updating the country’s lagging transportation infrastructure. He called for Congress to approve an infusion of funds for highway, air traffic control, and, yes, high speed rail projects, that would lead to the “immediate” creation of jobs and give a boost to the economy. Obama said that the bill...
Birds Killed by Canadia...
photo: Ramanathan Kathiresa via flickr Another study detailing the negative environmental effects of continued tar sands development in Canada, and how independent review finds much greater impact that either the industry or government cares to acknowledge: The latest issue of The Wilson Journal of Ornithology has published a report showing that annual bird mortality in the toxic tailing ponds around tar sands project i… Read the full story on TreeHugger See more here: Birds...
Political Squabbling Ho...
photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service via flickr While BP just concluded that a whole slew of missteps led to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent Gulf Gusher, so it seems a whole bunch of political squabbling seems to be holding up distribution of some $500 million in research money pledged to investigate the ecological effects of the spill. OnEarth goes into more detail, but this is the gist of it:… Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original: Political...
Prince Charles’ Susta...
The sustainable living battle cry is so much a part of Prince Charles ’ spirit that he’s embarked on a five day tour of his homeland (including visits to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Carmarthen, Bristol, Todmorden, Nottingham, Manchester and Birmingham) via a cooking fat-fueled train in order to meet-greet his fellow countrymen and spread the good green word. Unfortunately, there is some controversy swirling around his journey since it’s costing taxpayers £50,000 (=$44,599 USD ) to...
BP’s Deepwater Ho...
BP has just released it’s report on the events leading up to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent record-breaking oil spill . As was expected, BP attempts to spread blame across all the companies involved and says “a complex and interlinked series of mechanical failures, human judgements, engineering design, operation implementation and team… Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: BP’s Deepwater Horizon Accident Report...