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  Something about coal that makes people around it seem like 19th century reactionaries. This is the bad Al, but there is also the good Al, http://oliveridley.org/2009/09/30/al-franken-is-good-for-health/ Reminds me, need to check if that bill actually went anywhere, or was it just posturing...On Fourteen Democratic senators stick up for coal posted 1 week, 2 days ago 6 Responses

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  Disgusting. But he is from a coal state, so why am I not surprised. He has not relinquished too many powers that the Bush tam gave themselves, but he does not appear to have used these powers for any good either.

   

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  Travel miles are just one among many many considerations. Please consider that when you eat a product which has no competition locally, you are helping the economy of the place that made it.

  The distinction between fair trade and fair wage products on the one hand, and products of commercial exploitative agriculture on the other, are much more stark and have many more consequences than food miles.

  Going local makes a lot of sense if you want to support your local farmer and protect farming knowledge. Go local as a substitute to Big-Ag, and go fair trade for imported items, you'll help many more people that way.

  And, eat less meat, this one choice has a much higher impact on your footprint than food miles.

   

  On Can we be 'green' and eat tropical products, too? posted 5 months ago 7 Responses