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Meat and Dairy, Quite Contrary
Cutting meat and milk consumption cuts CO2 emissions, study says |
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01 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:41 AM on 01 Oct 2008 Happy World Vegetarian Day! Just in time for the festivities, a new study from the Food Climate Research Network finds that cutting down on meat and milk consumption can help cut greenhouse-gas emissions. The four-year study focused mainly on the U.K., concluding that dramatically cutting the average Briton's weekly meat and milk intake could help reduce emissions sin ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, climate, food, green living, news, scientific research, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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You Give Climate Change a Bad Name
Jon Bon Jovi will play Live Earth concert in Mumbai |
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18 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:54 PM on 18 Sep 2008 After seven concerts on seven continents on 7/7/07, Live Earth has downsized (you may have noticed that 8/8/08 passed by with nary a warble). On Thursday, organizers Al Gore and Kevin Wall announced plans for a Dec. 7 Live Earth concert in Mumbai, India. The show will feature "some of the biggest artists from India to the U.S. and beyond," says Wall. Jon Bon Jovi and ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, celebrity, climate, green living, India, music, news (all these topics) |
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To Everything: Term, Term, Term
Wal-Mart urges Federal Trade Commission not to define 'carbon offsets' |
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07 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:52 AM on 07 Aug 2008 In comments to the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year, Wal-Mart asked the agency not to define the terms "carbon offsets" or "renewable energy certificates" in order to keep the terms flexible and to retain their "less tangible nature." The Federal Trade Commission has been in the process of updating its green-marketing gui ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, green living, news, Wal-Mart (all these topics) |
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Flock Together
New climate campaign aimed at U.S. consumers |
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05 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:30 PM on 05 Jun 2008 A European campaign to raise consumer awareness of climate change has made its U.S. debut. The Together campaign -- not to be confused with the similarly named-and-agendaed "we" campaign -- was initiated by the nonprofit Climate Group and kicked off in the U.S. by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Var ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, climate, consumerism, environmental movement, green living, messaging, news (all these topics) |
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Getting Their Message a Cross
Conservative Christians launch skeptical climate campaign |
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16 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:21 PM on 16 May 2008 Conservative religious leaders have launched a "We Get It!" campaign that just goes to prove that saying something doesn't make it so. The campaign aims to gather a million signatures on a petition opposing climate-change action, with the argument that tackling global warming will hurt the world's poor. "Our stewardship of creation must be based on Biblical pri ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, green living, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Be Like Nike
Big biz ranked on greenness |
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07 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:47 PM on 07 May 2008 Takeaways from a new ranking of eco-friendly practices in big biz: Consumer companies are getting greener, but there's plenty of ground to gain. In its second annual scorecard, nonprofit Climate Counts ranked 56 companies on their measurement, reduction, and disclosure of greenhouse gases. Eighty-four percent of the companies scored higher this year than they did in 2007, but the average score was still only 40 out of a p ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, shopping (all these topics) |
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Reunion Tour
Live Earth is back, so get ready to rock |
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28 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:02 AM on 28 Apr 2008 Mark your calendars for Oct. 5: Live Earth is back and ready to rock. Kevin Wall, founder of last summer's international concert extravaganza, says that the October shows will be held on U.S. college campuses, and the focus will be on pushing the presidential candidates to address environmental issues. Locations, bands, and all other specifics are yet to be determined, but will Dreamy Al be involved again? Sa ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, green living, music, news (all these topics) |
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Holy Shift!
Southern Baptist leaders urge action on climate change |
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10 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:02 AM on 10 Mar 2008 Photo: iStockphoto Over 40 prominent Southern Baptist leaders released a statement Monday urging action against climate change, asserting that "the time for timidity regarding God's creation is no more." The declaration is a notable departure from a statement released after the denomination's 2007 annual meeting that questioned human impacts on climate change. "We believe our curre ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Fast Company
Church of England urges carbon fast for Lent |
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05 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:43 PM on 05 Feb 2008 Planning to give up alcohol or chocolate for 40 days when the season of Lent begins tomorrow? Two Church of England bishops are urging churchgoers to instead take part in a carbon fast. From the Archives Unhappy Campers. Fewer folks are regularly getting out in nature, says study. Full of Mitt. Romney flip-flops, does not support California CO2 waiver. The Fellowship of the Ping. ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Shop, Collaborate, and Listen
Online shopping better for the earth than going to the mall, says study |
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21 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:04 PM on 21 Dec 2007 Online shopping is better for the planet than multiple trips to the mall, says a somewhat ill-timed study. (Start your online shopping today, spend $3,000,000 for shipping.) "Using several assumptions and data from several authoritative sources, we can reasonably estimate that nearly [500,000 metric tons] of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere by ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, shopping (all these topics) |
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Ogle Cranky Academics Instead
Top British scientist tells women to stop drooling over gas-guzzling males |
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19 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 2:18 PM on 19 Dec 2007 Hey ladies, wondering how to help fight climate change? It's simple: just stop encouraging men who waste resources! In particular, said U.K. climate scientist David King this week, "stop admiring young men in Ferraris." King's comments were immediately pounced upon -- not by feminists, but by Ferrari owners, who protested that their vehicles spew le ... |
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| Topics: cars, climate, energy, funnies, green living, news, sex, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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That's So Hot Right Now
Apparel companies hire climatologists to predict consumer trends |
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03 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 10:15 AM on 03 Dec 2007 In the good old days, the only constant that the fickle fashion industry could rely on was the changing of the seasons -- now, it can't even rely on that anymore. A run of unseasonably warm winters has led some apparel companies to hire staff climatologists who help predict when consumers will be in the market for cold-weather clothes. Because, darling, buying a winter-antic ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, climate change impacts, fashion, green living, news, shopping (all these topics) |
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The Tax of Life
People open to lifestyle changes, fuel taxes to address warming, says poll |
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05 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:33 PM on 05 Nov 2007 Four out of five people believe individuals must make personal lifestyle changes to address global warming, according to a BBC poll of 22,182 people in 21 countries. Also of note: Half of poll respondents favored a higher tax on oil and coal, while 44 percent would prefer their dirty fuels remain dirt cheap -- although if other taxes were dropped, or if fossil-fuel taxes w ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Running a Fever
Heat shuts down Chicago marathon |
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08 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:11 PM on 08 Oct 2007 Sweltering humidity and 88-degree temperatures forced yesterday's Chicago marathon to shut down early for the first time in its 30-year history. One runner died, more than 300 were hospitalized, and thousands were really irritated. sources: Chicago Sun-Times, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Seattle Times, Detroit Free Press From the Archives Into the Speech. Obama will outline energy plan i ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, news, severe weather, sports (all these topics) |
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Why Do I Still Feel So Hollow?
GE unveils carbon-offset credit card, other companies pondering same move |
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25 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Why Do I Still Feel So Hollow? GE unveils carbon-offset credit card, other companies pondering same move Some people say you can't shop your way to happiness, but they haven't met the new GE credit card. Yes, the company that brought us "ecomagination" has imagined a way into wallets everywhere. The GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum MasterCard -- hang on, have to take a belly-laugh ... |
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| Topics: business, carbon offsets, climate, green living, news, shopping (all these topics) |
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Go Get 'Em, Plugger
Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study |
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23 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Go Get 'Em, Plugger Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study Plug-in hybrid vehicles, long extolled here at Grist HQ, seem always to elicit one question from doubters: Wouldn't running cars on electricity just mean more emissions from power plants? Answer: No! According to a ne ... |
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| Topics: cars, climate, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Too, Too Sullied Flesh
Meat production spews more greenhouse gases than a three-hour joyride |
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20 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Too, Too Sullied Flesh Meat production spews more greenhouse gases than a three-hour joyride The next time you chomp a hamburger, think of this: the process of getting that beef to your bun may have spewed more greenhouse-gas emissions than leaving all your house lights blazing while taking a three-hour joyride in your car. Researchers looked at b ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, climate, climate change impacts, food, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, news (all these topics) |
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Tell Us What You Flaunt, What You Really Really Flaunt
Spice Girls reunion tour will be -- gasp -- carbon-intensive |
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12 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Tell Us What You Flaunt, What You Really Really Flaunt Spice Girls reunion tour will be -- gasp -- carbon-intensive We've been looking for an excuse to mention the Spice Girls reunion since it was announced two weeks ago, and we've finally got one. It seems that -- brace yourself -- the group's world tour will not be eco-friendly. In fact, each Girl will get a private Lear j ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, climate change impacts, green living, music, news, travel (all these topics) |
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The Day the Music Lied?
Live Earth reaches an estimated 2 billion, critics harp on hypocrisy |
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09 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Day the Music Lied? Live Earth reaches an estimated 2 billion, critics harp on hypocrisy By all accounts, Live Earth (perhaps you've heard of it?) was a smashing success. Organizers say the shows reached about 2 billion people in 130 countries. More than 150 musical acts crooned, and supporters held more than 10,000 registered "fringe events" in addition to the main concerts on every continent. A ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, green living, music, news (all these topics) |
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Have We Mentioned This Big Climate Concert?
Live Earth concerts set to rock the world tomorrow |
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06 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Have We Mentioned This Big Climate Concert? Live Earth concerts set to rock the world tomorrow Tomorrow, tomorrow ... Gore loves ya, tomorrow. Live Earth, the much-anticipated event dreamed up by the former veep, will rock 7/7/07 with 24 hours of concerts to raise climate awareness. A total audience of some 2 billion will see Jack Johnson in Sydney, The Police reunited in New Joisey, Madonna in London, or the ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, green living, music, news (all these topics) |
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After All, She Knows The Secret
Poll respondents pick Al, Oprah, and Kofi as climate messengers |
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02 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| After All, She Knows The Secret Poll respondents pick Al, Oprah, and Kofi as climate messengers Recent polls have shown that people all over the world ... join hands, start a love train, love train! Oh sorry, we get distracted. People all over the world are worried about the environment -- and the latest poll says that Oprah could help save us. Run by the Nielsen Company and Oxford University, the poll ask ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, celebrity, climate, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Noah Scape
Big-budget, zero-carbon comedy Evan Almighty opens today |
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22 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Noah Scape Big-budget, zero-carbon comedy Evan Almighty opens today Today marks the debut of a movie that is, depending whom you ask, either a shining star in the eco-entertainment pantheon or a crass manifestation of green gone bad. Evan Almighty, with Steve Carell as a latter-day Noah, bills itself as "the first major motion picture comedy to zero out its [carbon] footprint." Its producers have launched a $ ... |
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| Topics: climate, green living, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Plus, He Made That Boat Sink
Leonardo DiCaprio brings climate-change film to Cannes |
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21 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Plus, He Made That Boat Sink Leonardo DiCaprio brings climate-change film to Cannes A year ago, Al Gore spread the climate-change message at the Cannes Film Festival. Now it's Leonardo DiCaprio's turn. The former boy wonder produced, co-wrote, and narrated The 11th Hour, a documentary that explores how industrial society screwed itself and how it can fix the problem. Relyi ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, climate, David Suzuki, green living, Leonardo DiCaprio, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Not On My Botch -- Uh, Watch
Katrina refugees say FEMA trailers making them sick |
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17 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Not On My Botch -- Uh, Watch Katrina refugees say FEMA trailers making them sick As states in the Southeastern U.S. brace for this year's hurricane season, new Federal Emergency Management Agency head David Paulison has a promise: "You won't see what happened with Katrina happen again in this country.'' Paulison assured a crowd of emergency responders in Florida that the &q ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental justice, green living, health, news, severe weather (all these topics) |
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Was It Something We Said?
Global warming and other woes cause rise of eco-anxiety |
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10 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Was It Something We Said? Global warming and other woes cause rise of eco-anxiety The world already has ecotourism, eco-movies, and eco-purses -- in fact, more eco-trends than you can shake an eco-stick at. So it was only a matter of time before another trapping of modern life took the prefix: eco-anxiety. Seems people are flocking to, yes, eco-therapists to talk about the unpleasant feelings they get u ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, green living, news (all these topics) |
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