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Brew Ado On beer containers	Umbra Fisk	15 Jan 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My friends and I consume a fair amount of beer, and we're wondering: What's worse for the environment, buying beer in cans or in bottles? Kelly Manitoba, Canada Dearest Kelly, Thank you for giving me a reason to look up the Earth's mineral-reserves map in my atlas. I've learned fascinating things about aluminum and glass and discussed the whole matter with lifecycle analysis experts and recycling folks (including my pal Peke the ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, recycling (all these topics)

Ale's What Cures You Umbra Addresses the Thirsty Concerns of Eco-Friendly Beer Drinkers		15 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: education, green living, recycling (all these topics)

Keen on Dean Babbitt Joins With Other Enviros to Endorse Dean		15 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: Department of Interior, elections, green living, politics (all these topics)

The Green Elephant in the Room Far Right's Environmental Commitment Weak; Whitman's Ampler		14 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, health, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Oh, Yes! It's Mr. Bill! Mr. Bill to Serve as Spokesperson for Louisiana Coastal Campaign		12 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Oh, Yes! It's Mr. Bill! Mr. Bill to Serve as Spokesperson for Louisiana Coastal Campaign With a $14 billion, 30-year restoration plan -- potentially the largest public works project in American history -- at stake, an educational campaign meant to raise awareness about Louisiana's eroding coastal marshes has turned to the one voice capable of spanning generations, artic ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Erosion, green living, Louisiana, oceans, wetlands (all these topics)

Death Be Not Toxic Green Burials Catch on Amongst the Eco-Friendly Set		12 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Death Be Not Toxic Green Burials Catch on Amongst the Eco-Friendly Set It's no longer enough to live an eco-friendly life; now, the greenest of the green are planning for their own eco-friendly deaths. A small but growing number of people are seeking out burial in green cemeteries. Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, S.C., is one such spot, a 35-acre expanse of woodla ...
Topics: green living, pollution and waste, South Carolina, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Endless Summer Climate Scientists Predict More Hot Summers for Europe		12 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Endless Summer Climate Scientists Predict More Hot Summers for Europe Thanks to global warming, summer heat waves like the one that killed close to 20,000 people in Europe in 2003 could recur up to once every two years by the end of the century. So claims a study conducted by a group of scientists from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and published in the lat ...
Topics: climate, European Union, food and agriculture, green living, health, wilderness (all these topics)

A Few of Your Favorite Things The Grist Inbox Is Brimming With Opinions on Biodiesel, Urinals, More		09 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: education, energy, green living, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Homeocidal Herbal Medicine Trade Threatens Thousands of Plant Species		09 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Homeocidal Herbal Medicine Trade Threatens Thousands of Plant Species The booming worldwide market for herbal medicines threatens between 8 and 20 percent of the 50,000 known wild medicinal plant species with extinction, according to a forthcoming study by the World Wildlife Fund. Having risen by10 percent per ...
Topics: Asia, China, climate, European Union, globalization, green living, health, India, North America, population, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Terror Error Top British Scientist Calls Global Warming Bigger Threat Than Terrorism		09 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Terror Error Top British Scientist Calls Global Warming Bigger Threat Than Terrorism Which menacing global problem should be keeping you up at night: terrorism or climate change? Britain's top government scientist is creating a bit of a stir by arguing that it's the latter, and lambasting President Bush for having his priorities all out of whack. In an article in today's issue of the U.S. jo ...
Topics: climate, green living, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Just Stick to Tofu Farmed Salmon Contaminated With PCBs, Other Nasties		09 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Just Stick to Tofu Farmed Salmon Contaminated With PCBs, Other Nasties Consumers, still struggling with the news that bovine spongiform encephalopathy-laden beef will make your brain melt and mercury-laden tuna will make your children stupid, were met today with more bad news: A new study in the journal Science claims that fish-farmed salmon contain enoug ...
Topics: European Union, fishing, green living, health, marine life, South America, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Super Markets Free Markets May Be the Ticket to a Clean Energy Revolution		08 Jan 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

A Mighty Wind New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away		07 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
A Mighty Wind New California Wind Farm Blows Previous Efforts Away Between San Francisco and Sacramento lies the nearly completed High Winds Energy Center, a state-of-the-art wind farm expected to generate roughly 162 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power 75,000 homes -- and make wind power competitive with extractive energy sources. The turbin ...
Topics: business, California, energy, food and agriculture, green living, San Francisco, wildlife, wind power (all these topics)

Aqua Delve-a (Sorry) On water heaters	Umbra Fisk	18 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have a question that's been nagging at me for some time. Since I have a water heater inside my house, any waste heat from the water heater contributes to heating the house. Does it still make sense in terms of energy savings to put an insulating blanket on the water heater? Kurt Littleton, Colo. Dearest Kurt, Getting tanked. Photo: PNNL. After space heat -- that is, heating your entire home -- water heaters are the l ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living (all these topics)

Thermostatic On turning down the thermostat	Umbra Fisk	18 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My housemates and I are engaged in an ongoing argument about the heat (gas) in our somewhat old house. I argue that for the minimum eight hours that we are out of the house during the day, we should turn our heat down to at least 62 degrees. They argue that we should leave it at 68 at all times, because it takes more energy to heat up the house later when we all arrive home. Not surprisingly, we can't agree about a ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living (all these topics)

Naturally: Gas On home heating	Umbra Fisk	18 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Can you shed some light (or some warmth) on the most environmentally sound ways to heat one's home this winter? Natural gas over coal and oil for its lower carbon (and particulate) content? What about fireplaces: good or bad? Would burning gas logs be a good alternative to burning real wood? Thanks for your help! Janet Washington, D.C. Dearest Janet, What we cold eco-folks are looking for is a heat source that is clean to prod ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, coal, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, natural gas, oil (all these topics)

Santa, Baby, Hurry and Recycle Tonight	Suzy Becker	16 Dec 2003	Ha.

Topics: green living, recycling (all these topics)

Green Eye for a Great Buy Demand Rises for Recycled and Organic Home Products		15 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Green Eye for a Great Buy Demand Rises for Recycled and Organic Home Products The hot gift this holiday season (in our humble, green-leaning opinion): anything recycled or organic. Demand for home products made from recycled or organic materials grew by 66 percent in 2001 and continues to rise, according to research conducted by New Hope Natural Media in Boulder, Colo. Plenty of niche sellers such as EcoPlanet ...
Topics: food and agriculture, green living, recycling (all these topics)

In the Flesh On eco-friendly meat	Umbra Fisk	11 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, While I'm not a vegetarian, I try to choose my foods based on their environmental impact. For me, most non-organic meat doesn't make the cut: It uses too much water, land, and other resources, and it pollutes our land and water. I know this because I know about CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations), which are the sources of the bulk of the chicken, pork, and beef that Americans eat. But what about lamb? I've never s ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living, industrial ag, local food, ranching, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Ante-Plastic On food storage	Umbra Fisk	11 Dec 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I recently read about the possible effects of plastics on women and the fetuses they may be carrying. I'm ready to change my ways, but I'm not sure how. Do you have some good suggestions about other ways we can package our leftovers or pack foods for lunch at school and work? Natalie Portland, Ore. Dearest Natalie, Time to go old school, perhaps literally. If plastic is the problem, the answer may be one compound word: ante-plas ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food, food and agriculture, green living, green products (all these topics)

Extract Marks the Spot Development, Tradition on Opposite Sides in South American Energy Battles		10 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Extract Marks the Spot Development, Tradition on Opposite Sides in South American Energy Battles Given its vast reserves of oil and natural gas, the Amazon basin should be heaven for extractive industries. Instead, the people who make their home in the basin are trying to make life hell for energy companies. Over the years, Amazon natives have become both more sophisticated and mo ...
Topics: Brazil, Ecuador, energy, green living, Peru, rainforests, South America (all these topics)

Disease on Down the Road Mark Jerome Walters' Six Modern Plagues shows how environmental damage leads to disease	Michelle Nijhuis	10 Dec 2003	Arts and Minds
Six Modern Plagues By Mark Jerome Walters Island Press, 206 pages, 2003 It's easy to look at disease outbreaks as acts of God, or fate, or chance. After all, diseases are often so capricious, so stubbornly beyond our full control, that it can seem as if we humans have little to do with them -- beyond suffering the consequences, that is. But in many ca ...
Topics: green living, health (all these topics)

Bridge Over Bottled Water Recycled Plastic Bridge Proves Inexpensive as Well as Eco-Friendly		09 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Bridge Over Bottled Water Recycled Plastic Bridge Proves Inexpensive as Well as Eco-Friendly You may have heard of plastic bottles being recycled into fleece jackets, park benches, and, of course, more plastic bottles -- but bridges? Yep; that's one of the latest creative uses for old milk cartons, soda containers, and the like. A 56-foot-long, one-lane bridge over the Mullica River in southern New Jersey, built almost entirely of ...
Topics: green living, New Jersey (all these topics)

If Only Enron Had Known About This New Erasable Ink Could Be Boon to Office Recycling		05 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
If Only Enron Had Known About This New Erasable Ink Could Be Boon to Office Recycling Invisible ink was once the province of spies, then of children -- and now of environmentalists? Beginning Monday, tech industry giant Toshiba will sell a new, disappearing ink in Japan that is designed to enable easier reuse and recycling. The ink, called "e-blue," can be used in ordinary laser printers as well as in pens, and dis ...
Topics: green living, Japan, recycling (all these topics)

Blue-CFL-Light Special Sales Boost Expected for Energy-Efficient Products		01 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Blue-CFL-Light Special Sales Boost Expected for Energy-Efficient Products What's the perfect holiday gift for the loved one who has everything? Try five compact fluorescent light bulbs. With energy prices expected to balloon this winter, experts are predicting increased sales of energy-efficient consumer products in the U.S. over the coming months. Home Depot recently published a catalog showcasing efficient goods: "We'v ...
Topics: climate, energy, green living (all these topics)

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