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A league of their own Now your $9 ballpark beer comes in an eco-cup	Katharine Wroth	10 May 2005	Gristmill
It's a single piece of news, but a revolution in its own right: starting Friday, the Oakland A's will serve drinks in compostable cornstarch cups, and provide compostable cutlery too. McAfee Coliseum staffers will dig the items out of the trash at the end of each game -- pausing only briefly to wonder if they should have taken that internship with Dad's friend's company instead -- and ship the whole beery, mustardy mess to a composting facility. It's all part of sta ...
Topics: food, sports, waste (all these topics)

Will & Disgrace Louisiana environmental advocate forced out of job by state attorney general	Amanda Griscom Little	28 Apr 2005	Muckraker
Willie Fontenot (center) surrounded by ExxonMobil security guards. Photo: Stephen C. Kowal. After scoping out an ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge last month, Willie Fontenot, a community liaison officer for the Louisiana attorney general's office for 27 years, found himself faced with the option of forced retirement or getting the boot. A longtime environment ...
Topics: energy, environmental justice, health, Louisiana, Muckraker, oil, politics, toxics, waste (all these topics)

Fisk Tested, Mother Approved On conserving water	Umbra Fisk	31 Mar 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Twenty years ago, I lived off the grid and learned how to conserve water. That lesson stayed with me, and it's agonizing for me to witness the cavalier, wasteful treatment of precious freshwater. My elderly mother moved in with me two years ago, and all is lovely and fine, except that she wastes more water with basic household activities than any single individual I've ever seen. Do you have any suggestions on ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, waste (all these topics)

Blown away	Katharine Wroth	24 Mar 2005	Gristmill
With a drop in recycling rates, Chicago is wondering: how come no one cares anymore? The city's 'blue bag' program, introduced in 1995, sells bags for recyclables that are collected alongside regular trash. Last year, 90,000 tons filtered through, compared to 126,000 in 2000. The Chicago Tribune reports that Mayor Richard Daley says it's not working because Chicagoans are apathetic. (Way to inspire 'em, Dick!) Critics, meanwhile, say the method is inconvenient, the ...
Topics: Chicago, recycling, waste (all these topics)

Waste	David Roberts	21 Mar 2005	Gristmill
On Energy Priorities, a short but interesting piece on France's struggles with nuclear waste. The good bit:Every day, about ten shipping containers arrive on trucks at the Soulaines-Dhuys storage facility outside Troyes, in the province of Ardennes, 180 kilometers east of Paris. On board are barrels of waste that isn't radioactive enough to be stored at Marcoule. Every year, 15,000 cubic meters of waste contaminated with uranium, plutonium and tritium arrive here. The ...
Topics: energy, France, nuclear power, waste (all these topics)

The Phony Express Falsified Yucca documents lead to investigation of project's science		17 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
The Phony Express Falsified Yucca documents lead to investigation of project's science The use of fabricated sources in a study about the safety of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste dump -- revealed in a series of emails between scientists -- has Energy and Interior Department officials scrambling to investigate. The U.S. Geological Survey study was critical to the ...
Topics: Department of Energy, Department of Interior, Nevada, news, nuclear power, waste (all these topics)

Low-energy indoor composter	Chris Schults	15 Mar 2005	Gristmill
Thanks to frequent Gristmill commentor Mike Capone, I came across this very cool product on Treehugger: Naturemill Low-energy Indoor Composter. While I'll stick with my green cone, since I have a yard, this would have been awesome while living in an apartment building in New York City. Unfortunately, there is a waiting list.
Topics: gardening, green products, waste (all these topics)

Poop is not funny	Katharine Wroth	24 Feb 2005	Gristmill
OK, maybe a little. Hot off the, er, presses: a company in Australia is seeking donations of kangaroo dung to make recycled paper. Inspired by African and Asian operations that make sheets from elephant excrement, Joanna Gair hopes to make 'Roo Poo Paper' a household name. The 'pooey' product has proven useful as a conservation fundraiser in some places and is, of course, a hit with the kids. 'It's taken my breath away just how popular this [idea] is,' Gair says. Whi ...
Topics: air pollution, Australia, Nebraska, waste (all these topics)

Reid Between the Mines Senate Democratic leader Reid is a friend to the mining industry		02 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Reid Between the Mines Senate Democratic leader Reid is a friend to the mining industry Sen. Harry Reid, the new leader of the Senate Democrats, knows full-well that his home state of Nevada isn't a liberal or environmental stronghold. Thus he has had to balance his party's political agenda with his state's economic interests, and one of those big interests is mining. Reid has repeat ...
Topics: Harry Reid, mining, Nevada, nuclear power, politics, toxics, waste (all these topics)

The Rocky Flats Horror Picture Show Ex-FBI agent charges feds with radioactive coverup at Rocky Flats	Amanda Griscom Little	21 Jan 2005	Muckraker
The plotline sounds as absurd as a made-for-TV movie: An FBI agent exposes deadly contamination at an old nuclear-weapons plant, but the federal government conceals the findings. Years later, Congress votes to convert the tract into a wildlife refuge and open it to school field trips and public recreation. The site becomes a poster child for eco-friendly nucl ...
Topics: Colorado, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Muckraker, politics, toxics, waste (all these topics)

Doo-lemma On doggie-doo bags	Umbra Fisk	29 Nov 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, For years, I faithfully brought my canvas bags to the grocery store, leaving plastic bags for the environmentally uninformed. A few months ago, though, I adopted a dog, and I now find myself with a dilemma. I need to pick up all of his solid excrement, and having no compost or any other area for it to go (I live in the city), I need to use plastic bags to take care of it. I hope you have another suggestion for something I can use ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, solid waste treatment and disposal, waste (all these topics)

On Your Mark, Get Set, Kyoto! Kyoto gets a kick-off date		18 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
On Your Mark, Get Set, Kyoto! Kyoto gets a kick-off date After nearly seven years of doubt and often rancorous debate, the Kyoto Protocol has an official start date: Feb. 16, 2005, at which point the treaty will become binding. The 90-day countdown period begins tomorrow, thanks to the handover of official documents from Russia to the U.N. at a ceremony in Nairobi, declaring its ratification. Only four industri ...
Topics: climate, Kyoto Protocol, politics, waste (all these topics)

Starbucks tokens	David Roberts	17 Nov 2004	Gristmill
Next year, coffee mega-super-behemoth Starbucks will begin stocking its stores with partially recycled coffee cups -- 10 percent recycled, to be precise. Ten percent is no great shakes, of course, but even if this is a largely symbolic gesture, perhaps enviros should consider for once hailing the symbolism rather than immediately bashing the company for not doing more. Just a suggestion.
Topics: business, recycling, waste (all these topics)

Porkic Victory Pork-laden corporate tax bill socks it to the environment	Amanda Griscom Little	18 Oct 2004	Muckraker
Oink, oink. The monstrous corporate tax legislation that recently sailed through Congress -- passing in the Senate 69-17 last Monday, only days after it passed in the House -- has given the environmental community a terrible case of Coulda-Been-Worse Syndrome. "We're well aware that this bill reflects the kind of sausage-making, vote-building, pigs-at-the-trough mentality that C ...
Topics: air pollution, business, energy, legislation, Muckraker, oil, politics, waste (all these topics)

The Brush-Off On our 'throw it away' culture	Umbra Fisk	30 Sep 2004	Ask Umbra
On our "throw it away" culture By Umbra Fisk 30 Sep 2004 Dear Umbra, I hope I am not the only person who is disgusted with and frustrated by the current "throw it away" philosophy that so many large companies are pushing. Everything from window cleaner to facial wipes is being sold in single-use packages. Why? Don't these companies and consumers realize that, for one thing, landfill capacity is becoming an endangered species? Then there is the toilet brush w ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, waste (all these topics)

Ay, There's the Stub On recycling pencil stubs	Umbra Fisk	27 Sep 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I'm looking for a place that accepts pencil stubs (one to two inches long) to recycle into new pencils. I've found recycled pencils online -- made from denim, plastic, recovered wood, and paper currency. But what can I do with my stubs? Phoenix Covington, Ky. Dearest Phoenix, All the waste-reduction tips tell you to stop using wooden pencils, but that doesn't help with the ones you already have. Plus wooden pen ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, recycling, waste (all these topics)

Polluting the Village to Save It Bush administration cites 'national security' as reason to skirt enviro rules	Amanda Griscom	12 Aug 2004	Muckraker
Bush administration cites "national security" as reason to skirt enviro rules By Amanda Griscom 12 Aug 2004 What are the enviro impacts of a construction project on the U.S.-Mexico border? Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Bush administration has proposed yet another list of environmental sacrifices that it believes America should make for the War on Terror. Last year, President Bush pushed through legislation that exempts military training ba ...
Topics: Department of Homeland Security, environmental non-government organizations, logging, Muckraker, national security, politics, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Girl on Film On recycling videotapes and laser discs	Umbra Fisk	17 Jun 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I'm a dedicated cineaste, and over the last decade I've built up a large library (around 5,000 titles) of classic films on VHS and old-fashioned laser discs. I have been anxious to start adding DVDs to my collection, with all the extra features they offer, but I've held off because I know that any further expansion of my collection will require me to make more space -- i.e., get rid of a bunch of bulky pla ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, recycling, waste (all these topics)

Waste Makes Haste Answers about thermal depolymerization	Umbra Fisk	10 Jun 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, What is thermal depolymerization? Ann Freehold, N.J. Dearest Ann, A polymer is a large group of linked molecules. We're made of polymers such as protein, eat polymers such as starch, and wear polymers such as leather and nylon. Thermal depolymerization is a heat-driven process that breaks down or transforms polymers into the shorter chains from whence they came: oil. Our planet's automatic transforma ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, oil, solid waste treatment and disposal, waste (all these topics)

Litter with a G On glitter	Umbra Fisk	24 May 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, What is the half-life of glitter and what is the environmental impact of said glitter on the ground? Planet Diva Austin, Texas Dearest Planet Diva, Everyone should know the truth: Write me a question about glitter and I will answer it right away. Glitter floats to the top of thousands of questions and shimmers there, distracting me from analysis of household air samples. Glitter. Glitter is to plastic, glass, and aluminum as san ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, waste (all these topics)

Super-un-funded Superfund could be weakened by recommendations from EPA subcommittee	Amanda Griscom	06 May 2004	Muckraker
Arsenic in water, mercury emissions, new-source review, Dick Cheney's energy task force -- these are the issues that have elicited the loudest howls of protest about the Bush administration's environmental record during the past three years. By comparison, the grumbling over Superfund has been remarkably muted. Mountains of toxic waste dot the horizon around Tar Creek. Photo: U.S. E ...
Topics: Muckraker, politics, toxics, US EPA, waste (all these topics)

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pollutocrat Announcing Umbra's latest contest	Umbra Fisk	15 Apr 2004	Ask Umbra
Dearest Beloved Readers, Another turn of the seasons (still four, at last count) has brought us together again on the eve of Earth Day, the moment in the sun for the environmental movement, the fifth anniversary of Grist, and the second anniversary of my ability to freely pontificate into your inbox. It's been a nice, quiet year here in the stacks, though there was a phase upstairs of eating o ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, waste (all these topics)

Doubt of the Benefit On the benefits of recycling	Umbra Fisk	09 Mar 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Some time ago, the public radio program This American Life, hosted by Ira Glass, was about recycling. Glass reported, "Experts agree that we have plenty of landfill space for the foreseeable future." He proposed that recycling therefore did little more than make us feel good. The hapless person he interviewed came up with no better response to that than, "Well, what's wrong with feeling good?&q ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal, waste (all these topics)

Kid Commando On diaperless parenting	Umbra Fisk	12 Feb 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I have a baby on the way. Due to prodding by my wife, I have begun to think about things such as diapers. Babies make a lot of boom-boom, and wrapping it all up in a bundle of plastic diaperness, tossing that in a plastic sack, and then tossing the lot in a landfill seems eco-unfriendly. And reusable diapers are definitely parent-unfriendly, insists my wife. I have seen some all-cotton and paper disposable diapers, but at ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, parenting, solid waste treatment and disposal, waste (all these topics)

Hot Spot and Bothered With feds slow to tackle mercury pollution, state leaders step up	Amanda Griscom	12 Feb 2004	Muckraker
The Mercury Mutiny is gaining force on the state level, galvanizing some unlikely rebels. Eastern states including Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York were the first to jump into the fray, launching local efforts to reduce mercury pollution in response to the Bush administration's widely criticized plan for dealing with mercury. Then last week, a new regional e ...
Topics: East Coast, health, mercury, Muckraker, Northeast, politics, toxics, waste (all these topics)

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