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A bad pap
Yet another reason for your bile to rise when you hear the word "paparazzi": their choice in vehicles.
Check out this impressive (or should I say unimpressive?) lineup of pap-owned SUVs parked in front of Britney Spears' house last week.
Couldn't a couple of you chase the starlets around in a Civic or something?
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Julia Roberts greens up
Nothing like another child on the way to get a gal thinking about the health of the planet. Apparently, Julia Roberts, who's preggo again, is planning to green up her Malibu abode with some solar panels, recycled tiles, and sustainable wood products.
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Carbon trading vs. carbon taxes on Science Friday
The question of climate change has finally moved on from is it happening? to what should we do about it?.
There has been some great discussion here at Grist on carbon trading vs. carbon taxes (e.g., here or here).
For those who want more, Bill Chameides, chief scientist of Environmental Defense, was on Science Friday to talk about carbon trading. Check out the mp3 here.
Bill basically reiterates the points he made here on Gristmill a while back. But it's still worth listening to.
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Beans, beans, good for your recipe
In keeping with the recent topics of eating low on the food chain for environmental reasons (e.g., beans instead of meat) and cooking for a crowd, I dug out an old recipe for a curried red lentil soup with an apple cider or pear juice base, so I could double it to serve 10-12 people instead of 5-6.
I've always been told that to double a recipe, you should double the basic ingredients but not the spices. What I do is adjust the spices by slowly adding small increments and tasting the results. The amounts that work usually do turn out to be less than twice the original.
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Why are environmental activists so clueless at marketing climate change solutions?
Virgin Blue, the Australian extension of Richard Branson's airline empire, recently launched a program to allow passengers to purchase carbon offsets when they book a flight.
That's nice. But what struck me was this quote from Greenpeace's energy campaigner, Ben Pearson:
Virgin should not be criticized out of hand for this scheme, but it promotes the idea that dealing with climate change is easy and cheap rather than being about the difficult task of changing consumer behavior, government policy and investment.
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Griles: tip of a slimy iceburg
Carl Pope addresses the Griles conviction that Andrew obliquely mentioned below, and adds this interesting info: You might think that having the number two guy at Interior go to the slammer would serve as a cautionary warning to the Administration — but no. Instead, Bush is eagerly racing to make certain that it’s harder for […]
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Lawyers instead of engineers
As a warm-up for suing California over fuel-economy standards, automakers are … suing Vermont over fuel-economy standards.
