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Road trip, dudes!
The Kick the Oil Habit road trip is underway -- it was introduced today by Sen. Barack Obama.
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Amanda on Marketplace
Following up on Amanda's post below -- check out her appearance on public radio's Marketplace, where she discusses Gore's appearance at Wal-Mart's meeting.
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Dispatch from a green-themed gathering of Wal-Mart execs
I write from a quarterly meeting of Wal-Mart managers and execs, focused on implementing CEO H. Lee Scott's eco-friendly vision. (For more on that vision, see my interview with Scott.)
I never dreamed I'd find myself feeling anything but depressed after a day of immersive conference activities at Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. But now that I'm here, I'm feeling decidedly optimistic.
Granted, I was a tad creeped out when the 800-plus members of the audience erupted in a Wal-Mart chant that involved much gesticulating, grunting, sky-punching, and the like. ("Give me a W ... A ... L ... etc. ... What does that spell? ... Who do we love? ...")
But generally speaking, there's a lot of hopeful news to report. More details will be forthcoming in next week's Muckraker, but here's a snapshot with a few highlights:
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Umbra on recycling foil
Dear Umbra, Summertime grilling is in full swing at our house, but I am wondering what the ecological cost is of all that aluminum foil we’re using in place of our regular pots and pans. Sure makes for great clean up, but it is not recyclable as aluminum cans are. Sandra Liebe Paris, Ill. Dearest […]
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The Jinglehorse EcoSystem
The CEO of Jinglehorse, a Georgia-based computer company, wrote to let us know that his outfit has created the EcoSystem, an energy-efficient, eco-friendly PC.According to Jinglehorse, the system uses 75% less energy than normal PCs and is fully RoHS compliant. Plus it's tucked into a small form factor (SFF), which I'm a big fan of. I haven't used the system myself, so caveat emptor, but it looks killer. I expect we'll be seeing more of these in coming years.
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Take a Road Off, Arnie
Schwarzenegger asks feds to protect roadless national forests in California California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) today asked the feds to keep all 4.4 million roadless acres of national forest in his state off-limits to logging, road-building, and other development. President Bush in 2004 canceled President Clinton’s rule protecting roadless national-forest areas; now it’s up to […]
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Population pixels
Lisa mentioned that yesterday was World Population Day. The huge numbers that get tossed around in these discussions are difficult to grasp, so if you'd like a handy way to visualize world population, check this out.
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Dioxin Another Day
EPA should reassess dioxin risk, science panel says The U.S. EPA may be overestimating the cancer-causing risk of the chemical dioxin at very low doses, and should crunch the numbers in new ways before setting a cleanup standard, says a research council from the National Academy of Sciences. The EPA published a draft report on […]
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What’s Up, Dock?
San Francisco aims to provide plug-in power to docked cruise ships As San Francisco completes a new cruise-ship terminal, it plans also to build a facility to provide electric power to docked ships. Shoreside power — in effect, extension cords that plug idling ships into hydro- and solar-generated electricity — could reduce harmful emissions from […]
