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Plus, Only Teams With Animal Names Can Play

Super Bowl gets greener, offsets emissions for first time Until this year, we loved the Super Bowl for precisely three reasons: beer, commercials, and ass-slapping. But we’re adding a fourth reason this year, as the NFL will be planting native trees and buying renewable-energy certificates to offset greenhouse-gas emissions from the game. Yes — guilt-free […]

On Your Marks, Get Set, Tesco

Big-box British retail chains are going green Watch out, Wal-Mart! Last week, British mega-retailers Tesco and Marks & Spencer both announced forward-thinking sustainability plans. Tesco even plans to begin labeling all products on its shelves with information about the amount of carbon generated during their production and transport. As Brits face the “Is it OK […]

We’re Just Saying

Scientists, states, and Congress point out that mercury is bad Mercury is not a problem. Mercury is not a problem. (Psst: hey readers, it’s us. We interrupt this federal brainwashing to let you know that researchers who sampled more than 2,700 fish from 626 rivers and streams in 12 Western states found mercury in every […]

Hidin’ Dirty

Bush pushes “alternative” fuels plan, critics push back President Bush got bizzy promoting his new energy goals yesterday, taking his message to a DuPont biofuels facility in Delaware and signing an executive order requiring federal agencies to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles — including plug-in hybrids when they become available. But Bush’s plan to cut gasoline […]