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On greening your roommates
I live in an apartment with roommates and will probably stay in this living situation for a few more years. How do I make the transition to a more environmentally conscious style of living without annoying them, or making them think I’m weird? For example, I really want to begin composting, but I doubt they […]
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From Aliens to Australians
Roswell that ends well Says Yahoo! News: “A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change.” And nothing we could say would make that funnier. Photo: iStockphoto They dream of greenie Generation Insomnia is growing up in Britain as half […]
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My aborted adventure on Fox
I’ll tell you a little secret. Late last week, for a few brief, surreal hours, I was scheduled to appear on the Fox News show Hannity & Colmes to discuss … well, allegedly the greening of the Oscars, but as anyone who’s seen the show knows, the real topic was always going to be the […]
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Share with friends and family
I just talked with a reporter from CNS News — a right-wing media site — about the Al Gore pseudo-scandal. Who knows how my comments will end up being represented in the piece. Probably something like, "Al Gore … does it … with … hogs." But just to keep a public record, here are the […]
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Hey, One Thing At a Time
NASCAR deals with switch to unleaded fuel, considers adding ethanol As the NASCAR season gears up, fans are all atwitter. No, not about the Daytona 500 scandal — that’s so last week. It’s the switch to that dang unleaded! This weekend saw the first-ever NASCAR race fueled by the gas the rest of the country’s […]
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Martin Who?
An Inconvenient Truth wins Oscars, Al Gore wins affection Rock star. Superhero. Visionary. That pre-Oscar hype paled next to last night’s event, which saw Al Gore — looking blissfully bloated in a Ralph Lauren tux — take home an award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song. OK, technically the Goracle himself didn’t win […]
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From Petra to Paint
The recycled envelope, please We’ll be Blunt: “Green” and “Oscars” used to be about as likely a match as James and Petra. But these days, they go hand-in-hand — to pre-Oscar eco-parties in ZAPs and Teslas. Oscar hasn’t been this green since Sesame Street. Photo: Lester Cohen / WireImage.com Does the Hoff know about this? […]
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They’ve Had Their Filament
Australia to fully phase out incandescent bulbs by 2010 In a world first, Australia will officially make the switch away from incandescent bulbs. Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull said today that the country would phase out inefficient lighting over the next three years, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions hundreds of thousands of tons a year and cutting household […]
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From Rockin’ to Rollin’
Since u been Gore Well, it’s official: Al Gore is a rock star. Yesterday, our one-and-only officially launched Save Our Selves, a campaign to combat the climate crisis, beginning with seven concerts on seven continents on 7/7/07 with artists ranging from Keane to Korn to our hetero-crush, Kelly. Ms. Clarkson, we’d follow you to the […]
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Umbra on love and kindness
Dear Umbra, Sorry to hear you are under the weather. Hope you are fully jauntified soon! Brian Plymouth, Minn. Dearest Brian, Thank you so much for this note, and thank you to the other people who wrote in wishing me better health after a little comment I made about my head feeling like it was […]
