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From Bacon to Bouncin’
Bring homies the Bacon We interviewed Stone Gossard, who was in Singles with Campbell Scott, who was in Loverboy with Kevin Bacon. So we’ll give you the third degree: Check out Kev’s new site SixDegrees.org to see which causes the stars are supportin’ these days and chip in some change of your own. Photo: Jeff […]
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From Condoms to Crow
If only they were 100 percent effective A new ad campaign popping up on U.K. campuses asks: What better way to protect against climate change than with a jimmy hat salami sling love glove condom? Better latex than never! And, uh, where can we get one that size? Image: Friends of the Earth Hoofin’ it […]
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From Handbags to Hooligans
We wish we were an Oscar maybe winner Dreamy Al‘s got this Oscar nod in the bag … an Ecoist bag made from movie billboards, that is. (Yeah, we did!) We give the eco-totes two thumbs up, though we could think of a few other things to do with a larger-than-life McConaughey. Photo: Ecoist Baby, […]
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From Globes to Graffiti
Global swarming The first-ever “green” Golden Globes awards bash was held Monday in an eco-space filled with foliage, reclaimed-wood tables, and organic foodstuffs. Among the attendees were Amy Smart, Daryl Hannah, Green Pink, and Napoleon Dynamite, who caught a delicious Lance Bass. Photo: John Shearer / WireImage.com Dress reversal We were going to attend the […]
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From Blue to Blackbird
H to the WTF Dear Jay-Z, Why you frontin’? We were big pimpin’ your efforts to raise awareness about the world’s water crisis. But we’re not crazy in love with your latest venture. A “Jay-Z Blue” gas-guzzler? Seriously? Excuse me, mister, but we thought your color was green. Photo: John Shearer / WireImage.com The pen […]
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New Year’s Resolutions 2007
Answer the call of the wild “Ring, ring” is so 2005; “Buttons” is so 2006. This year, celebrate The Year of the Endangered-Animal Ringtone. Ash-breasted tit-tyrant calling! Photo courtesy of Lynne Howse and the Center for Biological Diversity Date sexy eco-geek(s) Hey Tom Szaky — we like worm poop too. Or we could, for you. […]
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Guaranteed true, top to bottom!
In 2007:
- Prius sales will peak and begin a slow decline as consumers anticipate 2008 models from competitors that will have similar or better performance and therefore higher status.
- Electric hybrid bikes will become increasingly popular as a commuting tool thanks to improved battery technology.
- The SUV fad will continue to fade.
- The corn ethanol pyramid scheme will continue to play out based on the canard that the use of environmentally destructive biofuels is a necessary (but in theory, temporary) evil.
- Biofuel crops (primarily those used for biodiesel) will accelerate the loss of rainforests and other carbon sinks (and the biodiversity contained within them).
- More biofuel will be imported than in any previous year.
- More lifeforms will be declared extinct.
- The number of hungry people in the world will increase (as it did this year, by 4 million).
- Mustaches will return as an attractive and stylish fashion statement.
- Grist will kick some serious ass.
Happy New Year.
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Every one destined to be 100% correct
Last week I reviewed the top ten green stories of 2006. But looking back is easy. What’s going to happen in 2007? I have no clue. But being wrong carries no penalty in U.S. punditry, so I’m going to make a few predictions anyway. Twenty, to be specific. In 2007: Al Gore will a) win […]
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The year, alphabetically
When it comes to global warming and the environment, everything seemed to change in 2006 -- at least in terms of public awareness. Here's an A-to-Z accounting of just some of those changes:
A is for An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's scientific but surprisingly human documentary on the threat of climate change, which was expected to take in at most $6-7 million at the box office but went on to gross over $45 million, the biggest documentary of the year and the third-largest of all time.
B is for biofuels, which went from becoming a hippies-only fringe product to a highlight of the State of the Union address. To date, Washington has been focused mostly on ethanol, but other fuels requiring much less fossil energy to produce are coming to the fore and proving surprisingly popular. Or as the bumper sticker says: "Biodiesel: No war required."
C is for California, which set a new standard for pollution control by passing a bipartisan package of bills designed to cut tailpipe greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 percent by 2016 (and many other measures). For this, Iain Murray, a fossil fuel-funded think tank writer for the far-right National Review, declared: "It is hard to escape the conclusion ... that what California has done is to decide to join the Third World."
