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From Poop to Power Remember all of those jokes about the government funding studies of cow flatulance? Turns out they might have been on to something. The Straus Family Creamery, [ … ]

Summer Blockbusters and Global Warming I haven’t seen The Day After Tomorrow yet, and I’m not generally a fan of summer disaster films, but this one’s sparking a lot of [ … ]

Pissing off Barbra Streisand and PG&E… seem like monumental tasks in and of themselves, but Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman have done much more, as outlined in this story from Salon. [ … ]

Global Warming’s Bottom Line Mindy Lubber’s op-ed from the Boston Globe reinforces the concept that global warming will present both environmental and economic challenges. At the same time, opportunities abound [ … ]

Not Playing it Safe Inspring stories of three companies breaking the rules and making profits. The Synergy Company, American Apparel and Organic Boutique have made their money “their way” through [ … ]

Grades are in… for computer companies and their environmental efforts. According to the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, most manufacturers still have a long ways to go. Dell and H-P scored [ … ]

Green Mortgages From Greenbiz, an article on Mortgagegreen, a new California-based mortgage company dedicated to “invest[ing] 10% of its corporate gross profits into a select group of 12 social and [ … ]

Out of the Labyrinth Just got to read the first page of this excerpt from Carl Frankel’s new book Out of the Labyrinth: Who We Are, How We Go Wrong, [ … ]

Polluters for Bush While I never intended for this blog to be political in its outlook (at least primarily), I’m constantly confronted with the facts that show movement towards real [ … ]

Yellow Taxis Turning Green? Interesting piece in The New York Times on the advantages of using hybrids (the Prius is mentioned most) as taxicabs. They’re not just cleaner, but better [ … ]

Island Press Environmental Issues Forum Received a note from Susan Soldavin of Island Press about the Island Press Environmental Issues Forum. It’s definitely worth a look! I’ve seen some references [ … ]

From Here to Economy Great article I found on Alternet, reprinted from Grist. Stan Cox analyzes the competing positions of “ec-socialism” and “natural capitalism.”

Ford Reinvents the Rouge While I’m still skeptical about “sustainable” initiatives by companies making a largely unsustainable product, I have to give it to Ford for their sustainable makeover of [ … ]