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March 2009

Greenwash Alert! Pepsi’s ‘Eco-Fina’ Bottle

We got an interesting press release in our inbox this week announcing a supposedly eco-friendly bottled water.  PepsiCo has launched its new ‘Eco-Fina’ bottle, which uses 50 percent less plastic than regular water bottles, making it the lightest half-liter bottle of any nationally distributed bottled water on the market – and they want anyone with [...]

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Fish Oil Could Control Methane-Packed Cow Farts

When cows fart – which they do, a lot – one of the most potent greenhouse gases in existence is released in huge quantities. That, of course, contributes to global warming. But how do we get all the cows on the planet to stop passing gas? Scientists have tried trapping it in tanks strapped to [...]

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Obama Seeks to Out-Do Clinton in Greening the White House

President Obama wants to green the White House, and though it’s been done before, he’s going to one-up former Presidents Carter, Clinton and Bush in every way he can. Carter installed solar panels, Clinton embarked on an ambitious effort that successfully improved the efficiency of lighting, heating, A/C, insulation and water use and even anti-environment [...]

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Green Porno is Back, Now with More Sex!

Isabella Rossellini will be doing some very dirty things on your television screen again starting this week, but it’ll only turn you on if you’ve got some weird fetishes.  Last year, the beautiful Italian actress teamed up with the Sundance Channel to produce a series of short films entitled ‘Green Porno’, and the second season [...]

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Green College Spotlight: George Mason University

George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia has committed itself to integrating sustainability to as many aspects of campus operations as possible, and they’ve come a long way in the past five years. While the university doesn’t have many formal sustainability policies in place, they’ve shown quite a bit of initiative, particularly in the area [...]

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Plant Tells You What it Needs via Twitter

Twitter, the social networking site that allows you to keep your friends updated on what’s going on in your life in 140 characters or less, is all the rage these days – and not just for actual humans. The Tweet-a-Watt blew the competition out of the water in the Greener Gadgets Competition, and now a [...]

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