August 2009
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“That’s more or less the premise of the “Eco Assist” dashboard features on the...”
– Upcoming Honda Insight Turns Eco-Friendly Driving Into Game (via @arainert, dpstyles & mattlehrer).
The coming electric cars might just be cool enough to make this NYC girl want to drive again.
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Plastics in Ocean Decompose After All →
And that’s not good news. Islands of plastic waste floating in the oceans are filled with supposedly “indestructible” plastics that are decomposing quickly and releasing toxic substances into the water.
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Planting the garden is just the beginning
Last week, I had dinner with a woman who works for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden doing outreach to the borough’s growing number of home gardeners and community gardens (plots of land managed by a dedicated cadre of neighbors). She said that a lot of the education she does is about the potential dangers of Brooklyn soil. In many areas, there are high levels of certain toxins that can seep into...
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Climate Change Measure Should Be Set Aside, U.S.... →
Close your eyes. Imagine for a moment that some how, some way, the White House and Congress cobble together a civilized public health care system. Within a decade, Americans are healthier than they’ve been in a generation. Preventative care available to everyone has led to fewer ER visits and fewer instances of chronic, avoidable diseases, like diabetes, heart disease, and some forms of...
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Things are about to get real, fast.
Forget the threat of another Katrina, or Lower Manhattan under water, or drought and famine in Sub-Saharan Africa, or even the effin’ polar bears — French wine is in danger:
Leading figures from the French wine and food industries are urging their government to push for a strong global agreement at a United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in December, warning that failure to cut...
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