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July 7, 2010
Credit: Corey Templeton/FlickrIt’s been a long wait for the summer cherries but here in New York they’ve finally made their appearance, ready for pies (and speaking of...
June 30, 2010
Wesleyan students laying down plastic to fend off weeds. Credit: WesleyingAs I got ready to leave college for the summer, I noticed a new trend among my friends when it...
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September 8, 2010
Under the provocative title “Mr. Obama vs. the Greens,” the Washington Post today offered an internally contradictory view of a lawsuit against the nation’s five biggest carbon polluters. The editorial begins by praising the Justice Department’s Solicitor General for asking the Supreme Court to stop the suit. It ends by endorsing the very same lawsuit as a backstop in case EPA fails to act. What’s going on here?
First, some background. In 2004, in a case called...
September 8, 2010
As some readers may know, I occasionally cross-post from this blog to a few other excellent sites, including Huffington Post, DailyKos, Sustainable Cities Collective, Rooflines, and CNU Salons, all of which I recommend, as well as some others who are authorized to reproduce my work at their election. I am honored to be in each. Today, I am going to turn the tables and cross-post in the other direction; this piece (posted by me but mostly written by a talented friend) appeared yesterday in Huffington...
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September 9, 2010
You might think the biggest sporting event in the country is the World Series or the Super Bowl. But by head count, neither come close to the U.S. Open, where 700,000 guests flood into the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center over the course of two weeks. As at all sporting events, this wave of fans likes to eat, drink and buy memorabilia. So much of the effort to green the Open has been focused on visible aspects, such as recycling waste and food. More, however, goes on behind the scenes. Over the past three...
September 9, 2010
You might think the biggest sporting event in the country is the World Series or the Super Bowl. But by head count, neither come close to the U.S. Open, where 700,000 guests flood into the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center over the course of two weeks. As at all sporting events, this wave of fans likes to eat, drink and buy memorabilia. So much of the effort to green the Open has been focused on visible aspects, such as recycling waste and food. More, however, goes on behind the scenes. Over the past three...
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