It's the Environment, Stupid.

• A Food Security Must Read

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  If you don't know who Michael Pollan is google him. Then read his books, specifically his most recent, An Omnivores Dilemma and In Defense of Food.
  
  If you're not a book reader, you should be. But if you want the abbreviated version of these books as well as Pollan's' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2008, 10:46am EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• LEED vs. Green Globes

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  I had known OF Green Globes, but didn't really know anything ABOUT it. So I decided to look into it and find out how it compared to LEED (which I am very familiar with - I looked at comparing the existing building versions as that's what I work [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2008, 9:28am EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Eco-terror hits the wrong target

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  I'm not a fan of eco-terror. In fact, I think it is a very ineffective form of protest and gives environmentalists a bad name.
  
  For example, take the latest from radical enviro group, Earth Liberation Front, or ELF. ELF took credit for torching' [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2008, 9:13pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Crate&Barrel introduces Eco-line

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  Well hot damn! Crate&Barrel has introduced an eco-friendly line of sofas and chairs.
  
  Now, I'm not a big Crate&Barrel shopper myself. I'm on the e-mail list because I bought a wedding present for a friend who registered there. But I thought I'd click through the' [...]
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  Posted: February 27, 2008, 10:00am EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Masses clueing in - green isn't all that easy

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  It looks like the days of shiny happy greenness are waning.
  
  A couple of recent NY Times articles (yes, my media publication of choice lately) feature the problems with going green.
  
  "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" takes of look of some of the contradictions in' [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2008, 1:04pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Why aren't candidates talking about climate change?

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  A commenter asked me (in a may-be-a-spam-comment kind of way), "Why aren't candidates talking about climate change?"
  
  Well, alex9852 (or whoever it is trying to get me to go check out an Earthlab poll mentioned on LiveEarth.org), here's what I think.
  
  I think candidates aren't' [...]
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  Posted: February 08, 2008, 5:06pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Tornadoes not linked to climate change

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  I was reading about the devastating tornados that tore through several southern states earlier this week in the NY Times, and they reported that climate change has nothing to do with the monster storm:
  Tornado experts said there was no evidence that the deadly storms were related to global [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2008, 10:31am EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• State of the Union and the Environment

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  Bush's speech writers mentioned climate change - once - in a teeny section about energy in the State of the Union Address.
  
  Not nearly as creative as last year's linking fighting climate change to fighting terrorism, but the speech writers did manage to imply federal support of [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2008, 3:32pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Australia Signs Kyoto Protocol

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  Australia has signed the Kyoto Protocol. The country was only one of two nations in the world (yes, the entire world) that hadn't yet done so. The U.S. (surprise, surprise) has been the only hold outs to date.
  
  Is this big news? Politically yes. It sends a message to' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2007, 1:27pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Check Out Green Options...

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  Yes, I'll be coming back... however, I've been spending all my blogging time lately over at Green Options. I promise to get back to ranting at It's the Environment, Stupid. sooner rather than later... there's been some developments that have peaked my interest lately - mainly on the globalization [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2007, 10:48pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Infrastructure Failure in America

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  America's infrastructure is aging. More and more people, sprawling development, and the accompanying traffic are burdening the Army Corps of Engineer's boom (and related developments) of the mid to late 20th century. Now, with ever rising costs and reduced funding/taxes for public projects, compromises and trade-offs are made and only [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2007, 1:23pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Discovery Acquires TreeHugger

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  No. It's not selling out. It's making a smart, strategic move. I'm talking about the announcement today that Discovery Communications has acquired TreeHugger.com.
  
  TreeHugger.com was the little start-up that could. A brilliant, entrepreneurial risk that (finally) paid off. I don't [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2007, 4:17pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Will be back soon...

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  Lately life has been getting in the way of blogging - but never fear, I'll be back to regular postings soon... very soon...' [...]
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  Posted: May 06, 2007, 10:40pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• New York's Green Agenda

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  NY has been in the news recently for pushing forward a green agenda.
  
  New NY gov Eliot Spitzer is going back to the ol' Carter mantra and calling for conservation. He's proposing a combo of legislation and regulations to get the state to consume less energy by 2015. [...]
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  Posted: April 24, 2007, 11:31am EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Military Advises - Climate Change is a National Security Threat

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  You know it's getting serious when the military makes a public statment saying that global warming is threatening national security.
  
  The new study entitled "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change" was put together by a non-profit research center, CNA Corporation, with help from their advisory' [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2007, 6:34pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Wal-Mart Responds to Article About The Whole Backing Down From Organics Thing

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  Jeff over at Green Options (my blog home away from home) has posted Wal-Mart's response to BusinessWeek about their recent article:
  A representative of the company passed the letter along to Green Options, and we've published it in full below. Wal-Mart's efforts to "green" its products and' [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2007, 5:05pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Wal-Mart Backs Down from Organics

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  The big box retailer's big green push has faltered. Wal-Mart has cut back or cancelled its orders for organic produce because customers just weren't buying.
  
  This has left a lot of farmers in a lurch and leaving Wal-Mart to rethink their business model.
  
  A Business Week article [...]
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  Posted: April 12, 2007, 11:52am EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Rockies Get in the Solar Power Game

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  And by Rockies I mean the Colorado Rockies - not the mountain range, the baseball team.
  
  I talked about the SF Giants putting solar panels up on their stadium - now the Rockies are getting into the game. Jeff McIntire-Strasburg over at TreeHugger featured the new Rockies [...]
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  Posted: April 10, 2007, 5:50pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Recycling Hits the Streets in NYC

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  Last April on a visit to my hometown of Seattle, I blogged about blue recycling bins next to regular garbage cans on downtown street corners. I remarked, "Wouldn't it be great if this option were available on all downtown sidewalks in all downtown areas?"[...]
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  Posted: April 05, 2007, 3:12pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Message to Developing Nations: You're Screwed

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  Check out this article from Sunday's NY Times, "Poor Nations to Bear Brunt as World Warms".
  
  The article focuses on how rich countries are working out ways to adapt to their changing environments, and how poor countries, which can barely address their current problems, are at a' [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2007, 11:06am EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• The Brundtland Report 20th Anniversary

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  One of my biggest pet peeves is how people (mainly experts, government officials and journalists) throw around the Brundtland Commission Report definition of sustainable development to explain sustainability in an environmental context.
  “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations [...]
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  Posted: March 29, 2007, 11:04am EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• National Association of Manufacturers - a Green Wash?

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  Normally I'm pro-business and am constantly advocating for the environment and economy to live happily ever after, but I was a little skeptical after reading this news brief from Environmental Leader, "NAM Wants Balance Between Environment and Economic Growth".
  
  NAM is the National Association of Manufacturers and they've [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2007, 10:44am EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Something more powerful than Barry Bonds...

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  The San Francisco Giants are planning to install solar panels on their stadium to generate power for the grid.
  
  Together with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) the SF baseball club has partnered to put in 590 solar panels that'll generate 123 kilowatts of power - however all that' [...]
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  Posted: March 20, 2007, 4:49pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• And speaking of water...

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  If you live in NYC you can support the United Nations World Water Day through the Tap Project.
  
  This Thursday, March 22, dine at a participating restaraunt (click here for a full list) and add a buck to your bill which will go towards UNICEF efforts at [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2007, 6:53pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Project Bottled Water

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  The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has taken on a new mission: Project Bottled Water.
  
  Project Bottled Water is a study on the safety of bottled water and their first project is gathering data on labels. So if you've bought a bottle o' H20 tell the folks over at [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2007, 6:17pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Go Green for St. Paddy's Day

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  I'm surprised that there hasn't been more of a "be green on St. Patrick's day" push. Sure it's a little cheezy - but if you're wearing green may as well be green too. Right?
  
  A quick Google search revealed a few items of note for those playing up the [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2007, 2:25pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• The Army Corps of Engineers came up with a bad idea

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  Insurance agencies take note: The Army Corps of Engineers is telling people to build in flood plains.
  
  "Nationwide permits" which are issued by the Corps to regulate activity in wetlands and other water areas are updated every five years. You might apply for one of these permits if you [...]
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  Posted: March 15, 2007, 12:04pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• The Flu Bug Bit Me

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  Somehow I usually manage to escape the flu season unscathed (and no, I don't go the vaccination route), but this weekend I was zapped. Headache, chills, fever (at least I'm pretty darned sure I had a fever since I don't have a thermometer), fatigue (the kind where you have to [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2007, 10:22pm EDT
  by Amy Stodghill

• Green Options - Check it out

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  Wanted to highlight Green Options again. I've been writing over there since their launch in early Feb. Check out the blog (and my posts over there), the Green Report (which is very cool) and all the other great stuff on this growing green space. [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2007, 2:50pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Going Green for Lent

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  A church in Federal Way, WA (that's just outside of Seattle) is getting it's congregation to give up their bad enviro habits for lent.
  
  During a six week program called "Caretakers of Creation" that began Ash Wednesday and goes through Palm Sunday, members of the Calvary Lutheran Church are [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2007, 9:10am EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Curse of the Honey Bee

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  Beekeepers won't be the only ones feeling the sting of millions of missing honey bees, soon we all will.
  
  Researchers and bee experts are a bit baffled and have a string of theories as to why the beloved bees just aren't returning home after their days out searching for [...]
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  Posted: February 28, 2007, 4:15pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Al Gore Wins! Al Gore Wins!

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  If you haven't already heard, the Al Gore movie won for best documentary feature at the Academy Awards (insert registred trademark logo here). And while it is no secret what I think about the movie (quick recap - it's a video presentation about Gore's slideshow on climate change, and [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2007, 12:05pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Enviro-spam

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  If you do any blogging - or even if you've got an e-mail account - you get spam. Blogging spam usually involves random press-releases regarding something topically related. They're always impersonal, and even show up in comments (many times.)
  
  So I was thoroughly amused by Shea Gunther's post [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2007, 4:08pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill

• Your wine is in trouble...

  If you don't care about the polar bears, maybe you care about your wine.
  

  A study by Florence University linking the effects of rain and temperature to wine production found that increasingly high temperatures and intense rains are likely to threaten the quality of Tuscan wines. Italy's farmers association warned [...]

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  Posted: February 22, 2007, 4:00pm EST
  by Amy Stodghill