New EcoLabel Index Sorts Out Validity, Accountability & Transparency of Green Certification Programs

photo: Joshua W via flickr The sheer proliferation of eco-labeling, certification and recognition programs, covering everything from food, to clothing, to energy and more, is bewildering–even to people who follow this stuff professionally. It’s hard to keep up with it all and sometimes just as hard to sort out what labels can be trusted and which need improvement. Which is where the just-launched Ecolabel Index comes in.

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They’re Baaack: Formaldehyde-filled FEMA Trailers Housing Gulf Spill Workers

That’s the tongue-in-cheek image we used when the General Services Administration put the FEMA formaldehyde tainted trailers up for sale. We wondered “who would think of buying them and what they could possibly doing with them.” Now we know; they are reselling them and using them to house workers cleaning up the spill. Four years or so after their manufacture, one would think that much of that formaldehyde had outgassed already; that’s what the industry says about formaldehyde binders in particle board and plywood

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They’re Baaack: Formaldehyde-filled FEMA Trailers Housing Gulf Spill Workers

Scrubbing CO2 From Atmosphere Could Be A Centuries-Long Commitment

photo: Sarah McD via flickr Regardless of what methods are used, from hard geoengineering artificial CO2 scrubbers to softer methods like reforestation projects , actively removing carbon from the atmosphere will likely require a decades or centuries-long commitment if it is to really reverse global wa… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scrubbing CO2 From Atmosphere Could Be A Centuries-Long Commitment

Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Photo via Goodlifer Cathy Erway is an acclaimed food writer and sustainability activist based in New York City. Two or so years ago, she renounced the consumptive culinary culture of the big apple, and set out to eat in–for every meal. An ambitious undertaking in a city practically built on dining out.

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Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Photo via Goodlifer Cathy Erway is an acclaimed food writer and sustainability activist based in New York City. Two or so years ago, she renounced the consumptive culinary culture of the big apple, and set out to eat in–for every meal.

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Would Obama’s Spending Freeze Hit Energy and Environment Programs?

Photo via San Francisco Sentinel You’ve likely heard the news by now that Obama has proposed a 3 year “spending freeze” to help shrink the deficit and to reign in the perception that he’s a frivolous ‘tax and spender’. The freeze would leave entitlement programs–Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security–and defense spending–veteran’s benefits, military budget–unaffected (yes, despite the fact that those areas are home to the most bloat), but would make most other programs vulnerable

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Who’s Better at GHG Reduction (and Sustainability?) Your Community Recycling Program or Their Deposit?

The beverage container industry continues to fight state and national container deposit legislation despite evidence that such laws could contribute significantly to greenhouse gas reduction while providing energy, recycling and litter control benefits. The industry says community recycling programs, which put the cost burden on communities rather than container manufacturers, are a superior system for processing bottles and cans.

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Who’s Better at GHG Reduction (and Sustainability?) Your Community Recycling Program or Their Deposit?