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Archive for January, 2006

SOTU: Switch Grass and Clean Coal

We weren't expecting anything out of the ordinary from the President's 5th SOTU but he did say some familiar things:

Citigroup Clears the Air

Citigroup, the world's largest bank, announced last week that they would be cutting their global greenhouse gas emissions by 10%. They joined...

Plug-in Hybrids leaving Ford in the Dust

As demand grows for PHEVs, Ford is laying off workers and struggling to find a 'Way Forward'

Ask Bill Ford

Bill Ford is the cover drapery on this week's Time magazine. Ford, which just announced today that they would slash 30,000 jobs and close 14 plants in America

Finding Sustainable Wood Alternatives

This week, the California State Assembly (that's a legislature to all you non-Californians) considers one of the most economically and ecologically promising of those alternaitves--Hemp.

Dripping in Greenwash

The International Herald Trib has a revealing article this morning regarding...

Taking Whats Left after Forest Fires

Logging former forest fire sites has become common practice in the forest industry but recent evidence points to the danger that has been overlooked in the practice of salvage logging.

Video Activists/ Media Makers in Da House

I wanted to point all our current and future video activists to an awesome new resource

What Happened to the Customer Passion?

Apparently, Jumpstart Ford isn't the only one pressuring Ford to increase green vehicle production. The Governor of Minnesota...

Weyerhaeuser to Workers-”Bah Humbug!”

Leave it to the grinches over at Weyerhaeuser to pink slip workers just before the holidays. Within the last several months, the company announced a string of mill closures stretching from Oregon to Ontario.

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