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It can seem overwhelming to think about giving up our dependence on fossil fuels because it would mean changing habits we’ve come to take for granted. Like getting our groceries 6 miles from where we live, or visiting people in other parts of the country every couple of months. But then, sometimes it hits me. [...]
Continue reading...By Luke, August 8 2007
So we’re starting a new feature on the Understory: the Greenwash of the Week. If you’re not familiar with the term, which comes from “whitewash,” it refers to companies trying to make their products or activities appear environmentally friendly even when they are not. It didn’t take long for corporate PR departments to figure out [...]
Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, August 8 2007
In Utah, hundreds of rescue workers are trying to find six coal miners who are trapped about 1,500 feet below ground. The miners have not been heard from since Monday when a mine shaft collapsed. Officials said there was no indication whether the miners were alive or dead. The non-unionized mine is owned by the [...]
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Lately this blog has been featuring story after story about how big companies are trying to cash in on the public’s growing environmental awareness. We’ve discussed carbon-offsets, plug-in electric vehicles, agrifuels, and how big lumber companies want us to eat trees for dessert.
Continue reading...By Stan, August 2 2007
I’ve been laughing all morning over Weyerhaeuser’s new website GrowingIdeas.com. It’s comically evil—and illustrates better than we ever could just how out-of-touch they are with reality. I clicked on “What Can a Tree Be?”, wondering why being a key part of a diverse ecosystem, like providing shelter for animals, preventing erosion and producing oxygen was [...]
Continue reading...By Brant Olson, August 1 2007
Good news. Today, a US District Court in Seattle stopped Weyerhaeuser from logging in endangered Spotted Owl habitat in western Washington (AP Story link). Frequent readers of the Understory will remember our report on the how the suit filed by Washington Forest Law Center late last year could expose the forest industry’s “Sustainable Forestry Initiative” [...]
Continue reading...By Brant Olson, August 1 2007
It’s almost flattering to know that Australia’s Federal Forestry Minister has made attacking RAN his full-time job. This time, he’s commandeered the Embassy in Tokyo to launch a flashy new DVD explaining why logging of temperate rainforests is A-OK. According to ABC Tasmania today: The Federal Government has launched a public relations campaign to woo [...]
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