Global warming is a hot topic these days, and Hunter College environmental studies student Cordelia Lindgren intends to keep the subject alive. As one of the 1,000 people chosen to take part in the “Climate Project,” former Vice President Al Gore’s initiative to counteract global warming, she will be helping the public to become informed [...]
Fashion is trying on a new shade of green in high-end clothing and accessories this spring. Designers are pushing nature-inspired styles that are “environmentally friendly” and “socially responsible.” Think clothes made from pesticide-free cotton and produced under humane working conditions. Among the fashionable looks are a $430 silk dress with wicker detail from Cynthia Rowley, [...]
Australia looks ready to become the first country to phase out incandescent light bulbs in favor of more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs, as part of its drive to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The Australian environment minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said Tuesday that he would work with the states to get rid of incandescent bulbs by [...]
US policy on global warming seems headed for a tipping point, with politicians, business leaders and economists joining environmentalists to call for new laws to limit greenhouse gases that spur climate change. So far, the Bush administration has rejected these calls, but has been at pains to stress its commitment to dealing with global warming. [...]
Two years ago, Sami Grover, an environmentally minded Englishman, vowed to take his last trip by airplane. Then a summer romance in North Carolina turned into a long-distance love affair — and then into months of busy trans-Atlantic travel. To compensate for the tons of greenhouse gases the couple’s plane trips helped spew into the [...]
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