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Scary facts about water quality.

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been cultivating a list of actions that I can take to make my footprint even lighter, and also documenting the changes that I’ve already made. I was pretty proud of myself. And feeling quite up-beat about the future of our species. Then I started looking around me.

Nope, the world will go on, no matter how much CO2 we emit, no matter how many plastic bags we throw away, no matter how many rainforests we destroy, no matter how many nuclear bombs we “test”. The planet won’t alter course, won’t implode or fall out of the sky, won’t, in short, bat an eyelash.

But...

Maybe it was the martinis I had already drunk, or the beers he had already drunk, or maybe it’s just plain impossible to have a discussion about Biofuels without getting heated. But boy, did I have a doozy on Friday.

Somehow the discussion then veered away from Biofuels specifically and towards agriculture and GHG emissions in general. At which point, he presented his most sensational argument yet...

The military junta has been responsible for massacring thousands since it seized control of the country over forty years ago. They have also denied Aung San Suu Kyi her right to govern the country, since her election in 1990.

Willie Nelson burst onto the environmental stage in 2005 with a grand unveiling of his own personal brand of biodiesel, BioWillie. His old, familiar face was in newspapers across the U.S., broadly smiling as Nelson lifted the nozzle of another new biodiesel pump in yet another gas station somewhere along a Midwestern highway. People suddenly remembered Willie Nelson... But something has happened to BioWillie.

For the first time in tens of thousands of years, Siberia’s frozen land is undergoing a thaw.

The irony is inescapable: today, Monday 24 September, representatives from more than 150 countries will meet at UN headquarters in New York to discuss future climate change agreements. More than 70 heads of state and government will be present - but not US president George W Bush.

The UN dedicated an entire day yesterday to Climate Change talks prior to its General Assembly’s Annual Debate in New York. The world’s leaders took the opportunity to say absolutely nothing new.

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Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin announced the launch of her new environmentally friendly kids clothing line this week in Las Vegas.

In conjunction with The Climate Trust, NW Natural from Oregon is now offering its clients carbon offsets by investing in methane capture systems.

Biodegradable corn plastics are the key to reducing landfill volume, right? Maybe not: get the real scoop on eco-plastic.

The beauty of vintage and reclaimed clothing is that it's completely unique. While other people spot copies of their American Eagle T-Shirt at every turn, you'll be oh so chic in your one-of-a-kind and eco-friendly outfit.