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Men's Health Magazine ranks top 100 major U.S cities by its most eco-friendly consumers

Have you ever looked at the bottom of your water bottle? What is that little recycling number all about?

Here are 10 going green tips that anyone can utilize without having to buy into the common green myths. Ex: To green my car, I’d have to trade it for a hybrid....

Consumer awareness is emerging at an all time high. People are concerned about what they are putting into their body, where their products are coming from, and how their products are made. This is a great time to be a consumer and we can only hope that people continue to make ethical decisions that will force companies to make ethical decisions. One of the more predominant issues recently surrounding the news has been the amount of BPA in products, specifically baby products. Well I am here today to give another BPA free update.

Ecolabels are everywhere from Wal- Mart ’s “seafood aisle” to my local grocery store. But, what do these labels really mean? Ecolabelling.org - your source on the background of over 285 ecolabels around the world - makes it easier to answer these questions and more by sharing a global database of who’s deciding what’s green.

This hearing examines how manipulation is affecting energy markets, including oil and natural gas. The hearing discusses, among other topics, the case of Amaranth, a $9 billion hedge fund that manipulated natural gas prices and ultimately came under investigation. Another topic is what the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) -- two agencies that share jurisdiction over these matters -- have done to address the problem of energy market regulation.

A study among PC brands the study lists “Apple's customer base [as] the greenest, with 17% of its customers in the bright green category”. Is this the same Apple that was slammed by Greenpeace for its lack of responsible green policies, resulting in Steve Jobs coming out with a statement vowing to clean up their act, only to receive another rebuke months later for not sticking to what they promised?

Everyone needs food, water, shelter, and a real life social network. (humans are social like ants and collectively as smart as yeast) So... beyond these, are all the other items are we using disposable? Sustainable? Is floss re-usable? Condoms?

Don't forget to check out "Story of Stuff"--hot new movie by Free Range team!

A new survey of American attitudes toward combating global warming was released by New Scientist magazine, with support from Stanford University and RFF. The poll finds that most Americans want the government to establish regulatory mandates -- so long as they don"t hit consumer pocketbooks too hard.

Other factors, including the price of gasoline, are to blame -- more than the demand for corn for ethanol -- for rising food prices.

Pepsi or Coke? Levi’s or Gap? Mac or PC? Our consumer choices make a difference for the climate. Choosing a Big Mac over a Whopper, or picking a Dell over an Apple may help to slow climate change, suggests a new consumer guide. Want to know which corporations are greening up and which are just greenwashing? Climate Counts has devised a way to tell.