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Puma Responds to Greenpeace Detox Campaign
10/20/2011

By Raz Godelnik About a month ago, Puma, one of the world’s leading clothing brands, was asked by Reuters if the…

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Lessons from SXSW Eco #1: Changing How We Communicate
10/19/2011

by Anna Brones Fried food, two-stepping, honky tonk music, cowboy boots, and environmentalists? It might sound like an odd combo, but…

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China to build ‘eco-textile city’
10/19/2011

ANQING – Plans for the construction of an ‘eco’ textile city near Anqing, which lies on the north shore of the…

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How Climate Denial Works
10/19/2011

by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York If you know much about climate change, then you know that there are plenty of…

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How to Make Toy Air Ships, Ray Guns and Much More from Old Tin Cans
10/19/2011

by Alex Davies, Paris, France If you try to live sustainably, chances are you recycle the tin cans that once fed…

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Swedish Student Turns Toxic Textile-Factory Effluent Into Clean Water
10/18/2011

by Bridgette Meinhold, One of the least-glamorous aspects of the garment industry are the toxic chemicals used to dye textiles. Although…

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Air Force And Navy Turn To Biofuels
10/18/2011

by Elizabeth Shogren The Pentagon’s hunt for an alternative to petroleum has turned a lowly weed and animal fat into something…

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Is Human Violence On The Wane?
10/18/2011

Considering the Norway shootings, drug wars in Mexico and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, this era may seem as violent…

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Flames Light the Prairie and Warm the Planet
10/18/2011

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS In Tuesday’s Times, I write about the flaring of natural gas from pipes, pits and hundreds of oil…

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“Poop As You Go” Biogas Bike To Go On 600 Mile Tour Of Japan
10/18/2011

by Kimberley Mok, Montreal, Canada Never dreamed poop could get you blazing down the asphalt? Well, now it all comes true…

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