Celebrities in Small Cars: VW BlueMotion at the Echo Awards
Treehugger is used to US celebrity award ceremonies promoting greener cars, however, it is nice to see the trend to ditch the limo taking over in Europe too. Apparently, this year’s ECHO Award...
View ArticlePresident Bush Ordered to Release Overdue Global-Warming Plan
Uh oh, it looks like the Bush administration has some 'splainin to do. The U.S. government has violated federal law by failing to produce a study on the impact on global warming, now nearly two years...
View ArticleU.N. Climate Klatch Today, Bush Plays Hookey
While heads of state and other top officials from more than 150 countries are meeting today at the United Nations to build momentum for end-of-year climate negotiations in Bali, one notable no-show...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Al Gore on Climate Change Leadership, Montreal Protocol
All of the market initiatives are incredibly important. The market allocates more money in one hour than all of the governments allocate over a year's time. But governments set the rules of the road...
View ArticleEPA Rejects California's Auto Emissions Waiver
Going against the better judgment of his agency's legal and technical staffs, EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson shot down California's proposed auto emissions waiver, arguing that the recently...
View ArticleWhen Bush Comes to Town, Take the Train
U.S. President George W. Bush (they say Boosh in Hebrew) is in Israel this week, and what are Israelis talking about? The traffic jams, of course. Jerusalem was especially affected, with our...
View ArticleOil Shale Production to be Subsidized Under Bush Administration Proposal
In Canada, tapping the tar sands has been called the most environmentally destructive project on the planet. In the United States, some equally not-so-eco-friendly technologies have been developed to...
View ArticlePresident Bush Says "Baby, Get That Phthalate-Filled Building Block Out Of...
You can probably see one from where you're standing right now. A small child, toy in hand. Their glazed-over eyes as they absentmindedly put that building block or plastic action figure in their mouth...
View ArticleGreen Eyes On: Seeking Cancer Cure, Teenage Entrepreneurs Sell Honey at Whole...
Photo: Via Hives for LivesIt's that time of year, when kids all over are saying so long to summer camp and lazy mornings watching TV show reruns, and gearing up for the new school year. But few will...
View Article5 Stupid Celebrity "How to Save the Planet" Quotes of the Decade
As we get closer to shutting down the first decade of the millennium, we have many fond celebrity comments that have echoed across the headlines and made us all laugh (at least a few of us anyway)....
View ArticleBush Administration's Abysmal Environmental Record in Cool Interactive...
Yesterday when I passed on the news that the Bush administration proposed three new marine monuments way out in the Pacific Ocean, I mentioned that this was a rare bright spot in an otherwise abysmal...
View ArticleSeven Crazy Things Celebrities Have Said About the Environment
From George W. Bush to Jennifer Aniston, celebs spread their great wisdom on the world's most pressing issues involving the environment. Celebrity and political forces have been known to express their...
View ArticleBush Pardoned Triple-Eagle Killer: Was Justice Served?
In November 2008, President George W. Bush pardoned a Missouri soybean farmer who accidentally poisoned three bald eagles in 1995. The eagles were considered an endangered species at the time—They...
View Article10 Funniest Celebrity Potshots on Conservation, Pollution, and Global Warming
The environment maybe no joking matter, but sometimes the best way to get a message across is through humor. Here are 10 of my all-time favorite potshots celebrities have made on the subject of...
View ArticleObama Day One (and a Half): Halts Pending Bush Regulations, Ag & Energy...
No one seems to be wasting any time now that the Obama inauguration is over: Yesterday, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel issued a memo informing federal agency heads that President Obama...
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush in the Market for a New Mountain Bike
During his time as President of the United States, George W. Bush's love of mountain biking was no secret. Bush still rides with his training-team-cum-security-staff, known as Peleton 1, which...
View ArticleMore Wikileaks Cables: US Pressured the Vatican, Spain to Support GM Crops -...
We've already heard, thanks to Wikileaks, that U.S. officials under the Bush administration advised retaliation against Europe for standing against genetically modified crops. But the leaks uncover...
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush Presidential Library gets LEED Platinum
The style is a bit derivative, but the green features certainly aren't.
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