Carbon Conscious Consumer Blog

So you’ve stopped by buying bottled water, traded in your BPA-laden plastic bottle for one made of stainless steel, and fill it regularly with cool, filtered water from your Brita. Way to live the bottle-less …

Here’s another installment on the link between meat consumption and climate change. Oh, and hope everyone had a wonderful Earth Day!
Humans’ beef with livestock: a warmer planet

American meat eaters are responsible for 1.5 more …

From Gizmodo:
Biodegradable Plastic Bag Disappears in Four Months, Along With Your Earth-Killing Guilt

The reason plastic is awesome is that it’s super durable, so it lasts forever. The problem is that it lasts forever, even when …

As if overnight, bisphenol-a, or BPA, for short, has become the talk of the town. While scientists and public health officials have long expressed their concern about the toxicity of this chemical, a common component …

After all those late nights sitting up by your young environmentalist’s bed, reassuring her that no, there really aren’t any monsters in her closet, you may be in for a bit of a shock. Evidently, …

From the Washington Post:
Bush Revises Strategy on Curbing Greenhouse Gases
 

 By H. JOSEF HEBERT and DEB RIECHMANN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 16, 2008; 5:09 PM
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Wednesday called for a halt in …

I often wonder if, somewhere between talk of melting polar ice caps and migrating polar bears, the crux of the climate issue gets lost. On a surprisingly regular basis, I find myself engaged in conversations …

From Grist:
‘State Farm can get you back behind the wheel’
Posted by David Roberts at 11:15 PM on 03 Apr 2008
Witness the humiliation as this distinguished professional is forced to … my God, I can barely …

A Scrap Metal Recycle-Off in Maryland

From left, Sarah Smith, Abe Sauer, Nico Judge and Tom Rojas dump scissors, nails and other scrap metal into recycling bins in Cabin John. The town is competing …

Props to Seattle officials for promoting the idea that the only green bag is a reusable bag!
Seattle Officials Propose 20-cent Grocery Bag Fee
by Sharon Pian Chan

Next time the cashier says “paper or plastic,” think outside …