Hi, TreeHuggers. Here’s what’s new over at Mother Jones ‘ Blue Marble blog: Meat Production Set To Double by 2050 : A new report offers insights into meat’s environmental impact. A key finding: The livestock sector, including... 

Photo via Atro City News There’s one major way that it feasibly could–and that’s if the passage of a health care bill causes Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to jump ship on energy reform efforts. Josh Nelson grapples with this possibility... 

photo: Jake McClendon via flickr. In what really seems like stating the obvious, or at least stating what has been said many times before, the Environmental Protection Agency has found that water quality downstream from mountaintop coal mining operations... 

Former Rainforest Action Network Director Mike Brune has begun his tenure at the Sierra Club, the country’s most effective campaigning organization on coal. Brune has a strong background taking on the country’s biggest polluters and now he... 

Photo via the Telegraph For most people, there’s something particularly sad and gory about seeing wildlife killed on the side of the road–but for one British clothing designer, such critter-carnage is fodder for fashion. In an upcoming fashion... 

Photo via Healthline Are you satisfied with the overall standard of environmental quality in the United States? According to a new poll, 46% of Americans are, saying that quality is either excellent or good. The number is up from 39% last year, and according... 

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Stephen McDaniel at Freakalytics After I posted about the inverse correlation between between subsidies and federal nutrition guidelines I learned a few things about statistics and the power of the internet. I didn’t really understand commenter... 

SFI certified clear cut; Steve Ringman, Seattle Times There is a major battle going on in the woods, in the courts and in the halls of the US Green Building Council, as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) tries to get LEED changed to accept their... 

SFI certified clear cut; Steve Ringman, Seattle Times There is a major battle going on in the woods, in the courts and in the halls of the US Green Building Council, as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) tries to get LEED changed to accept their...