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Should you wash new clothes before wearing them?

The unanimous answer from garment makers to dermatologists to fashion-lovers is, "Yes!"




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EPA proposes new rules to cut methane emissions

The proposed rules are expected to cut U.S. methane emission by 20 to 30 percent.




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President introduces new climate actions to reverse last president's actions (yawn)

Many of Obama's rules never came into force, and many of Trump's will never make much difference.




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UN's new recipe contest encourages people to cook more sustainably

Each month presents a new culinary challenge. Submit an entry and you could win a trip to Spain.




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Mr. Larkin Charms at Green Fashion Week in New York (Slideshow)

Timely but not fleeting, flouncy but not frilly, unique but not unwearable, clever but never over the top -- Mr. Larkin's Spring 2010 collection was everything green fashion should be. A relative newcomer on the eco-scene, the




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Sourcing Sustainable Fabrics Made Easy with New Online Marketplace from Summer Rayne Oakes

When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June, she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style, an online marketing




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Seeds and Coconuts Bring Dozens of New, Unexpected Products to Expo West 2012

From chia to hemp, seeds were a prominent force among the 500-plus new products at the annual tradeshow in Los Angeles.




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Patagonia launches new Workwear line made with innovative hemp fabric

Finally, there is now an ethical and practical alternative work wear option to Carhartt and Dickies.




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California, Oregon and Washington join British Columbia to create new environmental superpower

Last week, California joined Oregon and Washington in signing a pact with British Columbia called the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, which forms an alliance to set shared fuel standards and mandates for cutting carbon emissions.




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Forget about green building. Let's talk about a new Living Standard

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.




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Adidas' new shoes will dissolve in your sink

In an attempt to close the loop on production, Adidas has invented a shoe made from biodegradable artificial spider silk that will melt away when you're done with them.




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I tried walking barefoot in New York City

I did it so you don't have to.




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Zero waste is a priority for Maori communities in New Zealand

A group called Para Kore has been working since 2009 to spread the message of waste reduction and diversion.




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There's a secret hidden continent beneath New Zealand

Scientists have been studying the huge submerged landmass for decades and are now pushing for its recognition as a continent.




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Giant 5-foot tall penguins roamed New Zealand with the dinosaurs

The discovery of one of the oldest penguin fossils in the world reveals higher diversity of early penguins than previously assumed.




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'Teeny tiny' houses are becoming a big thing in New Zealand and Australia

This is a trend that should catch on everywhere -- just building what you need.




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Want an avocado tree in New Zealand? Get in line!

Demand for this 'green gold' is so high that people are waiting months to get a sapling for backyard planting.




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"ReNEWable Living Home" opens Orlando Builders Show, and it's not totally horrible

There are lessons to be learned from this model home built by Meritage, even if it is big and beige.




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Cuban treefrogs invade New Orleans; clog plumbing and cause power outages

And even worse, they are devouring the much-smaller native treefrogs.




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New Movements' sleek sneakers feature old materials

If you're OK with leather, then the recycled rubber soles and plastic laces, combined with the company's commitment to cleaning ocean plastic, make these an eco-friendly choice.




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A new food memoir explores the great cuisines of France, Italy, and China

While traveling, journalist Jan Wong opted for host families, not cooking school, when it came to learning about local food.




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New Hampshire Moves Closer to Renewable Energy Standard

Currently, New Hampshire is the only state in the northeastern United States that has not passed some form of renewable portfolio standards legislation. However, that may change soon. Last week, the New Hampshire House voted decisively in favor of a




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Presidential Campaign Update: Al & Arnold At The New Hampsire Primary

This is wonderful. A bi-partisan political storm is brewing over New Hampshire because Al and Arnold have found a clever way to inject serious climate discussion into the coming US presidential primary season. Timing could not be better, with the IPCC




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University of New Hampshire is First School in US to Run Off Landfill Gas

A few months back we heard about Middlebury College's efforts to green their electricity and heating. Well, over at the University of New Hampshire they're




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Helly Hansen's New Ekolab Line is Clean and Durable

If any of you have backpacked the Presidential Range and Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, you know that the weather can change in a hot minute. Over the past 20 years, we’ve hiked through hail, lightening storms, and




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Winters Were Colder in Your Parents' Day: New England Trees Get 10 Days More Growing Season Than Pre-1970

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Flip Side of Local - New Hampshire Sees Opportunity In Food Self-Sufficiency

University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -




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Photo of the Day: An Ice Climber Ascending the Shoestring Gully in New Hampshire

As the temperature drops in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, locals bundle up and get excited. While most wait for the first snow to cover the ski runs, others hold out for those first cold nights to freeze the area's waterfalls.




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Energy News Recap: Hurricanes Versus Wind Farms; Nuclear Power & Childhood Leukemia; More

Beyond the headline, a really great overview of how globalization may well be entirely reshaped by energy constraints, for the betterment of local economies in places where manufacturing has been outsourced for years.




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Why There's No New Coal When Reserves Run Out & How That Could Help Biofuels

New research rewrites our understanding of why no new coal deposits develop -- but offers hope for post-coal energy solutions.




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Rap News video presents our energy crises, global warming denial, Elon Musk on Mars, and our #1 energy solution

This rapper nails it, imho.




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The fight against food waste requires a new mindset

Toni Desrosiers, founder of Abeego beeswax wraps, wants people to start thinking about the natural life cycle of food.




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Seven new architects' works on show and touch at London's Royal Academy

Seven architects have created massive and impressive new structures inside a building from the 1700's.




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Is New York City Running out of Space for Bees?

Two years after legalizing urban beekeeping New York City could be running out of space for bees.




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New Galápagos sanctuary protects unique marine life

The stunning new marine preserve surrounding the Galápagos will be off-limits for fishing in a bid to conserve its unique habitat.




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Galapagos Islands getting major renewable energy expansion

The current wind power installation has replaced millions of liters of diesel fuel and helped protect the islands' endangered animals.




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News Corporation Announces New Sustainability Targets for 2015 and Beyond

News Corporation, parent company of Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and most recently of The Daily for the iPad, was the first global media company to commit to and then achieve the goal of becoming carbon neutral.




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We're Officially Reading More Online News Than Newspapers

Image: allaboutgeorge, Flickr, CC BY The Digital Migration Continues to Change the Face of Consumption A new study from the Ponyter Institute reveals that by the end of 2010, more people were reading their news online than in traditional newspapers. 34%




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Andy Revkin of the New York Times on Global Population Explosions (podcast)

We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh once suggested the journalist kill himself to save the




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Presenting: The New York Times' Best Paragraph of Climate Reportage in Recent Memory

Earlier today, I wrote about a New York Times article that described Chicago's ongoing efforts to prepare for and adapt to a warming climate. I'd like to revisit that article for a second, as it just so




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Did News of the World Hack into Climate Scientists' Emails?

The scandal du jour is unquestionably the phone-hacking debacle surrounding Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid -- which, until it was canned due to allegations of myriad criminal deeds, was England's top-selling




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Bloomberg News Launches Sustainability Section

The goal is to uncover what businesses are doing, or what they need to be doing, to thrive as global competition intensifies for strategic resources.




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New York Times spikes the Green Blog

Did I mention that nobody cares about the environment anymore?




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Passive House movement gets noticed by the New York Times

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere.




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Idiocracy in the New York Times: John Tierney on recycling

"Cities have been burying garbage for thousands of years"- so lets keep doing it!




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New York Compost riffs on the city’s iconic muckrakers

The classic daily newspaper box gets updated by a New York artist.




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Wood buildings are back, and the New York Times is on it!

And whatever you do, don't read the comments.




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'Weed dating' & trash picking: The new tourist guide to Amsterdam

The city hopes to combat overtourism by getting visitors off the beaten track and doing more useful things.