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The President has instituted a wide range of off-shore and land-based drilling to mine for energy in an attempt to appease the public, and in an act which even the oil companies seem mystified by. For example, supporters of shale oil extration point out that the technology doesn't exist to retrieve the oil. Meanwhile, we risk more disasters like the Exxon Valdez spill, which you may be surpised to know was largely paid for by taxes, especially after the Supreme Court slashed Exxon's punitive damages. Read an analysis of numerous recent articles on Federal policy, with links.

"French Spiderman" Alain Robert climbed the New York Times building in Manhattan with a global warming banner on World Environment Day, June 5. He was later arrested after making it up all 52 stories of the building.

Victoria’s Secret’s executives never expected this story to skyrocket from the underground level of blogs and hack basements to full page ad coverage of the likes of the New York Times. And, we didn’t even get to the part of Victoria’s Secret garnering a legal (and reputation) bill longer than Gisele Bundchen’s legs but there you have it: a case study that blogs have power and consumers are watching your every (un)green move.

New York Times article discussing the growing trend of cities banning plastic bags.