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'Green Reaper' Wants US to Be Green to the Grave
By David Moye - AOL News(April 22) -- Being dead as a doornail is apparently no excuse for not being concerned with the environment. That's why one mortician in Boring, Ore., is taking it upon herself to tell her customers how they can spend eternity without harming Earth -- by creating urns out of their leftover laundry lint. She's Elizabeth Fournier, but her customers know her as "the Green Reaper," for her expertise on green funerals, a movement gaining significant traction in the funeral business. Courtesy of Elizabeth Fournier Oregon-based funeral home director Elizabeth Fournier works on an urn made of ...
Earth Day 40th Anniversary Marked by Low-Key Events
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyOn the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Barack Obama, a "green" president, was in Manhattan lecturing investment bankers, the planet was still getting warmer, and the big event was planned three days hence, Sunday, on the National Mall in Washington. Not a problem. Earth Day has always focused on individual efforts and localized events, as well as on the big picture in Washington. President Obama, in his Earth Day proclamation, emphasized that "change will not come from Washington alone. The achievements of the past were possible because ordinary Americans demanded them, and meeting today's ...
Earth Day Avatar? Sigourney Weaver's Environmental Lesson in Brazil
By Justine Jablonska - Politics Daily"Avatar" star Sigourney Weaver traveled to Brazil this month with the film's director, James Cameron, co-star Joel David Moore and an environmental group that's working to halt the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. That group and others say the dam will destroy parts of the rain forest and displace its indigenous communities. The Brazilian government says the dam will provide necessary clean energy for the country. "Avatar," now the highest-grossing film of all time, is rich in environmental themes that dovetail with the visit to South America, and with the 40th anniversary ...
Opinion: Earth Day at 40 -- Looking Ahead
By not in system - AOL News(April 22) -- Earth Day is a great time to come together to celebrate our environmental successes. It's hard to believe it's been 40 years since the first one. Our country has seen a string of incredible environmental triumphs over the past 40 years. Citizens from across the country have repeatedly come together to demand better -- and we've gotten it in many cases. I can think of two major highlights very quickly: the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Our skies are cleaner than they were 40 years ago, as is our water. These successes should serve as a great inspiration to us as we ...
Opinion: Earth Day 2010 -- Celebrating 40 Years of Being Wrong
By not in system - AOL News(April 22) -- For the millions of people gearing up for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, there's a lot to celebrate. Forty years after experts in ecology, sociology, demographics and economics predicted the Earth would be uninhabitable in 40 years, we can happily point out that we are still here and we are doing better all the time. It's worth reflecting on why those experts were so wrong as we look forward to the next 40 years on Planet Earth. To help "celebrate" the first Earth Day in 1970, biologist Barry Commoner wrote, "We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of ...
Obama Touts 40th Earth Day, Recalls Cleveland River Fire
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyTo promote the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, President Obama on Tuesday singled out a burning river in Cleveland -- 41 years ago -- as a catalyst for the annual event that celebrates environmental values. Fair enough, but the incident has been greatly exaggerated over the years and is a painful reminder for people in a city still branded with the image long after cleanup efforts improved the river and nearby Lake Erie. "Forty-one years ago, in the city of Cleveland, people watched in horror as the Cuyahoga River -- choked with debris and covered in oil -- caught on fire," Obama ...
Earth Day Co-Founder Loved Planet, Murdered Girlfriend
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyPhiladelphia's The Bulletin reports, "Today is Earth Day, a holiday created to honor the planet and to raise the consciousness of man's effect on the environment. Philadelphia has a very strong tie to this day. One of its native sons, Ira Einhorn, was a co-founder of the environmentalist jubilee.But Mr. Einhorn has another line on his resume. In addition to being a environmental guru, he is the Unicorn Killer.While a student at the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Einhorn dated a Bryn Mawr College graduate by the name of Holly Maddux. When the affair ended in 1977, Mr. Einhorn went into a ...
Obama Girl (un)Lights the Way For Earth Hour
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThere is no rest for Obama Girl. After leading the Democrats back into the White House, she's saving the world again. This time, she lends her support to "Earth Hour," asking everyone in the world to turn their lights off for 1 hour at 8:30 tonight.I'm going to do it, if only to see what freaky stuff happens. Will the one d-bag who leaves his lights on get a power surge and pop all of his light bulbs? Will I regret dumping my "Yankee Candle" stock options? Will the computers that control the electrical grid become self-aware and enslave all of humanity? Will Elvis think "it's time" and come ...
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