[From  Think Progress ]

Nine years after former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay donated $1.1 million of Enron stock to fund an economics professorship in his name, the University of Missouri (MU) has finally filled the chair. Though MU hoped to “use the chair to bring in world-renowned economists from other universities,” it [...]

[From The Budget Ecoist]

Ahhhh…the joys of moving! All those boxes, the newspaper, the packaging peanuts! It’s enough to make an Eco Warrior go mad! We’ve previously posted tips on how to recycle and reuse packaging peanuts. But let’s face it, from an environmental perspective, packaging peanuts are, well, peanuts in terms of the bigger picture. [...]

Old lady signing the petiton

Originally uploaded by Kacper (tow.zwierz)

[How about just skipping meat for healthier and more environmentaly friendly proteins? -RS]
[From New York Times Blog]
By Andrew C. Revkin
Muscle cells (in this case mouse) can be cultured in the lab. (Karim Sultan/Utrecht University)
The world has seen the first international conference on manufacturing meat. This is the process, tested so far only at laboratory scale, [...]

José Ramos-Horta, the president of East Timor, says he believes he has been given a second chance at life.

(CNN) — On February 11, a group of renegade soldiers invaded my home. As I walked toward my house, I was not aware that they had disarmed my guards and broken into the house, knocking [...]

[From NorwalkPlus.com News]
By Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Long Island, NY- Governor David Paterson announced today at the Sunken Meadow State Park boardwalk to a crowd of Broadwater opponents that the State finds the Broadwater proposal violates the Coastal Zone Management Act and is therefore inconsistent with the values and uses of the Sound.
CCE applauds Governor [...]

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