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September 2009

Community

Green nonsense from pooped-out Brown

British prime minister Gordon Brown made an eco-promise when he first got the job – he would create 5 eco-towns.  Then it was ten eco-towns. Now it looks like we will be lucky to get two eco-towns – whatever they are.

So his claim in today’s speech to Labour Party conference that he would create a quarter million green jobs is likely to be just as much of a pathetic fallacy.

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Grow your own tobacco – book review

Tobacco PlantsA while back, I had some trouble with the government about buying cigarettes from outside the country (USA), it is WAS perfectly legal (at the time) to order cigarettes for import into the USA for personal use. I assure you that the cigarettes I ordered WERE for personal use, I did not trade, sell, barter or in any other way distribute these cigarettes. After receiving a threatening letter from the Dept of Homeland Security, a very scary thing to find in your mailbox, especially for a law abiding citizen! I decided that I needed to find a better way to get smokes without having to pay an arm and a leg, or having the threat of the government over my head. I found an alternative way, it’s legal and it should be doable by nearly anyone.

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People

Preening or Greening?

Which celebs are devaluing the green movement? We divide them into fakers and sincere green campaigners

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Community

Big Power loses freedom to pollute

Big power companies can now be sued in federal courts for their pollution following an historic ruling by a New York appeal court.

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Urban

Victory in 25 year permit battle

Stick to your beliefs, fight hard and dig in – this story proves you can live anywhere off-grid if you put your mind to it.

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Mobile

Eco giving

The psychology of giving – why being eco-conscious is a status symbol

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