MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/magazine/22Plastics-t.html?sq=hohn&st=nyt&scp=1&pagewanted=print

Sea of Trash

“The world’s oceans are filling up with bottles, wrappers and other flotsam. Is there anything better to be done than picking it up off the beach, one piece at a time?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/magazine/22Rogers-t.html?sq=thompson&st=nyt&scp=1&pagewanted=print

A Green Coal Baron?

“Why Jim Rogers says going green can save the energy business.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/us/22leed.html?sq=barringer&st=nyt&scp=2&pagewanted=print

The New Trophy Home, Small and Ecological

“For the high-profile crowd that turned out to celebrate a new home in Venice, Calif., the attraction wasn’t just the company and the architectural detail. The house boasted the builders’ equivalent of a three-star Michelin rating: a LEED platinum certificate…an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the hot designer label, and platinum is the badge of honor — the top classification given by the U.S. Green Building Council.”

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http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/world/europe/22fly.html?sq=rosenthal&st=nyt&scp=2&pagewanted=print

Air Travel and Carbon on Increase in Europe