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View it in your browser September 29, 2013 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING Tesla's Model S the "Car of the Year" The all electric Tesla Model S was recently named the 2013 World Green Car at the New York International Auto Show, beating 21 new vehicles from all over the world, including notable finalists the Renault Zoe and the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid. The decision was made by a jury… Continue Reading » Trash Lessons from the Greenest City San Francisco has been called the "greenest city in America" and when it comes to keeping garbage out of landfills, it's a title the city has earned. The city keeps an astonishing 80% of solid waste out of landfills, in part because residents not only use blue bins… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS Using Grocery Delivery Services May Cut CO2 Emissions Engineers at the University of Washington have found that using a grocery delivery service can cut carbon dioxide emissions by at least half when compared with individual household trips to the store. According to their analysis, trucks filled to capacity that deliver to… Continue Reading » The Food Hub Solution What Happens When Community-Based Farms, Markets and Eateries Work Together? When you hear about food deserts, the discussion usually concentrates on grocery stores—specifically, where they are located and what they are lacking. It's almost always a simplistic conversation. Overcoming food inequality and the obesity crisis will require a great… Continue Reading » The Tour de Stench Packed cozily inside a pickup, six of us are heading down a two-lane country highway through a Western Kentucky landscape blanketed in snow. We're on what our tour organizer, Aloma Dew, calls a "Tour de Stench," exploring one of the United States' increasing number… Continue Reading » Talking Points Obama has given Serious Lip Service to Combatting Global Warming -- Is Action Soon to Follow? The commencement of President Obama's second term has been characterized by an abrupt shift towards climate rhetoric—rhetoric geared as much at pacifying the president's environmentally conscious political supporters as at solidifying his own legacy. In not only his… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE Free Range Fish The Environmental Promise of Open Ocean Fish Farms When Neil Sims was working as a marine biologist in the Cook Islands—an idyllic scattering of white sand and blue lagoon islands halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii—he couldn't help but notice something about the islanders' traditional fishing, in this case,… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A Sugar vs. Artificial Sweeteners Dear EarthTalk: I saw an article on sugar's effects on the environment. Has anyone compared different sweeteners (artificial or natural) for their environmental impacts? – Terri Oelrich, via e-mail The production of sugar has indeed taken a huge environmental toll.… Continue Reading » WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT This content is brought to you free by E-The Environmental Magazine, which is published by Earth Action Network, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Our address is 28 Knight Street, Norwalk, CT 06851. We ask that you: Subscribe to our magazine   Order a Free Trial Issue   Make a tax deductible donation Forward email This email was sent to aquarianm@gmail.com by karen@emagazine.com |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. E - The Environmental Magazine | 28 Knight Street | Norwalk | CT | 06851