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View it in your browser April 27, 2014 WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING Follow the Plate In direct contrast to the government's MyPlate nutritional chart, nutrition experts at the Harvard School of Public Health have released the Healthy Eating Plate. Guided by nutritional studies, their chart fixes what they call "key flaws in the U.S. Department of… Continue Reading » Battle of the Bulbs Compact Fluorescents In The Spotlight With Ban on Incandescents In Effect As of Jan. 1, 2014, 40- and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs are no longer manufactured in the U.S. as part of efficiency standards signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007. Previously, the government regulations phased out 70- and 100-watt bulbs over the last… Continue Reading » FEATURED BLOGS Geothermal Energy: Past, Present, and Future Geothermal Still Unsung Alternative Energy Source Geothermal energy has long been called "the forgotten renewable," as I explained three years ago in an article in E: The Environmental Magazine, then promptly forgot about it. Okay, I did not actually forget, but was concerned with other issues, such as the rise of… Continue Reading » Sustaining DC, Restraining Cars How Washington, DC is vying to be one of nation's greenest cities and teach other urban areas a lesson in sustainable development and planning Cities may be the new environmental hubs. Chicago and New York have been vying for the title of greenest city in America, and for 2013 Washington, DC has joined them, with a new plan, Sustainable DC. The idea, according to Mayor Vincent Gray, is to "make the District of… Continue Reading » Reconnect with the Great Outdoors The Simplest Strategies for Getting Back to Nature Can be as Close as Your Own Backyard Sometimes we're so busy that when we have an unbooked afternoon, we don't know what to do. The next time you have a little extra time in your schedule, consider doing something off the beaten path – something that will help you reconnect with nature. There are a lot… Continue Reading » Bullitt Center Turns One Has the World's Greenest Commercial Building Lived Up to the Hype? As we reported in the January-February 2013 issue of E/The Environmental Magazine ("Building a Better Building"), Seattle's six-story, $30 million Bullitt Center was designed and constructed to be the greenest commercial office building on the planet. Now, after a year of… Continue Reading » IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE What's Wrong with Hair Dye? Most Dyes Contain a Chemical that Can Cause Dangerous Reactions Salons and home color kits make it easy to say goodbye to grey hairs and roots, but sudden serious allergic reactions to hair dye are on the rise—even among those who have been using the same hair coloring product for years "You can develop an allergy to a product at… Continue Reading » Bad Air May is Asthma Awareness Month, the subject of advisories and community initiatives led by agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health. Mostly, these agencies… Continue Reading » EARTHTALK Q&A Apple Computer's Green Initiatives Dear EarthTalk: Apple just put out a big PR campaign about its sustainability initiatives. Has the company made real progress in this regard or is this just more corporate "greenwashing?" And how are the other big tech companies addressing their carbon footprints? 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:   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