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Wed, Sep. 27, 2006
Posted by Jeffrey Hollender

Philip Slater Is Wrong. But It’s Certainly Fun To Oversimplify and Take Things Out Of Context!

Over the weekend, someone at the office pointed out to me that Philip Slater, a columnist at the political blog the Huffington Post, had written an article in which, as part of a larger argument, he said our decision not to sell our products to Wal-Mart was evidence that I was practicing “prissy...
Tue, Sep. 19, 2006
Posted by the Inkslinger

Seventh Takes to the Air to Keep It Clean

The battle to prevent International Paper from unnecessarily dirtying Vermont's air and irresponsibly poisoning her citizens continues. This afternoon, Vermont Public Radio aired a story on the latest tire burn developments featuring our very own Scienceman, Martin Wolf (a man who knows his way...
Tue, Sep. 19, 2006
Posted by the Inkslinger

Following the Paper Trail (Tire Burn Update)

Last week’s deadline for the EPA to object to the proposed International Paper Company test burn of tires and sewage sludge in the boiler at their Ticonderoga, NY plant passed without any comment from the EPA. This lack of objection means that International Paper is now free to conduct the test...
Wed, Sep. 13, 2006
Posted by the Inkslinger

S.O.S. From Vermont

As Jeffrey has noted, here in Vermont these days the roof of our world is dyed deep blue and the sunlight falls through air that’s almost primevally fresh and clear. You could say they’re perfect skies, but they might be a whole lot less so soon. Turns out we’ve got a bit of a potentially unhappy...
Thu, Aug. 03, 2006
Posted by the Inkslinger

Update: Rainforest Wins Reprieve. Amazon to Be Un-Soy’ld for Two Years

According to news reports coming out of Brazil, the Amazon rainforest has been granted a stay of execution at the hands of soy bean growers. Responding to public protests and activist pressure, Cargill, Inc. and other major soy traders have declared that for the next two years they will stop...