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St. Pete's Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home first in the world to offer eco-friendly "bio-cremation" (video)

Creates about 75% less carbon output than standard cremations.

• by Katie Machol
Creates about 75% less carbon output than standard cremations.
• Tags: Green Living, Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home, cremation, Resomator machine, eco-friendly, death, funeral, burial, carbon, energy, bio-cremation, bio cremation, funeral home

Top 20 most carbon-efficient airlines: Who's number 1?

• by Katie Machol
Rated on fuel efficiency and load density, among other factors.
• Tags: Green Living, green, carbon, fuel, airlines, carbon efficiency, brighter planet, carbon efficient, ryanair, cathay pacific, easy Jet, Jet Blue, Continental airlines, United Airlines

EarthTalk: Staving off global warming with land conservation

• by Katie Machol
According to The Wilderness Society, American forests capture about one-tenth of the greenhouse gases put out by U.S. cars, factories and other sources.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Policy, global warming, Green Living, conservation, Green Policy, climate change, trees, legislation, carbon, earthtalk, wilderness, parks, land conservation, Omnibus Public Land Management Act, trails

EarthTalk: One million electric vehicles on the road by 2015?

• by Katie Machol
Will Barack Obama's call for one million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015 be realized? Some predict there could be as many as 14 million on the road by 2020.
• Tags: Green Living, obama, oil, Green Living, gas, electric vehicle, carbon, state of the union, vehicles, cars, ev

Even death can be more eco-conscious with the new Restomation process

• by Katie Machol
Lucky for us eco-conscious folks, Scottish biochemist Sandy Sullivan has come up with a much cleaner and greener option to burial or cremation.
• Tags: Green Living, carbon footprint, Green Living, energy efficient, co2, carbon, Burial, restomation, green funeral, cremation, UK Cremation Society, sandy sullivan, Uncategorized

The Green Community week in review: Greenwashed bamboo textile claims, best green trend in the Bay, and more

• by Katie Machol
Read what you might've missed last week in the Green Community!
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Cement companies designing greener processes

• by Jessica McCormick
One of the largest producers of excess carbon dioxide -- the cement industry -- might get a green facelift in the next few years. Some new cement companies are looking to change the process significantly and either lower or counter their CO2 production.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, water, green, Green Living, Green Community, gas, natural gas, waste, carbon dioxide, emissions, co2, carbon, limestone, magnesium, calcium, cement, concrete, fossil fuel emossions, global CO2 emissions, mining, silicates, seawater, byproducts, Uncategorized