Pizza's standard take-out box gets a mean, green makeover.

Has the Energy Star label lost its luster?

A fishing ban is proposed in Australia's Coral Sea.

Eco-Libris reviews the book, In Memory of Central Park by Queenelle Minet.

MTV takes action against greenwashing.

Most Huggable is a regular roundup of some of Hugg's top green news stories. Why not submit your own green news?

Over a year ago, we did a survey about how we have all kinds of readers who don't have control over big things-"they may rent and can't change the furnace;often they can't even lower the thermostat. They may live miles from transit and have to drive; they may be on campus and don't have wide choices of what they can eat.They may have to wear polyester uniforms." It was our most popular ever, racking up 6812 votes.

When reading the post on Tiny Homes: The Next Little Thing I thought: "I am stuck in the house I have, I can't sell it right now, I can't make this kind of change." and I wondered how many of us are stuck in circumstance by job, family, the housing meltdown, that know what they have to do, what they should do, but just can't.

Recent Comment by Ernie : "I live in a townhouse complex. Recently, one of my neighbours bought a new place and mo..." [read]

In his post Confused Which Carbon Offset Service to Use? EDF Lists Eleven They Trust, Matthew wrote that "The issue of carbon offsets is a contentious one: Some people panning them as doing little good or being distracting from the true environmental consequences of our lifestyle choices; other people praise them for providing a method to make a positive difference in the fight against global warming."

Solazyme produces the world's first algae-based jet fuel.

Sustainablog offers six fun DIY upcycling projects.

Will the Energy Ball bring wind energy to the masses?

Most Huggable is a regular roundup of some of Hugg's top green news stories. Why not submit your own green news?

They thought radio would kill newspapers. They thought TV would kill them. They even thought fax machines might replace them. None did, but there is no question they are on the ropes, with declining circulation, less advertising and higher costs. Now they are grasping at the idea of digital paper, but is the actual concept of having a single source of information like a newspaper dead in this age of a million websites?

Recent Comment by Anthony : "I'm graduating college this year. In my whole life, I've never read a newspaper unless ..." [read]

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Warren raises a very good point in his post about how "there remains that eco-conundrum of how do we get ourselves from our mostly urban existence to those deserts, mountains, rivers, coasts and forests with their many lessons to learn."

Sustainablog ponders the life cycle of pig.

Rockers roll up in a Smart car at MTV's Video Music Awards.

Eco Worldy rounds up six intriguingly green news stories from South America.

We're reminded by our addiction to oil with eight common products.

A recent poll asks; do you believe gas and oil prices are being manipulated for the upcoming Presidential election?

Most Huggable is a regular roundup of some of Hugg's top green news stories. Why not submit your own green news?

According to Business Week via our earlier post, one of the reasons that The Ford Motor Company is not bringing the 63 MPG Diesel Fiesta is that "US Consumers are hostile to diesel."