Word: planet
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...Though it’s easy to brush off such wrongheaded beliefs in our relativistic culture, those who think global warming is a hoax are not simply another case of mere “difference of opinion.” These people are gambling the welfare of the entire planet on the off-chance that the majority is wrong...
...says, pointing to a garden installation created by a Bronx artist using, of course, recycled materials. Intervale also has a roof garden - atypical in the Bronx - that's visible from the street. "The idea is to bring green into people's lives." (See TIME's photoessay "Fragile Planet...
...pushing hard to include funds for green building and for weatherizing existing homes as part of its economic stimulus package. Wherever the funding comes from ultimately, there's little doubt that lower-income developments will continue to go greener, which will do more good for residents, and for the planet. "This is going to make a real tangible difference," says Jennifer Henry, the real estate sector manager for the Natural Resource Defense Council's Center for Market Innovation...
...consortium of government organizations including NASA, NORAD and even the FCC keeps track of all the planet's high-flying rubbish, and so far, its running count is flat-out scary. There are currently at least 17,000 objects measuring 4 in. or greater circling the Earth - and in some ways, that's the good news. The government estimates that there are 200,000 objects in the 1-in.-to-3-in. range and tens of millions smaller than an inch...
...Hunger may not have the cinematic ring of An Inconvenient Truth, but its sponsors clearly hope that their appeal to Gore will do for malnutrition what his 2006 documentary did for climate change. "Gore is one of the most famous and media-savvy people on the planet," says Juan Nonzioli, creative director of the Shackleton Group, the advertising firm that designed the campaign for Action Against Hunger. "Just as he has used that power to raise awareness about climate change, we're asking that he use it for our campaign against hunger...