Schizophrenic Environmental Policy
Source: “Bush may seek protection for island chains” (CNN)
This is wonderful news. I wonder why we haven’t done more to protect our local (USA) environment then? This news just seems schizophrenic in light of his recent move to open up drilling in our own, long-protected offshore waters including those of Florida and California. Nevermind the fact we have watched Tropical Storm Fay camp out over Florida all this past week. Sink those wells, boys! :-/
In other environmental news, a couple links I wanted to share:
- For retailers, sign up to join the free battery recycling program for your brick and mortar locations. Bring customers in while keeping recyclable materials out of the landfills — http://www.rbrc.org/retail/
- For consumers, especially those who don’t recycle at all or are a little lax in so doing at times*, visit the follow site to see the awesome totes and laptop bags they make using 100% recycled PET water and soda bottles — http://www.act2greensmart.com/index_files/Showroom.htm
* Full disclosure: I was in the former camp except for paper products, but my folks got a new City recycling bin and their neighborhood is served by the City whereas ours is not. So we’re enthusiastically back to recycling plastic, aluminum and cardboard boxes, among other things. I even threw a pacifier in there–who knows what it’ll become in its next life. 
