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Carbon emissions: We're No. 1 (and with plenty of room to spare)
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Over the weekend, The Associated Press released a story ranking individual states according to the amount of carbon they emit per year. If you haven't seen the story, I'll spare you from the traditional cliché "Everything's bigger in Texas," but suffice it to say: We're No.
Gardening for a greener world: reconnecting with the environment
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"Going Green" seems to be the buzz phrase as of late. TV shows, magazines and recent films now frequently address global warming and tout simple ways of becoming "greener." As a certifiable tree-hugger - or, as an inhabitant of the plains, perhaps a more apt term might be grass-hugger - and lover of the earth, I, for one, am ecstatic the once-fringe group of so-called environmentalists is morphing into the mainstream.