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StubHub has launched a program in conjunction with the National Forests Foundation that will help restore national forests across the US through the sales of post-season football game tickets. ...

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The question of where to put your money in 2009 is something even the biggies like Warren Buffet are definitely grappling with. The problems of the economy - astounding debt and an uncertain dollar - are such that not even geniuses know exactly which way the money winds will blow.

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Small Cars Selling for Under $10,000

This is what you get for your infrastructure investment dollars. Texas A&M

insulating a soffit: Steve Ruark for The New York Times

How many cliches can we throw at this subject? It is truly the low-hanging fruit, the cheapest negawatt. Matthew Wald of the New York Times describes how 140,000 houses will be weatherized this year, with a goal of doing a million,

When energy experts periodically promote combined heat and power (CHP) (sometimes referred to as "cogeneration" or "district heating," generally speaking, it 'don't get no respect.' This oversight needs to change, as CHP's potential to cost-effectively increase energy efficiency is very high, and the technology offers returns for investors and municipal taxpayers.

We've talked about plastic bags fusing before as a way to keep polyethylene bags going, and even pointed you to a tutorial to DIY, but so far we hadn't seen the material applied to footwear and in such an elegant way.

This lovely tree has been sheltering the square in the town of Pareja Spain for almost 500 years. It was so famous that it was mentioned in a 1946 travel book: "They call it lady oak because it is rounded, full-bodied, matriarchal, an elm as old perhaps as the oldest stone in the town."

Recently, I've been buried in a bumper crop of lazy dystopias.

Now, I'm not against dystopian fiction as a means of social critique. Not at all. I think showing how present intentions may come to grief is necessary art. Not every creative act needs to embrace the politics of optimism.