Luckily, Christmas dinner is already over in Scandinavia (celebrated most often on the 24th) so those of us required to take a portion of stinky, slimy lutefisk, a dried and soaked cod, are safely past our obligations at the buffet-like Christmas table.

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I know what you're thinking: same old, same old. But actually this line of reusable bags is making it harder and harder to come up the "I forgot my bag" excuse....

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This post is co-written by Greg Haegele and Bruce Nilles, Director of the Sierra Club's National Coal Campaign.

When we talk about coal-fired power plants, the discussion usually revolves around their massive emissions of global warming pollution. Yet these plants also emit many other toxic pollutants – including mercury.

Sign in Amsterdam hotel. TreeHugger has often noted that we need a bit of good bacteria. Source via BoingBoing...

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On Friday The FDA Science Board, a group of outside experts, backed up critics who found major flaws in the agency's decision to declare BPA safe for babies. According to USA Today:

Clearing out the under-the-sink area of toxic cleaners is a very TreeHugger kitchen activity which is great for our water, our skin, and our health. But reducing the number of household cleansers seems infinitely easier than reducing the number of personal care products in the bathroom cabinet.

Brown clay for green and clean?