Whoa, December is almost over? Just in case you missed the top news headlines this month, here’s a quick rundown of our most popular articles. NYC Aborts Green Building Plan New York City is nixing a mandate that would have required all buildings of 50,000 square feet or more to take steps to become more energy efficient and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including energy audits and implementing upgrades to improve efficiency. Almost Half of Americans Don’t Believe in Climate Change A Harris Interactive poll reports only 51 percent of Americans believe climate change is real, a significant drop from 71 percent in 2007. It is the lowest number Harris has recorded since asking this question 12 years ago. This number poses a significant concern as the Copenhagen climate talks are underway this week. But will the skepticism make a difference? RecycleMania Coming to Campus Near You Registration for the annual Recyclemania competition has officially begun, calling on college campuses to show off their passion and commitment to recycling. Last year’s competition resulted in almost 70 million pounds of waste recycled or composted, through the participation of 510 schools over a 10-week period. San Francisco Has Compost Fever The city of San Francisco announced

the latest of its many statistics on recycling participation: The city’s residents and businesses have composted 620,000 tons of organic material in the past 10 years. San Francisco offers curbside residential composting through its green cart program, and earlier this year passed a law requiring residents to compost. Cash for Appliances is Official Consumers in the market to upgrade their old junkers, starting with cars and now including refrigerators and the like, are in luck this year as federal stimulus dollars are being appropriated to encourage the purchase of energy efficient staples around our homes. Top Sustainable Retailers (Yes, You’ll Be Surprised) While Apple has caught some flack in the past for sub-par corporate social responsibility, the REALeadership Alliance lists it as a top sustainable retailer for the holidays. Find out why… Walmart Turns Trash Into Pizza Boxes We all know that pizza box recycling can be a tricky procedure. But what about the paper that goes into the box itself? Walmart is utilizing a new way to reduce its footprint by recycling the cardboard waste collected in its stores into boxes for it’s private-label, take-and-bake pizza boxes.

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