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It would hit Alina Black at Trader Joe’s, a wave of guilt and shame that made her skin crawl. Something as simple as nuts. They came wrapped in plastic, often in layers of it, that she imagined leaving her house and traveling to a landfill, where it would remain through her lifetime and the lifetime of her children. She longed, really longed, to make less of a mark on the earth. At the age of 37, these conflicting forces were slowly closing on her, like a set of jaws. In the early-morning hours, after nursing the baby, she would slip...

Psychology: The alarms that environmental extremists have sounded have given rise to a market for therapists who treat eco-anxiety. What a concept! Scare the wits out of people, then make money off their fear.It's possible that none of the 100 or so "eco-therapists" practicing in the U.S. have been part of the environmentalist shock campaign. Or it could be that, at more than $100 an hour, these practitioners are simply taking advantage of others' weaknesses. But given that the treatments they're prescribing — taking shorter showers, turning off lights, making do with less — are scrawled on the stone tablet...

ECO-ANXIETY I am afraid that some of your global warming nut jobs out there might be suffering from eco-anxiety. This is, apparently, a real disorder among the environmental nutcases. These are the people that worry about every gallon of gasoline that they burn and every piece of trash they throw away. They worry about it so much to the point where they are actually making themselves sick. Listen to this ... Sarah Edwards lives in California. She is one of these environmental freaks who is constantly worrying about litter on the beach and pollution in the water. She says that...