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Attention, taxpayers: last week, your hard-earned money paid for little Johnny and Jane College Kid to learn about the sexuality of the environmentalism movement. Aren’t you proud of what your children are learning in college? Here’s some background about me: I’m a proud graduate of Ohio University, nestled in the Appalachian Mountain region of Ohio. Going to Bobcats games on Saturday… hanging out on Court Street on weekend nights… what a time those days were. However, there’s one aspect of OU that I don’t miss: the stifling progressive inanity that pervades the Athens air like a San Francisco summer smog—two...

Residents are 'green' hypocrites, poll finds Californians want immediate governmental action, but are unwilling to make personal sacrifices By Steve Geissinger MEDIANEWS SACRAMENTO BUREAU Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO -- Many Californians' alarmed talk about global warming amounts to a lot of hot air. Experts say residents are growing more opinionated on the issue -- and hypocritical. A survey by the Public Policy Institute of California shows most residents think dirty air from cars is helping foster disasters such as drought and hurting their health through ailments such as asthma. They want immediate action from government officials and presidential candidates with...

As if it weren't hard enough to get a date in this town, ecosexuals add another kind of green to their ideal mate's personal profile. ______________________________________ San Francisco designer Rachel Pearson, 33, owns a successful line of children’s clothing made of organic cotton that also meets international fair-trade rules. For herself she favors clothing from thrift stores—“Not buying new,” she says, “eases the toll on the earth.” A vegetarian, she recycles religiously and loves to pamper herself with yoga and meditation. There’s another arena in which Pearson upholds green values, and it can create a bit of an etiquette problem....