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SunChips Unveils New Less-Noisy Eco-Friendly Bag [VIDEO]

In August, Frito-Lay unveiled an eco-friendly SunChips bag that was as loud as a New York City subway. Now the company has designed a new ear-friendly bag, the "Today" show reports. The new bag, which will hit stores next month, is compostable and less noisy than the bags that raised a loud outcry and were even called...

Lowe's Giving $1 Million to Green Charities

Lowe's is giving green to the green. The Fortune 50 home improvement chain will award $100,000 grants to four environmentally focused nonprofits and will give an additional $600,000 to the organizations, to be distributed according to voter response. Visitors to Lowes.com/give and Lowe's Facebook page will vote between...

Italy Says 'Ciao' to Plastic Bags in 2011

Starting Saturday, Italians will have only one answer to the question, "Paper or plastic?" Shops and supermarkets across Italy are doling out their last plastic bags today, before a nationwide ban forces them to swap plastic for more environmentally friendly paper or fabric bags. Italy is Europe's biggest consumer of...

Opinion: Bring on the Gas Tax

(Dec. 9) -- After falling three votes shy of the 14 needed, the deficit reduction commission report won't make it to Congress. And dying on the vine with it is the suggestion of a 15-cent increase in the federal per-gallon gas tax. With gas prices rising this winter and the economy still struggling, any talk of a gas tax...

Green Screen: Inside the World's Smallest Solar-Powered Movie Theater

(Dec. 8) -- Lights, camera ... environmental action? You might say it's an inconvenient truth, but the movie industry is anything but green. With their supercold ACs and flashy marquees, movie theaters require a great deal of energy. Except for England's Sol Cinema. The tiny mobile movie theater -- dubbed the world's...

Background on environmentally friendly

Environmentally friendly (also eco-friendly, nature friendly, and green) are terms used to refer to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies claimed to inflict minimal or no harm on the environment.

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