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Roundup: Not-so-fresh fresheners, Dark Knight’s eco-blunders, new film rebukes global warming

Filed under: Big Hits, Corporate green activities, Green entertainment, Green food, Green public policy, Uncategorized

Author: Aarti Shah

Green News for the week 7.21.08

Trouble for the “fresh scent” industry.  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports on a University of Washington study claiming that scented fabric sheets, plug-in fresheners, and other scented detergents expose consumers and the environment to dangerous chemicals not always listed in the ingredients. Yet industry reps dispute the study as “misleading.”

Also:

The Dark Knight is called out for anti-green shooting methods, according to Plenty

British global warming film rebukes notion that climate change is dangerous, the NY Times

League of Conservation Voters presidential candidate Barack Obama

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