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The true price of disposable chopsticks

China’s appetite for disposable chopsticks eats up 25 million trees each year. With forests fast disappearing, now the pressure is on for people to adopt less wasteful eating habits, reports Clifford Coonan in Beijing

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast an “active to extremely active” hurricane season due to the warm Atlantic Ocean water, the continuation of a “high-activity era” that began in 1995 with the absence of El Nino, which typically means weaker storms.

Global Green’s Matt Petersen: Now that President Obama has acknowledged that he is responsible for the cleanup, the full resources of the federal government must be deployed to the Gulf. BP may have the only equipment to stop the oil spill, but the US Government certainly has the equipment and manpower to manage a much more engaged and robust cleanup effort than we’ve seen to date.

“The eastern portions of New Orleans lost the greatest number of trees due to the storm and flooding. The trees lost are a basic part of the city’s infrastructure and replacement is important to our city’s health and a comfortable environment. Trees clean the air, reduce our utility costs and add to the property’s value,” said Jean Fahr, Executive Director of Parkway Partners

Don’t miss the second in a five part series of Global Green’s BUILD IT BACK GREEN Healthy Green Home: Water Efficiency and Moisture Management, on Tuesday, May 25th from 6-8p at ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER,1712 ORETHA CASTLE HALEY BLVD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113.