WashPost 'Electricity Grinch' to Readers: Toss Out Old-Fashioned Xmas

December 10th, 2013 12:42 PM
Last December, my colleague Matt Vespa took on Washington Post EcoLOGIC columnist Brian Palmer for his attack on Christmas tree farms. One year later and Palmer is still a grinch, this time lecturing readers about the virtues of eschewing incandescent Christmas lights for LED bulbs.  But not only did Palmer preach the merits of energy -- and money-saving -- LED bulbs, he also crunched the…

WashPost Lectures Tree Farms Aren't So 'Green

December 11th, 2012 3:33 PM
Most folks dream of a white Christmas. No one, not even Elvis fans, want a blue one. But the Washington Post's Brian Palmer is fixated on how you can have a green one. Spoiler alert: He doesn't think trekking out to the local tree farm to fell your own tree is the way to go. "Do you deserve a lump of carbon under your Christmas tree?" Palmer asked in his December 11 EcoLogic column.…

WaPo's 'Green Lantern': 'Is Chewing Gum Bad for the Environment

April 20th, 2011 10:23 AM
Does the hectoring of the leftist green movement know no bounds? Apparently your stick of Juicy Fruit is a menace to the Earth now. In his "The Green Lantern" column yesterday, the Washington Post's Brian Palmer took a look at how un-green chewing gum is.