Are you looking for what to do next to save the Earth after switching to flourescent bulbs? What about urban composting? This article from the New York Times gives you the lowdown on this fast-spreading trend, presenting the hows, whys, and possible pitfalls of composting food scraps in the city. The economic downturn may have devastated the profit margins for recyclables, but the Earth can always use more earth, and even city dwellers can find a few square feet of soil to be enriched.


CONSEQUENCES
SCOTUS Poised to Handcuff the EPA
In the wake of reactionary rulings by the Supreme Court that seized a woman’s right to abortion after the Justices had unleashed potentially lethal freedoms to gun owners, one can only shudder at the prospect of the court’s upcoming decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).