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The greener side of recession

(ALEX EBEN MEYER/THE NEW YORK TIMES)

By Dan Mitchell

February 11, 2008

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Tongue planted firmly in cheek - or maybe not, it's a bit hard to tell - Fion MacCloud of the British site Finance Markets recently offered "10 Ways the Recession Can Help the Environment." A recession, he noted, means less waste dumped into landfills, fewer SUVs sold, and fewer people taking vacations, in that way using less fuel (financemarkets.co.uk). (Full article: 501 words)