About: [The Project] [The ApocaDocs] [Equal Share]

The Six Scenarios: [Species Collapse] [Infectious Disease] [Climate Chaos] [Resource Depletion] [Biology Breach] [Recovery]

Explore:

Play: It's weekly, funny, and free!

---

SEARCH More than 5,600 stories! A great gift for crisis deniers! Humoring the Horror of the Converging Emergencies 94 color pages $24.99 now $15! Or read FREE online! Twitter Ping this story in social media: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon

Posted Wed Apr 15 2009: from New York Times: Eliminate Newspapers, Save the Planet? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1239826879 Marriott, the hotel group, announced on Monday that it no longer will automatically deliver newspapers to guests. Marriott said each newspaper represents emissions of a half pound of carbon dioxide. It said the new policy should reduce newspaper distribution by about 50,000 newspapers every day or by about 18 million newspapers every year. That would reduce carbon emissions by 10,350 tons each year. [Read more stories about: carbon emissions] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: Your Quips: Rhubarbara says: "This story from the New York End of Times." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

'Doc Michael says: Stop the presses. NEXT> More stories: Sewage plants could be creating 'super' bacteria Climate Change May Wake Up 'Sleeper' Weeds (Eliminate Newspapers, Save the Planet?) Forty per cent of children now suffer from food allergies Voracious goby extends its range to deeper water, threatening Great Lakes, scientists say Want to explore more? Try the PaniCloud!

Copyright 2010 The Apocadocs.com