A.M. Greenlist: De-car-ing nationwide

>> "I am not a plastic bottle." Seletti glass bottles come in four plastic bottle-like designs. Even the caps are made of glass! (via APLA) Earlier: "I am not a paper cup."

>> High gas prices have people de-car-ing in droves. "In California, the nation's biggest fuel market, drivers have been burning through less gasoline than they had the year before for six straight quarters." Earlier: De-car-ing week -- roundup.

>> The second of four L.A. Bicycle Master Plan meetings happens tomorrow, Feb. 20, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the Felicia Mahood Multi Purpose Center, 11338 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles.

>> Cleaning up the ports is controversial business. While environmentalists, the Teamsters, and the Los Angeles port officials back a plan requiring trucking and shipping companies to hire truckers -- thereby making the companies responsible for pollution, Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners want to license truckers and offer them financial plans for buying cleaner trucks.

>> Unscrew America, or everything you wanted or didn't want to know about CFLs, loosely organized into a noisy but joyous enviro-site. (via Treehugger)

>> How to green your fridge. You've probably heard many of these tips separately before, but Grist puts them together in this chill article.

>> The National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency are collaborating to "rapidly test tens of thousands of chemicals for toxic effects. The work is expected to generate data specific to human health effects of exposure to a panoply of chemicals." Earlier: Green chemistry: California looks into nontoxic green chemicals. (via Freakonomics)

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