Lars Paronen

Position: Online Editor
I edit and create content for Reuters.com, Reuters.ca and Reuters.co.uk.

Blog Posts

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Newsweek's Green Rankings: Perception meets reality

Newsweek's green scale of big U.S. companies is remarkable in its scope and that it came to be. Usually the domain of activist groups such as Greenpeace and the Sierra Club; it’s the first green ranking of its size published by a major media outlet that I have seen.  Full Article | Comments [5] 

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Holy water!

Are the residents of Fiesch and Fischertal in Switzerland particularly pious, desperate or both? I wonder after learning that villagers there want Pope Benedict's blessing to stop the melting of Europe's longest glacier. That, after hundreds of years of praying for it to stop growing.  Full Article 

Cashed in your clunker yet?

So, how much do you want for your Aviator? Once-proud SUV owners are gaining green street cred cashing-in on President Obama's $1 billion "Car Allowance Rebate" program giving car and truck buyers a $3,500 ...  Full Article | Comments [6]