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Cremation — an environmentally friendly approach
A wilted rose bouquet at the Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego. (Photo: Sherry V. Smith)The environment plays a big part in Capitol legislation, but here’s a topic rarely linked to the environment – cremation. Traditional fire-based cremation entails emissions and pollutants. But a little-known bill signed by Gov. Brown allows the use of a water-based method called alkaline hydrolysis, which has been used elsewhere since the 19th century.