No matter how much beer you celebrate with, remember to be responsible. Environmentally responsible.

Cascade Brewery, from Tasmania and owned by Fosters, has declared their new Cascade Green as 100% carbon neutral from the picking of the locally grown hops to the eventual deposit in the recycling bin.

The carbon neutral aspect comes via the purchase of Australian Government Greenhouse Friendly certified carbon offsets that go to supporting the Hobart Landfill Flare Facility.

The brewery has also reduced its energy usage by 16% and water usage by 30% per unit of production over the last six years. The beverage comes in the lightest weight, highest recycled content glass bottle currently available in Australia, and is shipped in cartons of 100% recycled cardboard printed with two-color biodegradable vegetable inks.

Just be warned that Cascade hasn’t made any claims to be organic or vegan, it’s just carbon neutral.

If you do want a vegan beer, then try Green Man. It’s brewed from organic ingredients, and is free of added sugars. They reuse their bottles and many of their cardboard cartons too.

All good reasons to raise a glass and say Slante.

“Johnson’s excuse that global warming is not unique to California is both factually and legally wrong,” said David Doniger, policy director for the National Resources Defense Council. Doniger said no other state can claim the same “severe impacts” from smog, wildfires, water supply problems, and agricultural losses. “The combination and severity of these impacts makes California’s conditions compelling and extraordinary,” he said.

But Johnson doesn’t care. Ah well, California is suing and no one thinks that they’ll lose. California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer said the EPA decision would not stand up in court but would result in “more delay in cleaning up our air and tackling the challenge of global warming.” Thanks a lot Johnson.

What about the automakers? Struggling U.S. auto manufacturers and overseas car companies have fought the California proposal, saying it would hurt their business, especially if adopted by other states. They say that trying to meet both federal efficiency standards and another, stricter standard adopted by states would add huge production costs and increases prices. Aww, suck it up. People are still going to buy cars.