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'Green News Report' - April 5, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Floods, Gas Prices, Chevy Volt, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Radiation, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Heat Wave, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Usda, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Sewage, Energy, Fukushima, Nuclear Power, Nrdc, War, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Senate, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Food Safety, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Japan, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Military, Electric Cars, Overfishing, Ohio, Bats, White Nose Syndrome, Joe Bastardi, Oceans, China, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama pus...

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'Green News Report' - April 3, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.03.2012

Read More: Floods, Pesticides, Gas Prices, Chevy Volt, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Power Plants, Fda, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Heat Wave, Oil Spill, Colony Collapse Disorder, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bpa, Sewage, Energy, Bees, Ipcc, Nrdc, War, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Joe Biden, Subsidies, Steve Doocy, Barack Obama, Senate, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Fox News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Japan, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Coal, Radiation, Usda, Fukushima, Nuclear Power, Maldives, Energy Efficiency, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Biden sla...

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'Green News Report' - March 29, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Floods, Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Regulation, Power Plants, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, War, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Senate, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Japan, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Sewage, Ipcc, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Another b...

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New York City Commits to Green Solution for Sewage Overflows

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Sewage, Water, Newtown Creek, Hudson River, Green Infrastructure, New York, Water Pollution, Water Contamination, New York City, New York Harbor, Green News

In New York, green infrastructure is going to play a transformative role. But the story is much bigger than that.

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The Biggest Infrastructure Project You've Probably Never Heard Of

Adam Clampitt | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Clean Water, Sewage, Infrastructure, Combined Sewer Overflow, Clean Rivers Project, Dc Utilities, Dc-Water, DC News

While most residents, including myself, take water for granted, I have quickly learned that D.C. Water is perhaps the most important utility in our region. Without clean water, our lives would grind to a halt.

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More Than Meets The Eye: Hurricane Irene's Health Risks Likely To Linger

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Sewage, Dengue Fever, Floods, Combined Sewer Overflow, Mold, West Nile Virus, Hurricane Irene, Wind, Pollution, New York City, Video, Green News

Hurricane Irene's powerful one-two punch of high winds and heavy rainfall will undoubtedly result in dangerous airborne debris, fallen trees and flash...

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Changing Climate: Deep Oceans Off Alaska Face Existential Threat

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Marine Life, Carbon Emissions, Deep-Ocean, Waste, Science, Climate Change, Pollution, Global Warming, Garbage, Green News

If deep oceans covered an area only the size of the state of Alaska, then humans have so far explored in detail only about 2,400 square feet -- enough space to park seven or eight cars.

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Heavy Rain, Old Pipes, More People: A 'Perfect Storm' For Sewer Overflows

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Sewage, Environmental Protection Agency, Combined Sewer Overflow, Sewer Overflow, Great Lakes, Epa, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Chicago River Sewage, New York, New York City, Green News

In the middle of last month's record heat wave, New York City warned its residents against cooling off in their local waterways. A four-alarm blaze ha...

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The Best And Worst Beaches In The U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Sewage, Rain, Water Contamination, Stormwater, Beaches, Gulf Oil Spill, Pollution, Green News

Before you head to the beach this Fourth of July weekend, no doubt you will check the forecast for any impending bad weather. But to avoid some potent...

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Green News Report: April 5, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Co2, Natural Disasters, Fracking, Epa, Clean Energy, Coal, Chernobyl, Radioactivity, Iaea, Climate Change Denial, Green Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Environmentalists, Environmentalism, Toxic Chemicals, Pennsylvania, Japan Earthquake, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Japan, BP Oil Spill, United Nations, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Nuclear, Pollution, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Waste, Gop, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Global Warming Deniers, Bp, Subsidies, Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Waste Management, Green News, Hydraulic Fracturing, Toxic Waste, House of Representatives, Green Business, Don Blankenship, Tennessee, Deepwater Horizon, Paul Krugman, Farm Subsidies, Sewage, Massey Energy, Perchlorate, Bats, Utilities, Transocean, Executive Compensation, Upper Big Branch Mine, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

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Millions Of Gallons of Sewage Burst From Tenn. Treatment Plant

AP | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Sewage, Gatlinburg, Utilities, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Wastewater, Industrial-Accident, Tennessee, Industry, Workers Missing, Green News

GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- A holding tank at a sewage treatment plant in a Smoky Mountains tourist town gave way early Tuesday, leaving two workers missing ...

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Dead Zones, Now in More Frightening Detail!

Peter Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Agricultural Runoff, Hypoxia, Oceans, Ocean Dead Zones, Industrial Agriculture, Eutrophication, Dead Zone, Green News

A new interactive map of oceanic dead zones charts hundreds of areas across the globe where sewage and fertilizer runoff have created areas virtually uninhabitable for most marine life.

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Westchester Dumped 4 Million Gallons Of Sewage In Hudson

Gothamist | [1] | | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Hudson River, Sewage Dump, Pollution, Westchester Sewage Dump, Ny News, New York News

Bleccch: Westchester County dumped 4.4 million gallons of treated sewage into the Hudson River last month--and didn't say a word, according to the Jou...

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Obama Will Award Presidential Medal to NRDC Founder John Adams

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Clean Air, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nrdc, John Adams, Climate Change, Pollution, Barack Obama, John Adams Nrdc, Green News

In order to grasp all that John has accomplished, you have to remember what America was like 40 years ago -- raw sewage floated through cities and waterways were so polluted they caught on fire.

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Re-Envisioning the Chicago River: Carp and Courts Update Our Thinking

Henry Henderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Illinois, Chicago-River-Decontamination, Asian Carp, Mwrd, Chicago River Sewage, Chicago River, Chicago River Pollution, Chicago News

We could be on the verge of significant action regarding the Chicago River. And, what do we have to thank for that, besides decades of hard work from lots of folks? Carp and courts.

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Iraqi Citizens Angry With U.S. Combat Troop Withdrawal Amid Current Living Conditions

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Troops, US Military, Combat Mission, Whate House, Obama, Democracy, Nouri Al Maliki, Withdrawal, Living Conditions, Electricity, Nato, Iraq War, Trash, Drinking Water, Iraq, World News

But the rosy "rebranding" of the conflict, as some have called it, is hardly playing well in the bazaars of Baghdad and other embattled cities and tow...

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PHOTOS: True Halloween Horrors -- Scary Toxic Lagoons

The Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Ground Water, Nuclear Waste, Hog Farms, Cafos, Spills, Waste, Coal Ash, Toxic Lagoons, Coal, Slidepollajax, Toxins, Smarter Ideas, Green News

Hold your nose and run for cover! Many people think that waste from mining, nuclear power, and even sewage is out of sight, out of mind. Not so much...

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A Dozen Threats to Your Water on the 38th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act

John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Sewage, Pesticides, Toxics, Agriculture, Pollution, Water Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Precautionary Principle, Stormwater, Clean Water Action, Climate Change, Clean Water Act, Fertilizers, Coal Ash, Runoff, Green News

Pollution prevention, efficiency, conservation, reuse, doing things locally and in a distributed and decentralized manner are all core principles for moving forward with water and other natural resources.

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New York's Best And Worst Smells

nydailynews.com | By Trevor Kapp, Irving Dejohn, Mark Morales and Christrina Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Barbecue, Coffee, New York Smells, Dinosaur BBQ, New York Garbage, New York News

A beautiful summer's day is like a breath of fresh air for New Yorkers -- or maybe not. As the mercury rises across New York, so do the odors emanati...

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Green News Report: July 6, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Yucca Mountain, Sewage, Bp, Organophosphates, Carbon Emissions, Oil Spill Response, Nuclear Power, Michael Mann, Clean Energy, Tibet, Subsidies, Green News Report, Climategate, China, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Fossil Fuels, Green News, Sustainability, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, India, BP Oil Spill, Global Warming Deniers, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Solar Power, Solar Thermal Power, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: A solar boos...

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DIA Sewage Spill: Denver Airport Dumps

Big Green Boulder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barr Lake, Sewage, Denver International Airport, Dia, Denver News

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Amiri Zeqiri Dies In Smithtown Cesspool: Teen Dies In Pit Behind Long Island Dunkin' Donuts Shop

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Long Island, Cesspool, Pit, Smithtown, Dunkin Doughnuts, Amiri Zeqiri, Suffolk County, Video, New York News

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP)-- A teenage worker taking out the garbage at a doughnut shop on Sunday night fell into a sewage pit and died, police said. Ami...

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Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Neglected At A Cost To Health

The New York Times | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Lead, Baths, Municipalities, Rashes, Health, Toxic Water, Wells, Clean Water Act, Heavy Metals, Barium, Epa, Clean Water Act Violations, Showers, Manganese, Pollutants, Arsenic, Water Utilities, Public Health, Sewage, Drinking Water, Green News

Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va. In fact, her entire family tries to avoid any contact wit...

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A Surprise Way to Keep Our Beaches Clean: Pass a Climate Bill

Nancy Stoner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Testingthewaters, Globalwarming, Beachwater, Beachreport, Pollution, Stormwater, Beaches, energyandclimate2009, Green News

What does an energy bill have to do with beachwater? An awful lot, it turns out, because global warming poses an immediate risk to nearly every town and city beach across the country.

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Tips for a Healthy Trip to the Beach this Memorial Day

Nancy Stoner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sewage, Tourism, Beachreport, Waterprogram, Stormwater, Beaches, Memorial Day, Vacation, Green News

Before you dip into the water, you should be aware that swimming at your local beach can make you sick.

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