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Protecting New York City's Water Supply from Gas Companies

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Water Quality, Fracking Fluid, Fracking, Contamination, Water, Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Water Supply, New York, New York News
Alison Rose Levy

New Yorkers were out in force last Tuesday to protect the purity of their legendary water. A public event focused on drilling in a vast Upstate reservoir of natural gas that developers are seeking to exploit.

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The High Human Cost of Unsafe Food

Marion Nestle | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Safety, Bill Marler, Cspi, Food Contamination, Contamination, E. Coli, Green News
Marion Nestle

Center for Science in the Public Interest has a new report out on the 10 foods that cause the most cases of foodborne illness. So how come Congress isn't forcing all food producers to produce safe food?

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Fuel Uses Education and Inspiration to Make Impassioned Case for Green Energy

Josh Garrett | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Refining, Sundance Film Festival, Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Richard Branson, Movie, Neil Young, Film, Pollution, Crude Oil, Algae Biofuel, Fuel, Biomass, Henry Ford, Contamination, Oil, Documentary, Josh Tickell, Algae, Willie Nelson, Green News
Josh Garrett

Fuel does not chastise Americans for using petroleum products, but instead shows that a post-oil nation is well within our grasp -- all we need to do is extend our hands.

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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Acknowledges The Need To Clean Up Vieques

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Navy, White House, Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, Vieques Puerto Rico, Vieques Mayor Evelyn Delerme Camacho, Contamination, Justice Department, League of United Latin American Cities (LULAC), Green News
Brendan DeMelle

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson acknowledged the need to clean up the island of Vieques last week at the national convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

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Finally Food Safety is the Main Course

Wendy Gordon | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Eggs, Chicken, Shopping Tips, Prevention, Contamination, Exports, Consumer Confidence, Food Safety, Salmonella, Consumer Protection, Simple Steps From NRDC, Food Safety Regulation, Safe Handling, Living News
Wendy Gordon

The bill gives the FDA broad new powers to regulate produce at the farm level and review corporate records on activities ranging from food-processing to pathogen-testing.

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'Justice for Vieques': Resolutions Passed by Both Houses of Puerto Rican Legislature

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Navy, White House, Vieques Puerto Rico, Contamination, American Values Network, United Nations, National Council of La Raza, Justice Department, League of United Latin American Cities (LULAC), Eric Holder, Sovereign Immunity, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

In the government's twisted logic, warning people about the impending bombing that will contaminate their air, water, soil and bodies could harm these citizens more.

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Obama Must Live Up to Campaign Pledge on Vieques Cleanup

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Lisa Jackson, Napalm, Vieques Puerto Rico, Alan Grayson, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune, Mercury Poisoning, Justice Department, Depleted Uranium, Eric Holder, Arsenic, Asbestos in Libby Montana, Bush Administration, Contamination, Sovereign Immunity, US Navy, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

President Obama should instruct all relevant federal agencies to live up to his stated commitment to address the health crisis in Vieques immediately, pursue an "environmentally acceptable" clean-up for Vieques, and work toward a fair and complete resolution to the ongoing litigation.

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A Toxic Lesson

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Juan Parras, Latinos, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Justice, Javier Sierra, Epa, Hispanic, Air Quality, Pollution, Lungs, Texas, Hispanics and the Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Education, Sierra Club, Cesar Chavez High School, Houston, Latinos and the Environment, Contamination, Toxic Schools, Asthma, Schools, Green News
Javier Sierra

In more than half of the investigated schools, students were in danger of contracting cancer and respiratory diseases because of the presence of toxic compounds.

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Aw, Nuts: The FDA Pistachio Scare Nightmare

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Kathleen Sebelius, Tom Vilsack, Health and Human Services, Salmonella, Fda, Pistachios-Salmonella, Pistachios, E. Coli, Diarrhea, Contamination, Sarah Palin, International Space Station, Usda, Pistachios-Recall, Bacteria, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Politics, Health, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

It seems that the FDA done did it again! Or didn't do it... what they're supposed be doing, that is, mainly regulate and prevent widespread contamination of our food supply from harmful microbes and bacteria.

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Bush's Environmental Legacy on GMOs Is Irreversible

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Genetically Engineered Foods, Invasive Species, Regulation, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Usda, Monsanto, Biotechnology, Union of Concerned Scientists, Contamination, Extinction, Obama Transition, Environment, Field Trials, Genetically Modified Foods, Genetically Engineered Crops, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

After all weather effects of 21st century climate change have disappeared from the earth's surface, two destructive impacts traceable to George Bush's policies will yet remain.

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Common Plastic Found to Leak Chemicals

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Research, Biology, Packaging, Regulation, Science, Green Living, Fda, Toxic Chemicals, Health, Contamination, Green News, Environment, Plastic, Bisphenol A, Food and Drug Administration, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

Two highly reactive chemicals in a common plastic can leak from disposable lab equipment and skew the outcome of life science research.

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Can a Novel Change the World?

Karen Dionne | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Poverty, Waterlife Foundation, Water, Contamination, Environment, An Inconvenient Truth, Freezing Point, Karen Dionne, Water Crisis, Green News
Karen Dionne

The novel, of course, is fiction. But the WaterLife Foundation is real. In my author's notes, I direct readers toward this worthy non-profit. I discovered the organization while researching the novel.

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OUR PRO-LIFE PRESIDENT'S FINAL GIFT TO NEWBORNS: POISONED WATER

James Heffernan | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Epa, Infants, Rocket Fuel, Contamination, Environment, Science, Pro-Life, Pollution, President Bush, Drinking Water, Home News
James Heffernan

While just about everyone is agonizing over the 700 billion dollars we're going to spend on bailing out financial institutions, our pro-life ...

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