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Environment

A Bitter Taste

Javier Sierra | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Justice, Epa, Clean Water, Environment, Obama Administration, Enforcement, Anapra New Mexico, Lead Poisoning, Safety of Perchlorate in Water, Environmental Violations, Nytimes Toxic Water, Green News
Javier Sierra

At the end of the 31st annual Hispanic Heritage month, Latinos in the US are still waiting to celebrate a crucial victory --getting rid of the toxic water that poisons so many of our communities.

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Learning, Naturally

Michelle Howard | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Childhood Memories, David-Sobel, Child Psychology, Outdoor Education, Environment, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, Nature Deficit Disorder, Parenting, Teachers, Teaching, Childhood, Learning, Living News
Michelle Howard

Is it possible that all that time wandering around outside talking to myself had something to do with my aptitude at school? Boredom, which drove me outside, is an art lost to contemporary childhood.

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Suburban Towns Strive To Be Environmentally Aware

nytimes.com | MIREYA NAVARRO | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Suburbs, Environment, Energy Efficiency, Greening the Suburbs, Green Energy, Green News

Some of these towns are offering energy retrofits; others furnish free parking to fuel-efficient hybrid cars. Yet others are limiting or banning the u...

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Local Leaders on a Global Stage

Kevin George | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Jane-Goodall, Governor Ted Kulongoski, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Environment, Global Climate Summit, Climate Change, Oceans, Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Climate Bill, Green News
Kevin George

These are just of few of the characters on the global stage whom I met - and who shared their stories of their paths on the road to Copenhagen.

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The Growing Evidence of Oil's Environmental Impact

Bob Dinneen | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Tar Sands, Environment, Oil, Ethanol, Petroleum, Biofuels, Oil Industry, Carbon Emissions of Petroleum, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Inside DC, Green News
Bob Dinneen

It is inconceivable that an honest and transparent accounting of the carbon emissions of petroleum when compared to those of ethanol would somehow be lower. It defies logic, reason, and most of all, facts.

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Lower Intelligence of Men Born Year After 1969 Flu Pandemic

Dan Agin | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, Iq, Fetal Brain Development, Flu Epidemic, Living News
Dan Agin

Early prenatal exposure to the Hong Kong flu may have interfered with fetal cerebral development and caused reduced intelligence in adulthood.

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Should Mayor Bloomberg Run, Bike or Chopper?

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Mayor Bloomberg, U2, Transportation, The Meadowlands, New York City Politics, New York News
Jennifer Schwab

Let’s remember that Bloomberg works for no salary, and has contributed hugely to the green movement by tackling many environmental issues in New York.

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US Blocks Drilling At 60 Sites In Utah -- Approval Process Under Bush "Mishandled"

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Energy, Conservation, Natural Gas, Ken Salazar, Oil Drilling, Drilling Blocked in Utah, Utah, Green News

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that oil and gas drilling will be permitted on some of the Utah land parcels near nati...

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Environmental mayhem in Pakistan

Saad Khan | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Developing Countries, Deforestation, Environmental Pollution, Pakistani Military, South Asia, Zardari-Government-Fodpyworld, Swat Valley, Green News
Saad Khan

Along with other South Asian nations, Pakistan is one of the countries worst affected by environmental pollution.

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Climate Lobby Investigation Goes Global — and Digital

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: International Journalism, Digital Media, Twitter, Corporate Globalization, Climate Lobby, Lobbyists, Climate Change, Environment, Globalization, New Media, Investigative Journalism, Media, Corporate Greed, International Reporting, Facebook, Investigative Reporting, Green News
Tracy L. Barnett

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has been raking in the awards for its international tobacco smuggling investigation. Now it's targeting the lobbying effort to influence the treaty on climate change.

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How David de Rothschild Made His Plastic-Bottle Boat (VIDEO)

news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Environment, David De Rothschild, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic Bottle Boat, Plastiki, Green News

October 7 -- Plastiki, a 60-foot-long (18.3-meter-long) catamaran made of more than 12,000 plastic bottles, will soon ply the Pacific Ocean to increas...

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Norway Breaks Impasse at Bangkok Climate Talks

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Norway Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Norway Climate Change, Sustainability, Norway Global Warming, Norway Bangkok, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News
Kevin Grandia

Norway -- the first developed nation to make any solid commitment on this front -- is set to announce that it is committing to a 40% reduction in their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

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The Philip Morris Theory of Global Warming

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.07.2009 | Books

Read More: Environment, Sustainability, Jim Hoggan, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Cover Up, James Hoggan, Books News
Kevin Grandia

Jim Hoggan, co-founder of the DeSmogBlog Project, has written a book that chronicles the history of PR spin doctors working to confuse the realities of climate change (and tobacco).

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In Reversal Of Bush Policy, EPA Launches New Study of Atrazine's Health Effects

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: EPA Drinking Water, Atrazine, Barbara Boxer, Atrazine Water, Epa, Environment, Drinking Water, EPA Atrazine, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Green News

The Environmental Protection Agency today reversed its stance on the potential hazards of atrazine, one of the most commonly-used herbicides in the co...

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World Leaders Fiddle While the World Burns: Time for a New Climate Strategy

Brendan Smith | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Labor, Copenhagen 2009, Waxman-Markey, Copenhagen, Green, Environment, Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Climate Bill, Green News
Brendan Smith

We have learned a great deal more about the science of climate change. But we have barely begun to discuss what kind of political change is necessary to do what must be done.

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Obama Puts Government On Greenhouse-Gas Diet

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Rederl Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Federal Government, Climate Change, Green News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is putting the federal government on a greenhouse-gas diet. In an executive order signed Monday, Obama dire...

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Nature Makes Us Nicer People, New Study Says

treehugger.com | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Spaces, Green Living, Relationships, Research, Human-Relationships, Values, Nature, Green, University of Rochester, Outdoors, Human-Connection, Environment, Green News

A new study by the University of Rochester found that after looking at nature scenes, people feel closer to their community, are willing to give more ...

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Pennsylvania Faces A Tainted Wastewater Onslaught Due To Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Drinking Water, Waste Water, Water, Natural Gas, Green News

Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the Monongahela River last summer. The water that U.S. Stee...

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Community Coup: Chickens Are the New Dog

Zem Joaquin | Posted 10.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Chickens, Solar, Organic Garden, Domestic Pets, Grow, Trends, Urban Agriculture, Rural, Organic, Agrarian, Urban, Eggs, Chicken, Poultry, Environment, Hens, Green News
Zem Joaquin

We got our hens after we had to give up our dog due to my son's allergies. I decided that if I was getting a new pet, it was going to reciprocate and have some positive environmental claw-print.

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Unions Need to Sever All Ties with Anti-Climate Bill Groups

Brendan Smith | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Waxman-Markey, Green News, Afl-Cio, Environment, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Global Warming Deniers, Labor Unions, Boxer-Kerry, Afl-Cio Efca, Climate Bill, Energy Citizen's Alliance, Unions and Climate Change, Green News
Brendan Smith

Nike and utility giant, Pacific Gas & Electric, have publicly resigned from the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to climate protection policies. It's time for labor unions to follow suit.

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Environmental Messaging Is Missing the Point

Schuyler Brown | Posted 10.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Reciprocity, Environment, Eco-Friendly, Environmentalism, Nature, Green News
Schuyler Brown

People have resorted to a message of urgency about the environment because the matter is urgent, but that message must be experienced in the form of personal events.

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Sustainability: It's Not About Light Bulbs

Dov Seidman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Environment, Business Ethics, Governance, Values, Inspiration, Customer Experience, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Economy, Society, Business News
Dov Seidman

We need to reframe and reclaim sustainability to take the term beyond "green" and make it relevant to the work businesspeople do every day.

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Taking a Haircut for Our Grandchildren

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Quality, Ecosystem, Environment, Environmental Performance Index, Air Quality, Green Living, Green News
Jennifer Schwab

Rich or poor, from the most advanced to the most primal, all citizens of the world and their governments must make lifestyle changes to clean up the planet.

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EPA moves to regulate smokestack greenhouse gases

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Environment, Epa, Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Emissons, Pollution, Climate Change, Home News

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first steps to control climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, factories and refineries.

The EPA proposed a rule Wednesday that would require polluters to install the best available technology to capture greenhouse gases whenever a facility is significantly changed or newly constructed. The rule applies to any industrial plant that emits at least 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year.

When the rule is final, the EPA said operators of as many 14,000 sources of pollution would have to get additional permits. The EPA action, announced the same day as a climate bill was introduce in the Senate, could put new pressure on Congress to pass legislation to avoid the federal rules.

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Nike Resigns From Chamber Of Commerce Board Over Climate Issues

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Business, Nike, Nike Climate Change, Climate Change, Nike Resigns Chamber of Commerce, Nike Chamber of Commerce, Green News

The Nike corporation said Wednesday it would abandon its position on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing differences with the business g...

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