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Half of All Fish In U.S. Lakes Are Toxic

Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Pbts, Health, Fish, Epa, Mercury, Pregnancy, Coal-Fired-Power-Plants, Lakes, Pcbs, Wellness, Living News
Wendy Gordon

A new EPA study found 268 bio-accumulative and toxic chemicals--notably mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins and furans--in fish from a national sampling of 500 lakes and reservoirs.

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Saving the Lakes of Udaipur, "World's Best City"

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Environment, India, Rajasthan, Lakes, Green News
Perry Garfinkel

A series of beautiful lakes in Udaipur, Rajasthan are in danger. These lakes a major magnet to the city -- one of the reasons 1.2 million tourists who visited the city last year nicknamed it "Venice of the East."

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Power Plants Don't Have to Suck (Literally)

Steve Fleischli | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural Resources, State Water Resources Control Board, Closed Cycle Cooling, Once-Through Cooling, Epa, Chesapeake Bay, Delaware River, Power Plants, Obama Administration, Lake Erie, California, Lakes, Rivers, Cooling Water Intake, Environment, Fishing, Oceans, Electric Utilities, Fisheries, Estuaries, Riverkeeper, Green News
Steve Fleischli

Collectively, the power industry sucks in approximately 80 trillion gallons of water annually to cool their equipment. In the process, they kill on a massive scale fish, larvae and other aquatic organisms.

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NRDC's Beach Report Out Today

Nancy Stoner | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Beachprotection, Beachwater, Beachreport, Waterprogram, Swimming, Beachwater Quality, Beaches, Climate Change, Travel, Oceans, Climate Change Bill, Best Beaches, Lakes, Green News
Nancy Stoner

I'm guessing human or animal waste in the waves that can send you running to the bathroom, doctor's office -- or worse -- the emergency room, isn't part of your get-a-way daydream.

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Balancing Our Kids' Nature Deficit

Avital Binshtock | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Rivers, Hiking, Children, Kids, Water, Books, Nature-Deficit Disorder, Camping, Oceans, Parenting, Outdoors, Lakes, Green News
Avital Binshtock

How can you ensure that your children don't end up deprived of outdoor experiences? Here are four ideas for getting your kids away from the video games and out into nature instead.

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Supreme Court OKs Dumping Mining Waste In Lakes

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Supreme Court, Lower Slate Lake, Gold Mining Company, Dump, Gold Mining, Supreme Court Ruling, Mining, Coeur Alaska Inc, Clean Water Act, Lakes, Green News

WASHINGTON — A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court on Monday to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acr...

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