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

The New York Times | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

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 10.17.2009 | Green

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

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 06.19.2009 | Green

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

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

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An Easy, Green Choice for Los Angeles City Attorney

Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Rivers, Sewage, Barbara Boxer, Santa Monica Bay, Stormwater, Carmen Trutanich, Ed Begley Jr., Environment, Clean Water, Jack-Weiss, Green Living, Los Angeles City Attorney, Los Angeles, Election, Green News
Steve Fleischli

As a City Council member, Jack Weiss has a record overall on the environment that is excellent based on any measure.Environmental attorneys in Los Angeles like David Beckman and me support Jack Weiss.

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Half Of US Sewage Sludge Ends Up On Crops: So?

Grist | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Sewage, Sewage Sludge, Farming, Pollution, Green News

Three hundred million Americans head to the restroom multiple times a day. The amount of sludge produced staggers the mind--7 million dry tons per yea...

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Watch Flamingo Chicks Flutter Via Live Cam

Treehugger | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Sewage, Polllution, Green News, Environment, Flamingo, Conservation, Birds, Animals, Green News

Kamfers Dam, a large wetland near Kimberley, South Africa, is one of only four places in the whole of Africa where the spectacular Lesser Flamingo bre...

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Iraq Sewage System A $100 Million Failure, US Inspectors Say

NY Times | JAMES GLANZ | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Sewage, War Wire, Iraq Contractors, Iraq Sewage, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Home News

A huge American-financed wastewater treatment plant in the desert city of Falluja, which United States troops assaulted twice to root out insurgents i...

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Modern Alchemy: Turning Sewage Into Energy And Money

AP | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: San Antonio, Green Energy, Green Living, Sewage, Methane Capture, Methane, Green News

SAN ANTONIO — The city plans to turn the stench of its residents' waste into sweet green cash and renewable energy. The San Antonio Water Syste...

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Human Waste Used By 200 Million Farmers, Study Says

National Geographic | Tasha Eichenseher | Posted 09.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Sewage, Fertilizer, Human Waste, Environment, National Geographic, Green News

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 milli...

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Life Cycle: Shit Happens

Simran Sethi | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Low-Flush Toilet, Water Saving, Sewage, Shit, Toilet Paper, Crapper, Waste Treatment, Green, Bathroom, Sewer, Loo, Environmental, Toilet, Environment, Dioxins, Flush, Bidet, Bio-Solids, Simran Sethi, Sarah Smarsh, Green News
Simran Sethi

Despite being chemically treated, sewage water is still rife with birth-control, anti-depressants and other pharmaceuticals we once ingested.

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Friday Talking Points [37] -- Welcome, New Readers

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, Speech, Friday Talking Points, Fisa, Chris Dodd, Immunity, Campaign, Sewage Plant, Presidential Memorial Commission, Republican, Telecom, Bush, Talking Points, 2008, John Kerry, Midotw, Waste, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Spin, 2008 Campaign, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Grover Norquist, San Francisco, Tan, Sewage, John McCain, Beating His Wife, Amnesty, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, Mddotw, 2008 Presidential Race, Harry Reid, Democratic Underground, Flip Flop, Milquetoast, Du, Politics News
Chris Weigant

McCain flip-flops on torture, tax cuts, the religious right, Roe v. Wade, lobbyists, gay marriage, creationism, Iraq, talking to enemies, and just about any other subject you care to name.

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