Cocaine, Spices, Hormones Found in Drinking Water
For instance, thyme and sage spike during Thanksgiving, cinnamon surges all winter, chocolate and vanilla show up during weekends (presumably from par...
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The Future of Factory Farming: Barack Obama and the "Rural Agenda"
David Kirby | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
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If elected, Obama promised, he would convene a major national summit on rural issues within 100 days of taking office. Across the country, rural activists held their breath.
Argentine River Cleanup Greeted With Skepticism: Can The Job Be Done?
Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
Argentina has some of the most severe pollution in the world. The country's leaders have mainly ignored the issue and there has been little public clamor.
Al Gore Explains How Call For Climate Change Action Is Similar To Civil Rights Movement (Video)
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green
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The push for government action on climate change is like the US civil rights movement, according to former Vice President Al Gore. Both causes depende...
BP Slapdown: EPA Really is Back on the Job!
Henry Henderson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago
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The EPA is back: it just weighed in on the controversial BP refinery expansion on Lake Michigan and issued an objection to the lax pollution permit that Indiana had lavished on the project.
EPA Vows Better Enforcement Of Clean Water Act
nytimes.com | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green
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The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it would overhaul enforcement of the Clean Water Act, as lawmakers sharply criticized the ag...
Watching The World's Water Quality And Quantity
Lissa Coffey | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
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According to the World Health Organization, approximately 884 million people are without adequate drinking water, and 2.5 billion people are without adequate water for sanitation.
Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink...
Carl Pope | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green
There won't be less water in a warmer world -- total global precipitation may increase. But the water will come at less predictable times, with more droughts and floods, and overall greater extremes.
A New Chapter In The Erin Brockovich/Hexavalent Chromium Story
John DeCock | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green
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Our primary concern now is that further delay by the state not only puts those drinking Hexavalent Chromium at risk, but delays clean up of water supplies and fails to hold polluters accountable.
Will Obama Crack Down on Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water?
Elaine Shannon | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green
Rocket fuel pollution in water and soil are bigger problems than you might think. In recent years, EPA has detected perchlorates in public water systems in 28 states and territories.
Green News Report - July 21, 2009 (Audio)
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green
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Obama to ban antibiotics?; Mining the Grand Canyon; Chevron refuses to pay for environmental damage; The bulb is back.... PLUS: Wal-Mart going green!
All Ships Near California's Coast Must Now Use Cleaner Fuel
treehugger.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green
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A Californian regulation mandating that all ocean-going vessels within 24 miles of the state's coast must use cleaner burning low-sulfur diesel fuel i...
Illegal Septic Dumping a Sordid Mess
Juli Charkes | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green
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Acts of environmental sabotage like the one that happened on Mr. Bauer's property are an added burden to a system already battling the effects of water-borne bacteria.
China Cuts Use Of Plastic Bags By 66 Percent
worldchanging.com | Ben BlockJune 25, 2009 5:00 PM | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green
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A strict Chinese limit on ultra-thin plastic bags significantly reduced bag-related pollution nationwide during the past year. The country avoided the...
Remember the Cuyahoga
Carl Pope | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green
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Monday was the 40th anniversary of the environmental disaster that gave America the Clean Water Act -- the day the Cuyahoga River caught fire.
A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | New York
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The skies were grey and the event was Blue but guests at the annual Riverkeeper fundraiser were feeling neither as they mingled on the pool deck of the Empire Hotel to support the charity.
Clean Marinas
Juli Charkes | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green
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With the pleasure of boating comes unacceptable amounts of environmental waste and pollution; marinas and the boating industry must implement more environmentally sound practices.
Massachusetts Awards $986 Million For Clean Water Projects
examiner.com | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green
From examiner.com: Massachusetts is awarding more than $986 million in loans for improvements to drinking water and waste water projects. Read t...
The Politics of a Potential Pandemic: From Sebelius to Smithfield
Josh Nelson | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics
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GOP obstruction is literally interfering with the functioning of the Federal government during a time of crisis.
Green News Report - April 21, 2009 (Audio)
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green
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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The EPA declares pollution a hazard (duh)....so Congressional Republicans focus on (wait for it).... cow farts!; The 39th ce...
Don't Take Your Drinking Water for Granted this World Water Day
Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green
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Where does your drinking water come from? Natural historian Sidney Horenstein has been asking that question around New York City for decades. The ans...
Clean Coal is a Dirty Lie
Steve Fleischli | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green
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Even if carbon capture and sequestration technology existed to remove these emissions, it still wouldn't make coal clean. From cradle to grave, coal is inherently filthy.
Water Quality Regulation in California: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?
David S. Beckman | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green
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The core component of California's Clean Water Act is the issuance of permits -- basically, limitations on the discharge of pollution -- to dischargers of water pollution.
Obama: The Environmental President?
Bill Chameides | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green
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Will Obama be able to advance an environmental agenda? If so, he will have distinguished himself from Democratic administrations that promised a lot but delivered little on the environment.
Not Home Yet: The Terrible Carnage of Bush's Final Days
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics
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As if eight long years of hell under Bush were not enough, we now have to suffer this accelerated push to destroy our future in the last days of his reign of terror.
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