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Green News Report - June 18, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Asbestos in Libby Montana, Water, Waxman-Markey, Epa, United Nations, Green News, Green, Climate Change, Green News Report, Energy Policy, Reducing Waste, Solar Power, Bottled Water, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT:: Energy legislation fight now moves to the Senate; Climate change outlook now worse than before; Libby, MT now a "public hea...

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Free the Data: Breaking Down Silos With Google; Liberating Spreadsheets, Collaboration Beyond the Cell

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 06.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Paul Saffo, Water Crisis, Water Scarcity, The Matrix, Journalism, Circle of Blue, Water, Data Visualization, Google, Peter Gleick, Alon Halevy, Media News

Fusion Tables is a powerful research and story-telling tool -- equally accessible to journalists, scientists, students and the public.

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Greener Showering Tips: How To Save Money And Energy (VIDEO)

Grist | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Showering Tips, Saving Water, Water, Green Living, Saving Money, Giy, Saving Energy, Green News

Grist's Umbra Fisk offers up advice on greening your shower routine. Shower with friends! Turn the shower off when you soap up! Well, doing both of th...

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Venice Mayor To Residents: Switch To Tap Water

nytimes.com | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Italy, Water, Tap Water, Venice-Italy, Bottled Water, Green News

Italians are the leading consumers of bottled water in the world, drinking more than 40 gallons per person annually. But as their environmental consci...

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LA LAWN: City To Pay People To Lose Grass

Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Los Angeles-California, Cash for Grass, Water, Green Living, LA Lawns, Water Waste, Giy, Green News

Fast on the heels of the new watering ordinances that took effect June 1, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has begun a cash-for-grass pro...

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The BPA Diaries: An Introduction

John DeCock | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Bpa, Exposure to Chemicals, Water, Bpa Baby Bottles, Clean Water, Plastic Water Bottles, Nalgene, Toxic Toys, Water Bottles, Bisphenol A, Green News

BPA is a symbol of a much broader problem--our need to evaluate chemicals before they reach the marketplace, and to develop safer alternatives to chemicals we already know to be toxic.

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Greener Shaving Now! Do Away With Disposables (VIDEO)

Grist | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green Shaving, Green Grooming, Green Living, Shaving, Water, Reducing Waste, Giy, Green News

How green is your grooming routine? Shaving is one place where a lot of Americans end up wasting a lot of water -- and other stuff. Grist's Umbra say...

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When You Save Water, You Save Electricity (And Vice Versa)

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Electricity, Green Living, Saving Water, Giy, Water, Reduce, Green News

One of our aims at the Planet Green website, is to try and provide people with tips and tricks for saving energy and water. Usually, we round up littl...

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Can The Dutch Help Us Avoid Another Katrina?

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Water Use, Water, Environment, Lisa Jackson, Green News

AMSTERDAM — The U.S.' chief environmental official said Tuesday that America can learn much from the way the Dutch manage water _ focusing more ...

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Save 60 Gallons Of Water In One Day

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 06.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green Living, Reducing Waste, Water, Giy, Green News

You can save 60 gallons of water today without spending any money (I'm going to assume you own some of the things that I mention, like a 1000 sq ft ga...

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One Small Step for Climate, A Giant Leap for Congress

John DeCock | Posted 06.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Water, Aces, American Climate and Security Act, Clean Water, Environment, Climate Change, Green Living, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Green News

The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) cleared its first hurdle this week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee. I guess you need to be...

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Lack of Votes, Lack of Water

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: India Elections, Marc Kielburger, Craig Kielburger, Water, Sanitation, Chad, World News

India successfully coordinated an election involving 700 million participants. Now, it needs to put that effort into bringing them water.

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Midwest Flood Cleanup: Taking Down Sandbags, Lighting A Bonfire

AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 06.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Water Damage, Water, Environment, Fargo-North Dakota, Midwest Flooding, Green News

FARGO, N.D. — Hundreds of sandbags that protected Jim Brenan's south Fargo home from Red River floodwaters are gone. Now he has deep ruts in what us...

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A Drop In The Bucket: Sensors Reduce Golf Course Water Use

nytimes.com | LARRY DORMAN | Posted 06.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Golf's Water Footprint, Golf, Water Footprint, Water, Waste, Environment, Green News

"We were a very efficient operation to start with," said Shawn Emerson, the superintendent at Desert Mountain Golf Club, a complex of six courses with...

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WATCH: Paula Deen's Butter Water

Craig Rowin | Posted 06.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Paula Deen, Celebrities-Japanese-Ads, Water, Butter, Video, Butter Water, Butter Water Video, Funny Videos, Comedy News

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Singin' in the Rain

Robert Glennon | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Human Foibles, Environment, Water Conservation, California, Water, Current-Events, Green News

California has an opportunity to revamp its water-use culture in response to the prolonged drought. But indications so far suggest that most officials would rather dream of new dams.

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Water Footprint: How Much Water Your Stuff Takes

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Waste, Water Footprint, Water, Green News

We've all heard about carbon footprints. We know that the stuff we buy and use leaves a long trail of... stuff. A T-shirt involved growing cotton, whi...

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Your Bathtub Relaxation Therapy

Stefan Aschan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Green Tea, Aging, Margaret-Cho-Interview-Bathtub, Anti-Aging, Water, Green Living, Relaxation Techniques, Herbs-in-White-House-Garden, Relaxation, Living News

A hot bath after a long day or a strenuous workout at night can be very rejuvenating. But our skin is a very delicate system.

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Risky Runoff: From Fish-Roe to Ritalin (My Reaction to "Poisoned Waters," a Recent PBS Frontline Story)

Michael DeJong | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Margaret Meade, Thinking Mindfully, Cleaning Supplies, Rachel Carson, We’re All Polluters, Industrial Waste, Acting Safely, Baking Soda, Flora and Fauna, Run-Off, Respecting All Manner of Life, Fresh Lemon, Chlorine Bleach, PBS Frontline, Ground Water, Lawn Care Products, Cosmetics-Industry, Agricultural Pollution, Health, Home Waste Treatment Systems, Micro-Particulates, Silent Spring, Poisoned Waters, Rivers, Water, Green News

The particulates from our own medicated bodily fluids are so fine that there are no water processing plants in the world that can trap them.

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Massachusetts Awards $986 Million For Clean Water Projects

examiner.com | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Pollution, Water Pollution, Water, Green News

From examiner.com: Massachusetts is awarding more than $986 million in loans for improvements to drinking water and waste water projects. Read t...

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GoDaddy Wants You To Know: Tuvalu Is Sinking

Dave Burdick | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Rising Sea Level, The Island Is Sinking, Water, Climate Change, Environment, GoDaddy.Com, Pollution, Tuvalu, Tuvalu Godaddy, Tuvalu Sinking, Green News

I love the frantic, attention-span-deprived pace of internet memes. Thanks in no small part to boingboing, the nerd/treehugger/angry media blogger dem...

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EPA Raids Offices Of Town That Knowingly Supplied Contaminated Water

AP | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Crestwood, Water Pollutants, Water, Environment, Pollution, Crestwood Water, Green News

CRESTWOOD, Ill. — Federal agents raided a Chicago suburb's government offices Wednesday to look for evidence of any crimes related to allegation...

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Germans and Their Scornful View of Tap Water

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Bottled Water Industry, Green Living, Water, Bottled Water, Tap Water, Going Green, Green News

Germans are brainwashed into drinking bottled water, and requests for tap water at a restaurant are often met with scorn, sour expressions, or downright refusal.

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Folsom Dam, Salmon, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, San-Joaquin-River, Water Recycling, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento River, Red Bluff Diversion Dam, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Interior Secretary, American Rivers, Water Reuse, Ken-Salazar-Interior-Secretary, Recycling, Endangered Salmon, Environmental Defense Fund, Ken Salazar, Endangered River, Fisheries, Battle Creek Salmon Steelhead, Farming, Contra Costa, California, Contra Costa Canal, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, Water Scarcity, Federal Stimulus, Endangered-Fish, California's Central Valley, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Water, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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Bottled Water Vs. Tap Water: Health Spotlight

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Water, Tap Water, Environment, Waste, Plastic, Pollution, Reducing Waste, Bottled Water, Green News

According to a study by the Environmental Working Group, bottled water is just as polluted as a tap water. In fact, twenty percent of bottled water ha...

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