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altcon eco media minute
The Alternative Consumer —
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NBC’s Green Week kicks off this Sunday. Look for both subtle and obvious environmental references, ranging from an Al Gore sighting on 30 Rock to an organic food blitz on Biggest Loser, (not to be confused with The Jay Leno Show).Greenpeace the movie…new film will dramatize the excitement of the org’s ...1 hour ago -
The More You Know Goes Green
TakePart Social Action Network —
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Yesterday Giulia told us about NBC’s upcoming Green Week , which will feature environmentally-themed programming, and to help viewers get involved the network has launched a new series of “The More You Know” clips with NBC stars sharing eco-friendly tips. The campaign is a great way to remind people that ...16 hours ago -
Water Rationing in Tegucigalpa
Honduras News - Daily News about Honduras —
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The rationing of drinking water began in the Honduran capital yesterday, affecting a million and half people.The severe shortage of water in Tegucigalpa’s homes is expected to last until May 2010, confirmed Jack Arevalo, manager of the National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewers, SANAA.According to the ...20 hours ago -
Do Climate Change Scare Tactics Work? (Video)
TakePart Social Action Network —
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The British government recently launched a new tv ad featuring a father reading his daughter an ominous and frightening tale of what the future will look like if we fail to act on climate change, but some critics are concerned that scare tactics such as this could backfire. Personally, I don’t think the ...21 hours ago -
DNR Seeks Public Input on Habitat Management for Wildlife
Outdoor News Daily —
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will hold two public meetings in December to help wildlife officials identify species in need of special attention as the DNR develops habitat management plans across the state.The meetings are scheduled for Dec. 8 at the Munising-Wetmore Area Super 8 Motel, located at East ...23 hours ago -
Superior Fine Papers appeals environmental work order
ForestTalk —
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In July, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) notified Superior Fine Papers , and the former owners of their facility: Thunder Bay Fine Papers and Cascades, that they were required to make immediate repairs to their industrial sewage works. The MOE was concerned with a crack in the berm wall of the ...1 day ago -
Richard Ellis Takes on Polar Bears with On Thin Ice
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Even as I speak, the very last polar bear may be dying of hunger on account of climate change, on account of us. And I will sure miss the polar bears. Their babies are so warm and cuddly and trusting, just like ours. - -Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon in Retrospect. We’ve got 100 years left with polar bears. So ...1 day ago -
European Signees of Kyoto Meet Targets
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Stavros Dimas Back when the Kyoto Protocol was signed, there were 15 member nations of the European Union, and this EU 15 (as they are known on the street) had agreed in said protocol to cut emissions by 8 percent from 1990 levels in the measurement period of 2008-2012, when the Protocol expires. Makes sense? Good. ...1 day ago -
Deep thoughts in D.C.
Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Enviroscribe: Iowa Environmental News —
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My stint as a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has had all the feeling of being on a very high-powered college campus. The Reagan Building office is full of top authorities on all parts of the world, and nearly every day there is a new presentation on world conflicts, ...1 day ago -
a bubbling cauldron of green news
The Alternative Consumer —
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Avoid power blackouts by turning off the power and creating a blackout…interesting. Cuba Orders Extreme Measures to Cut Energy Use – reutersSunlight propulsion…Dream of Solar Sailing in Space Lives on in New Project – cs monitorIt’s always tough on the singles scene…(video) Bees Fight to Death Over ...2 days ago -
Is your Bottled Water affecting your love life?
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A study among Chinese factory workers shows exposure to high doses of Bisphenol A at their jobs resulted in an increase of erectile dysfuntion.Compared to the other workers, men with high BPA exposure were about four times as likely to report trouble achieving erections, about seven times as likely to say they had ...2 days ago -
Coastal Cleanup Nets 9.6 Tons Of Trash From Delaware Waterways
Outdoor News Daily —
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The final numbers are in: 2,002 community volunteers at this year’s Delaware Coastal Cleanup on Sept. 19 collected about 9.6 tons of trash from 41 sites along Delaware’s waterways and coastline stretching from Wilmington to Fenwick Island.Topping the list of interesting or unusual items this year were an iron ...2 days ago -
Veterans Call For Clean Energy And Climate Legislation (Video)
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A few months ago I wrote about Operation Free , a growing group of U.S. veterans advocating for a clean energy future and climate legislation, so in honor of Veteran’s Day I wanted to share with you a video of some of the organization’s members touring the country by bus to raise awareness of the threat that ...2 days ago -
Climate Change Threatens China’s Yangtze River Basin
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paulmannixs Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Climate change threatens to unleash severe storms, droughts, floods across China’s Yangtze River Basin in the coming decades, unless proper mitigation measures are taken to protect the region from catastrophe, according to a new study from the WWF. While we should ...3 days ago -
What Are the Consequences of Copenhagen?
TakePart Social Action Network —
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If you’re like some of us over here at TakePart, you can’t get enough coverage of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. We even cover a lot of the news ourselves here. And that’s why it’s so exciting that over at The Daily Climate (TDC), today they are starting a four-part special report ...3 days ago -
Mountain Bogs Fuel Georgia Research
Outdoor News Daily —
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Mountain bogs are one of the Southern Appalachians’ most critically endangered habitats, home to species found nowhere else, such as federally threatened bog turtles, state-protected montane purple pitcherplants and federally threatened swamp pinks, some of Georgia’s rarest plants.Only a small number of the ...4 days ago -
Climate Justice Fast (Video)
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The Climate Justice Fast began on November 6th as an international hunger strike to demand effective and justice action on climate change at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen. Participants will refrain from eating food and drink only water for extended intervals and in some cases until the summit this ...4 days ago -
Pesticide-Soaked ‘Wallpaper’ Cuts Malaria Exposure, Safer Than Spraying
A Green Zone —
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Mosquito on the wall. Image credit: DesertUSA. To lower mosquito exposure in malaria-prone places there are two basic pesticide use strategies. The half-century old approach - a remnant of 1950’s era thinking - is to spray entire towns, as well as the surrounding countryside, with a pesticide such as DDT or ...1 week ago -
KlimaForum09: The People’s Climate Summit (Video)
TakePart Social Action Network —
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While there may be some question about who will attend the UN Climate Change Conference, and what they will accomplish , you can be sure that the public will have an opportunity to discuss climate change in Copenhagen at the KlimaForum09. Billed as The People’s Climate Summit, the free event will ...1 week ago -
Developing Countries Threaten To Walk Out of Climate Summit
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rolando.pujols Flickr photostream Developing countries have threatened to walk out of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen if rich nations did not commit to greater reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and more funding for climate costs. While I can understand being frustrated by talk that the ...1 week ago
