Tag: environment
group name: edn
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September 29, 2009 10:43 AM EDT --
Not long ago I posted here about a continent of plastic circulating in the Pacific gyre, and how slow degradation of some plastics may actually be releasing toxins. Since then a great deal of discussion . . .
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December 10, 2009 05:50 PM EST --
Yes, News Corp. The parent organization of Fox News Channel, Dow Jones and many other conservative outlets. James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and Chief Executive . . .
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January 24, 2009 06:49 AM EST --
Know the benefits of the usage of alternative energy and save your earning for your life. Recently the usage of alternative energy has been implemented by many countries and also has seen much prosper . . .
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December 12, 2009 08:27 AM EST --
I have been posting the statements of key participants in the recent Senate EPW Committee hearings on TSCA chemical control reform. Previously I posted the Chairwoman's opening statement and the . . .
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April 12, 2009 06:14 PM EDT --
Sure, we all know what is in Windex. Right? Isopropanol, 2-Butoxyethanol, Ethylene glycol n-hexyl ether, Water, and Ammonia. Well, now you can go to a new web site set up by S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. . . .
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September 03, 2009 03:38 PM EDT --
At a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society , the worlds largest professional scientific society, a researcher from Japan presented a paper demonstrating that plastics floating in the ocean . . .
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October 15, 2009 02:46 PM EDT --
"U.S. EPA released a long-sequestered document on global warming today showing the George W. Bush administration had concluded in December 2007 that greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles were . . .
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February 01, 2009 09:58 AM EST --
All eyes in the United States have been on the $813 billion economic stimulus package passed last week by the US House of Representatives. One line item that many may have missed is an amendment that . . .
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March 29, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
I mentioned previously the climate change conference held in Copenhagen , which was designed to stimulate some activism on the part of scientists in preparation for December's much anticipated international . . .
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December 08, 2009 10:23 AM EST --
Read this book. Seriously. Read it. Those who are familiar with the IPCC and with the climate change discussions will have heard of Stephen H. Schneider . Not only did he receive . . .
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September 10, 2008 01:47 PM EDT --
9/10/08
By Shermakaye Bass
Republican presidential candidate Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has historically opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), has been uncharacteristically . . .
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November 11, 2008 03:04 PM EST --
A while back Sandy Knauer started a new group called Icons in which people would explain the origins of their Gather icons. Well, now I'm finally getting to doing mine.
My . . .
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September 15, 2009 02:14 PM EDT --
Okay, technically the European Union isn't saying that sushi should be banned. But the EU has recommended listing bluefin tuna as an endangered species. And that could eventually mean that trade of . . .
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November 16, 2009 09:28 PM EST --
The radical right wing neo-con bobble heads singing in lock step their dreary refrain of hate and doom which dominates the talk radio airwaves are doing their very best to bring about the utter destruction . . .
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April 04, 2009 03:04 PM EDT --
Last week the USEPA released a " Strategic Plan for Evaluating the Toxicity of Chemicals ," which departs from "the traditional risk assessment approach that relies heavily on data . . .
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September 08, 2009 02:41 PM EDT --
Chemicals are on everyone's mind these days, it seems. In the US there is talk of " reforming TSCA ," the chemical control law that has been in force for over 30 years. In Canada they are prioritizing . . .
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September 06, 2009 08:27 AM EDT --
The Baloney Detection Kit. Narrated by Michael Shermer (a real skeptic). A very interesting video that can help us understand the world of climate denialists.
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January 31, 2009 08:05 AM EST --
The European Union's Ecolabel scheme should be beefed up to encourage less use of potentially dangerous chemicals in products, says a report by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the European . . .
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April 04, 2009 08:16 AM EDT --
Dr. Jane Lubchenco took over the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on March 22, 2009. A day later she did a joint interview with writers from two of the most prestigious . . .
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April 16, 2009 02:38 PM EDT --
Think global warming affects only the air temperature? Think again. The oceans matter also when it comes to climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO2) could lead to big changes in the ocean, and most of it . . .
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Earth Day
Location: Washington, DC
Created: Aug 06, 2008
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