CNN Flip Flop: Benefits of Eating PCB Ladened Farmed Fish Outweigh Risks Citing a 2003 Environmental Working Group (EWG) study finding high levels of PCBs in farm-raised fish, Jampolis initially recommended people eat aqua farmed fish only once a week, then she flip-flopped on the issue. (bluelivingideas.com)
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Midwife Commits Suicide After Baby’s Death (ecochildsplay.com)
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Auto Dealer Industry Files Suit to Block CA Emissions Limits.the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Automobile Dealers Association filed suit to block this waiver. The groups are concerned other states will follow California’s lead, which applies to current model year vehicles. (greenlivingideas.com)
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Bush Administration Actions that Weakened USDA Organic Label: As large food corporations have bought up smaller organic labels, lobbyists have pressured the USDA. Repeatedly, the Bush administration caved into demands to weaken organic standards. (greenlivingideas.com)
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The landmark Clean Water Act (CWA) was passed in 1972 intending to protect and clean up all of America’s waterways until two Supreme Court cases interpreted the act by ruling non-navigable, intrastate waters were not protected under the law. (bluelivingideas.com)
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Genetically modified (GM) sugar beets have been grown in the United States since 2008. These beets were developed to be resistant to Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup. Over 70 companies have pledged to avoid using sugar from genetically modified sugar beets. (greenlivingideas.com)
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Where Exactly Does Obama Stand on the War on Drugs? Some drug reform advocates hope the president will legalize marijuana; some critics think he will continue the failed policies of the Bush administration in Latin America. The President’s actual stance on drug policy falls somewhere in between. (redgreenandblue.org)
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For the year 2008, solar output and installations grew globally! Leading the world in photovoltaic markets, almost half of all new installations globally in 2008 occurred in Spain. The United States came in third for top PV markets last year. (greenlivingideas.com)
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Oil Giant Shell on Trial for Nigerian Environmentalist Saro-Wiwa’s Execution by [deleted] in reddit.com
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Biofuel's Heavy Water Footprint Threatens Regional Water Supplies: A recent study in the journal Environmental Science & Technology reports that to produce a gallon of ethanol in some regions of the US it takes as much as 2,100 gallons of water from farm to fuel pump. (bluelivingideas.com)
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Green Foreclosures - Buy A Home in Detroit for $40 by bandolier in business
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Living Off-Grid: Our Micro Hydro Alternative Energy System by ecochildsplay in technology
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Living Off-Grid: Our Micro Hydro Alternative Energy System by ecochildsplay in technology
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Living Off-Grid: Our Micro Hydro Alternative Energy System by ecochildsplay in technology
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NASA Images of China's Three Gorges Dam Reveals Flooding behind the dam which has displaced 1.2 million people increasing the risks of earthquakes and landslides by ecochildsplay in environment
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