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Reviving Rainforests: Your Help is Needed: posted by Jacob Scherr, 11/21/09; Protecting and restoring the world's rainforests is critical to preserve biodiversity. Tropical ...
Windfall or Burden? Two New Reports Focus on "Location Efficiency" and the Real Cost of Housing: posted by Justin Horner, 11/20/09; Both Transform and the Urban Land Institute have recently released reports that look at the Bay Area ...
Does Agency Cynicism Serve Wolves, Science, or the Public Interest?: posted by Louisa Willcox, 11/20/09; A recent meeting of the Montana Chapter of the Society of Conservation Biology showcased talks by the ...
Three days late, but just as important: TRANSPORTATION: posted by Lindsi Seegmiller, 11/20/09; I like what Michelle, of the No Impact Man duo for those of you who don't know, said about alternative ...
A Water Agency for the 21st Century: Can "Mother Met" Become Met 2.0?: posted by Barry Nelson, 11/20/09; To the non-water wonk, a long-range planning process within the Metropolitan Water District of Southern ...
High levels of benzene emissions in the Barnett Shale: posted by Amy Mall, 11/20/09; According to a recent news report, the head toxicologist for the Texas Commisssion on Environmental ...
Wisconsin vs. Fish Ebola: New rules protect the Great Lakes ecosystem: posted by Thom Cmar, 11/20/09; Door County, Wisconsin is famous for their fish boils. We are talking about massive kettles of Lake ...
American Rights at Work Launches "Not My Chamber" Campaign: posted by Pete Altman, 11/20/09; The US Chamber's extreme position on climate has been drawing fire for a long time, and dissatisfaction ...
EPA's new, interactive green homes site: posted by Kaid Benfield, 11/20/09; The federal EPA has a new and very handy "what you can do" web site on green ...
Laying the Foundation for US-India Collaboration on Climate Change: posted by Anjali Jaiswal, 11/20/09; On Sunday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will embark on a five day trip to the United States ...

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Day Five of No Impact Week: Lights Out: posted by Solvie Karlstrom, 11/21/09; �What? I�m not going without overhead lights for the rest of the week, you crazy hippy!� Admittedly, ...
The Not-So-Badness of Guides to Green Living: posted by Emily Gertz, 11/20/09; Back in my post-collegiate salad days, a popular little paperback was published called "50 Simple ...
No Impact Week Day Four: Foreign Foods: posted by Solvie Karlstrom, 11/19/09; To say I am disconnected from my food is an understatement. Root vegetables frighten me. A whole fresh ...

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NRDC's Spanish voice

Fiestas verdes: Para dar gracias a la vida de todo lo que disfrutamos en este planeta: posted by Linda Escalante, 11/20/09; Se avecinan los días festivos de fin de año. En los Estados Unidos, en Noviembre, ...
Los problemas del agua de Maywood: posted by Lizzeth Henao, 11/7/09; La ciudad de Maywood es la tercera ciudad más pequeña de Los Ángeles y también ...
Mis regalos de Navidad: naranjas, peras, y coles de Bruselas: posted by Valerie Jaffee, 11/4/09; Como ya vamos entrando en el invierno, he pensado mucho en cómo puedo comer en una forma más ...
¡Mensaje a los jóvenes: la universidad es para todos!: posted by Lizzeth Henao, 11/2/09; Hace dos semanas tuve el privilegio de representar NRDC en una asamblea con los estudiantes en la Escuela ...

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Celebrate Local Rarities This Thanksgiving: By Peter Hoffman with Paul McRandle Peter Hoffman is the chef owner of New York restaurants Savoy and Back Forty, which "work with a simple premise�to create...
Plug & Play: Luke Tonachel on Electric Cars: By Luke Tonachel with Paul McRandle With the United Nations Climate Change conference in Copenhagen coming up in December, the shift from internal combustion engines...
Food on the Go: Foraging in New York's Central Park: By Paul McRandle Parks, backyards, riversides, fields�food is wherever you find it. We followed �Wildman� Steve Brill, naturalist and author of Identifying and...
Video: Farming for the Community: By Rob Goodier North of New York City near the bank of the Hudson River there is fertile land for pumpkin patches, apple orchards and pastures. Here, near the...
What Do You Know About Saving Energy?: By Emily Main Most of us would bet on energy prices continuing to rise in the long-term, but do you know how to translate that into savings now? Take the quiz! Photo...