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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 ...
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 ...
South Korea Firmed Up Its Global Warming Commitment
posted by Jake Schmidt, 11/20/09
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has just announced that South Korea would commit to significant ...
The Value of Water
posted by Henry Henderson, 11/19/09
We have been awash with an array of unhappy water stories in this region of late. On the surface they ...
BREAKING NEWS: RFK, Jr. and Don Blankenship to Debate Energy
posted by Rob Perks, 11/19/09
This just in: Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, has accepted the challenge to ...

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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 ...
Disappearing Dollars: New Orleans Soil Clean-Up Money is Tied Up and Unspent
posted by Earthea Nance, 11/19/09
Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the levee system put the very existence of New Orleans in question. ...

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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 ...
¿Podemos esperar algún acuerdo en Copenhague?
posted by Adrianna Quintero, 11/2/09
Les comparto aquí un articulo de ECOTICIAS.com  ...

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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...


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