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Whoops! There Is Way More Plastic In The Ocean Than We Thought | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:35 AM EDT (FastCompany)
The trash--most of it plastic--may not be easy to see. But it is there, suspended in tiny pieces, on the surface, and below the waves. And new research indicates that the problem may even be worse than previously understood.
Solar power's next shining | Sustainability & Resource Productivity Practice | McKinsey & Company
Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:52 PM EDT ()
Has the solar-power industry lapsed into a classic cycle of boom and bust after a decade of unprecedented growth? It might appear so. As years of government subsidies boosted the global installed capacity of solar-photovoltaic (PV) modules and dramatically cut prices, new produ …
U.N. Agency: Serious Pesticide Threat in Former Soviet Union — Naharnet
Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:03 AM EDT ()
The EU and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will spend seven million euros ($9.1 million) over the next four years to help contain the risks in 12 countries in the region, spanning Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
GMO Battle in Boulder Ends With Discontent
Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:38 PM EDT
Since 2008, the Boulder Colorado community has been divided over the issue of planting of genetically modified crops on the approximately 16,000 acres of public land. While the planting of the first GM crop -- corn -- was permitted in 2003, it was not until farmers asked for per …
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FDA Restricts Certain Antibiotics In Animals
Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:24 PM EDT
In the waning days of 2011, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") posted a notice in the Federal Register announcing its withdrawal of a 34 year attempt to regulate routine uses of penicillin and tetracycline in animal feed. Tom Philpott over at MotherJones called out the age …
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Tell The EPA To Stand Up To Corporate Polluters And Fight Climate Change
Seeded on Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:19 PM EDT ()
For too long, big power companies have been able to dump unlimited amounts of industrial carbon pollution into our air. But now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering historic standards on industrial carbon pollution from power plants. These new clean air st …
Fake Meat America Could Love | Mother Jones
Seeded on Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:43 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)
Isn’t it preferable, at least some of the time, to eat plant products mixed with water that have been put through a thingamajiggy that spews out meatlike stuff, instead of eating those same plant products put into a chicken that does its biomechanical thing for the six we …
CO2 levels have not been as high today in the last 15 million years
Seeded on Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:47 PM EDT ()
It is a concise and very useful compilation of the data, but on one point they have taken a very conservative stand. One of the most reported findings in both the mass and social media was that the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration of the atmosphere had risen to around 390 par …
No Electricity Bills: How Some Green Homes Have 'Net-Zero' Electricity Costs
Seeded on Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:17 PM EDT (TIME)
If done properly, a smartly built green home featuring solar power, energy-efficient appliances, and proper insulation can result in the owner facing monthly electricity bills amounting to $0, or thereabouts. Now, one homebuilder is making such “net-zero” features s …
10,000 GM owners DEMAND the company STOP FUNDING the HEARTLAND INSTITUTE immediately!
Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:50 AM EDT ()
More than 10,000 GM owners, and 20,000 total Americans, have joined the campaign calling on GM to stop funding the climate change-denying Heartland Institute. See what they have to say below, and then sign the petition here: Tell GM: Stop funding the Heartland Institute
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