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San Francisco just put a law in effect making it mandatory to recycle and compost! Very interesting! The Board of Supervisors in San Francisco voted 9 to 2 for a mandatory composting and recycling program law. The intention is to aggressively reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and have the city send n...
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Celebrate the World Environment day with the Earth Charter! We are living in challenging times. As members of the community of life on Earth, we have jeopardized our own existence and the right to life of many other living beings through extensive environmental alteration. Our individual andshared ...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Statements on Passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act out of House Energy and Commerce Washington, DC – Former Vice President and Alliance for Climate Protection Chairman Al Gore today issued the following statement on the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act out of t...
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Posted by on in Clean Technology
Have you thought about buying carbon offsets but weren't sure how?Do you know your carbon footprint?Would you like to know how energy-efficiency measures can reduce carbon dioxide emissions?Would you like to support new clean energy projects here in Colorado? The new Colorado Carbon Fund is helping...
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Posted by on in Clean Technology
THE WHITE HOUSE - Office of the Press Secretary April 22, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON CLEAN ENERGY Trinity Structural Towers Manufacturing Plant, Newton, Iowa I just had a terrific tour of the facility led by several of the workers and managers who operate this plant. It wasn't too long ago,...
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Posted by on in General Environment
Oil spills don't just happen when drunk supertanker captains screw up. There are small spills all over waiting to happen. I keep noticing this so I had to write about it.  Little tiny oil spills waiting to happen. There is one in my carport that I have to look at everyday. Someone who doesn't ...
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Posted by on in Recycling
If you want to recycle EVERYTHING you possibly can, this post is for you. Recycle Ok, I am an environmental engineer (well, sort of). I would be an environmental engineer by now if I hadn’t came to Wageningen to get a Masters degree, or if the Portuguese were like normal people and didn’t have 5 y...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
By Brad Crouch SPECIAL REPORT: The first nation likely to be overwhelmed by climate change wants Australia to accept its entire population if sea levels continue to rise. Tuvalu, in the South Pacific, is one of the world's lowest-lying nations and faces inundation within a generation by rising tides...
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Posted by on in Clean Technology
Exclusive By Dallas Kachan, Cleantech Group Bill Ritter wants Colorado to become a greentech hub. Not to be outdone by Arnold Schwarzenegger, newly elected Democratic Governor Bill Ritter of Colorado is following closely in California’s footsteps, outlining a bold renewable energy focus in his fir...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Today we live in a time of great crisis, confronted by the gravest challenge that humanity has ever faced: the ecological consequences of our own collective karma. The scientific consensus is overwhelming: human activity is triggering environmental breakdown on a planetary scale. Global warming, in...
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Posted by on in Animals
This is serious stuff, bats are dying from a fungus called white nose syndrome. Congressional members from 13 states in the US as asking the Obama administration for emergency funding to keep bats alive. A half million have already died. The bats are a vital link in the ecosystem as they feed on bu...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
by Jonathan Harrington With each passing day, and despite or current economic problems, the warming of our one and only planet continues unabated. Everyone is talking about it: major news organizations, Hollywood elites, congressmen and members of parliament, presidents and prime ministers have fin...
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Posted by on in Population
Everyone needs to realize that over-population will be the greatest disaster on this planet. Here is a plan that could achieve zero population growth. from 100thoughts.blogspot.com/2009/03/population-bubble.html With the current global financial crisis, there has been much talk about the dot.com b...
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Posted by on in General Environment
Unless we act soon, the Great Disaster of 2050 will occur. From 100thoughts.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-disaster-of-2050.html Currently, we are experiencing the "Perfect Storm" trifecta disasters of the meltdown of the housing, stock, and financial markets. All of these bubbles that burst in 2008 w...
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Posted by on in General Environment
Smart ShoppingBuy what you need, not what you want.Consider renting and borrowing things that are seldom needed.Buy used items from garage sales and second-hand stores. Simple SaversReplace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs.Use aerators on faucets and shower heads.Weatherstrip...
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Posted by on in Forestry
Today is Earth Day, so it'd be bad karma to derail a Muni bus, toss plastic bags in the ocean, or randomly scatter wads of used chewing gum on the sidewalks (in fact, these are always bad karma). But the U.S. government can cut down its share of trees in a national forest, thanks to a ruling fr...
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Posted by on in Green Products/Services
NEW YORK -- As dozens of banks caught up in the collapse of the housing market are struggling to stay alive, one team of finance professionals is moving boldly in the other direction. They're opening a new bank. A new "green" bank. While the federal government is engaged in an overhaul of the bank...
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Posted by on in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands
Article by:  Laura Tull Summary: Volunteering for Earth Day/ Week can not only help the environment, but can educate, preserve history, and memories for the future. This past Weekend groups of eco friendly individuals gathered in New York, Boston, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco...
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Posted by on in General Environment
The authors of the book, The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City, Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, visited Environmental Charter High School and Green Ambassadors to promote sustainability within urban areas showing our students the alternative ways to create ...
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Posted by on in Water Conservation
Catching rainwater has never been easier. Hey! Tanks L.A focuses on the practice of catching and collecting rainwater for irrigation and any other household purposes. Hey! Tanks L.A just visited Environmental Charter High School to demonstrate to Green Ambassadors how to install your own rainwater ...
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