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How To Protect Yourself From America’s ‘New’ Drinking Water Toxins

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Jeff McMahon Forbes 8/09/2011 Millions of Americans have been ingesting them for years—perchlorate, hexavalent chromium, volatile organic compounds—not because they’re safe, but because they are among 6,000 toxins the EPA has not gotten around to regulating in municipal drinking water systems. But after a change in administrations and a scathing review by the General Accounting […]

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Does an old EPA fracking study provide proof of contamination?

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By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica August 10, 2011 This post has been updated with the industry’s response. For years the drilling industry has steadfastly insisted that there has never been a proven case in which fracking has led to contamination of drinking water. Now Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization engaged in the debate over the

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Oil, gas dilemma for Blackfeet Tribe: Revenue versus environment

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By TRISTAN SCOTT The Missoulian August 7, 2011 BROWNING – A dramatic expanse of snow-marbled mountains runs like a borderline along the Blackfeet Indian Reservation’s western edge, where a sea of rolling foothills intersects the rugged Rocky Mountain Front. The wild landscape is striking for its beauty, but it is also symbolic. (snip) But with

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Study: Bioplastics may harm environment

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By Susanne Rust californiawatch.org August 5, 2011 Bad news about “environmentally friendly” biodegradable plastics: They may not be so environmentally friendly after all. According to research from North Carolina State University, biodegradable plastics can release large amounts of methane while decomposing. And methane is a potent greenhouse gas. The study was funded by Procter &

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Scientists call for protected areas to conserve deep sea environment

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Waste dumping, fishing, mining and climate change are transforming the deep sea ecosystem faster than scientists can study it By Staff www.guardian.co.uk August 3, 2011 There’s trouble in the depths. The deep sea is the last true wilderness on Earth, but 1,800 km below the surface, an environmental crisis is growing. On Monday scientists at

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Exiles: Myanmar’s rich environment being degraded

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By DENIS D. GRAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS July 25, 2011 BANGCOCK –The environment of military-dominated Myanmar, often described as Asia’s last bio-diversity frontier, is being degraded as China and other neighbors rush to use its natural resources with few governmental safeguards, exiled activists said Monday. Projects to harvest lucrative timber, build hydropower dams and mine

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Airlines tout “going green” but their lobbyists are on different flight

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By Peter Goldmark blogs.reuters.com JULY 22, 2011 The way some of the big U.S. airlines tell it, they’re responsible stewards of the environment working hard to shrink their footprints. American Airlines, in an article in its in-flight magazine American Way, says the company is “committed to identifying and implementing programs to reduce our environmental impact.”

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EPA gas mileage ratings don’t add up in real world

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The EPA’s tests that measure a vehicle’s fuel economy are outdated. They’re conducted with professional drivers inside of laboratories using better-performing fuel and with air conditioning turned off for most of the ride. By Jerry Hirsch Los Angeles Times August 2, 2011 The government will require new cars and trucks to meet a fleetwide average

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Carbon capture and utilisation could make economic sense

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By Fiona Harvey guardian.co.uk 25 July 2011 Many countries are investing in techniques of utilising CO2 for manufacturing processes – but UK is getting left behind Passing carbon dioxide through slag left over from steel-making turns the waste product into a strong material that can be used for construction. Pumped into greenhouses, it provides a

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WWF accused of failing to regulate sustainable timber scheme

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John Vidal The Guardian (UK) 25 July 2011 Investigative group claims that members of group’s Global forest and trade network are involved in ‘highly destructive activities’ Conservation group WWF let timber companies use its panda brand logo while they were razing some of the world’s most biologically rich rainforests or trading in potentially illegally sourced

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