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The greenwashing of toxic consumer products 11/12/2007 - Have you noticed over the last year how virtually every large corporation is trying to make consumers believe their products are "Earth friendly?" Everything from toxic cosmetics to smog-producing cars are now being positioned as "green" products, and just recently I actually saw a package of mercury-containing...

Consumers' use of pharmaceuticals, personal care products polluting rivers and oceans with toxic chemicals 6/13/2007 - Our water supply is becoming increasingly contaminated -- and not just by big factories dumping pollutants into the rivers. It is consumers, often unwittingly, who are poisoning rivers and oceans by sending potentially toxic chemicals down the drain. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated...

Bush Administration announces effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through "wishful thinking" (satire) 6/1/2007 - (NaturalNews Satire) In a significant nod toward pro-environment politics, the Bush Administration yesterday announced a major initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging everybody to engage in "Wishful Thinking" to cut emissions without harming the economy. "Wishing for change is far...

Bush administration considers reversing four decades of Clean Air Act lead restrictions in gasoline 12/12/2006 - The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that the Bush administration's proposal to rescind health standards that disallow lead in gasoline might be justified, as lead concentrations in the air have dropped more than 90 percent in the last 25 years. The EPA said in a preliminary paper...

U.S. government may be getting ready to regulate carbon dioxide emissions as pollutants, experts say 12/1/2006 - A case before the Supreme Court over whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to refuse to regulate carbon dioxide emissions may actually be the first sign of impeding government regulation of greenhouse gasses, experts say. The case -- brought by Massachusetts, New York, California...

Environmental Protection Agency refuses to regulate greenhouse gasses; brought before Supreme Court 11/30/2006 - The case of Massachusetts v the Environmental Protection Agency was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as judges considered oral arguments over the role of greenhouse gasses in global warming, and whether the EPA has the power to refuse to regulate said gasses. Spurred by environmental...

Conservation group aims to end destruction of mountaintops by mining operations 11/9/2006 - The conservation group Appalachian Voices has begun a crusade against mountain top removal coal mining -- a drastic mining technique where explosives are used to detonate entire mountains -- with the cooperation of several mountain conservation groups, through an educational web site at www.ILoveMountains.org Visitors...

Global collapse of seafood imminent, warn scientists 11/3/2006 - A report funded by the National Science Foundation's National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis, appearing in Friday's issue of the journal Science, warns that overfishing and pollution may mean an end to seafood by 2048. "Whether we looked at tide pools or studies over the entire world's...

Humans using Earth's resources at unsustainable rate, conservation group claims 10/24/2006 - Human populations are using up Earth's natural resources at a rapid rate that will require two planets' worth of supplies in the next 40 years, according to a recent report by conservation group WWF. The WWF's bi-annual "Living Planet Report" claims that human activities on the planet have caused...

Prescription drugs found in soil sludge used for lawns and gardens 10/10/2006 - According to research by Chad Kinney, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Eastern Washington University, fertilizer made from sewage sludge may be adding pharmaceuticals, flame retardants and other chemicals to the land. Kinney's research showed that no less than nine different biosolid...

The recycling contradiction: Why recycling alone fails to protect the environment 9/29/2006 - Here's some straight talk on recycling that you're unlikely to hear anywhere else. Once a week in my neighborhood, all the neighbors pull out their recycling bins and place them by the curb where recycling trucks can pick them up. Everybody talks about how recycling is good for the environment, but...

Review: "An Inconvenient Truth" is a wake up call for Americans with cavalier environmental attitudes 9/10/2006 - If you haven't seen "An Inconvenient Truth" yet, you owe it to yourself to go watch this film. It's a true masterpiece of presentation that manages to tell the truth about carbon dioxide emissions and climate change without sounding alarmist. The movie is, of course, the brainchild of Al Gore, a person...

Toxic pesticide TBT poisons worldwide marine wildlife; used widely on hulls of oil tankers 12/27/2005 - There is something picturesque about a ship bobbing up and down against a blue swell of waves and settling into a harbor to unload its cargo. Equally picturesque are the kinds of wildlife navigating underneath: Fish and shellfish scurrying about the colorful blooms of coral, piles of oysters and larger...

Clever firm manufactures biodegradable paper plates from sugar cane waste fibers 6/9/2005 - Mike: I'm talking to Bret Chandler, nicknamed Buzz. He's the president of Asean Corporation, who are the makers of Stalk Market. Can you talk about these unique biodegradable paper and food packaging products? Chandler: [Stalk Market] completely composts in your backyard; it doesn't have to go to...

How to end cruelty to people, animals and nature, and create a world without war and environmental destruction 4/2/2005 - What is cruelty? It is any harmful action taken against another living entity that disregards its consciousness or awareness. In this essay, we'll explore some of the levels of cruelty: how it happens, how it's defined, and what we can do to help end cruelty and enhance compassion in the world. Cruelty...

Digital cameras are good for the environment 2/1/2005 - As we consider the digital camera revolution that has taken place over the last decade, most people think about it in terms of enhanced benefits for consumers. We can take a lot more pictures at much lower cost with digital cameras versus film cameras. We can also more easily manipulate and share those...

Humanity cannot live without nature, but nature can live without humanity 1/23/2005 - Just after Christmas Day, 2004, the Earth experienced one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history (a 9.0) under the waters of the Indian Ocean. We also witnessed a barrage of unusual hurricanes during the summer of 2004 off the coast of Florida and across the South Atlantic. And as I write this,...

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