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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...

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....

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...

Bush administration considers reversing four decades of Clean Air Act lead restrictions in gasoline

12/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) 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...

U.S. government may be getting ready to regulate carbon dioxide emissions as pollutants, experts say

12/1/2006 - (NaturalNews) 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...

Environmental Protection Agency refuses to regulate greenhouse gasses; brought before Supreme Court

11/30/2006 - (NaturalNews) 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...

Conservation group aims to end destruction of mountaintops by mining operations

11/9/2006 - (NaturalNews) 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...

Global collapse of seafood imminent, warn scientists

11/3/2006 - (NaturalNews) 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...

Humans using Earth's resources at unsustainable rate, conservation group claims

10/24/2006 - (NaturalNews) 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...

Prescription drugs found in soil sludge used for lawns and gardens

10/10/2006 - (NaturalNews) 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...

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...

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...

Earth warning: Waterborne chemicals causing male fish to produce female organs

9/8/2006 - (NaturalNews) -- Federal scientists say abnormally developed fish that possess both male and female characteristics have been found in the Potomac River and surrounding waters, which experts say are polluted with toxic substances that can interfere with...

Biodegradable plastics breakthrough creates plastic tableware from cornstarch

8/24/2006 - (NaturalNews) A California start-up company has found a way to produce plastic items -- such as forks, knives, cups and food packaging -- from a cornstarch compound, rather than traditional petroleum-based compounds. Frederic Scheer -- CEO of Santa...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Antidepressant drugs found in drinking water; pharmaceuticals have now become environmental pollutants

8/19/2004 - Pharmaceuticals are now being found in drinking water, according to a study conducted in England. The study looked at 12 pharmaceuticals thought to pose an environmental threat, including painkillers, antibiotics, and antidepressants, and it found traces...

Burning of fossil fuels is polluting oceans with carbon dioxide, says research

7/18/2004 - Half the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels is actually winding up the oceans, says new research published in the journal Science. And that's threatening the health of the oceans and the diverse organisms living...

Sewage sludge legal to use as fertilizer on crops

11/23/2003 12:27:09 PM - It's an outrage: the EPA says farmers can spread human waste sludge on their crops, regardless of what's in the sludge. And with the general public putting all sorts of toxic ingredients into their own bodies in terms of personal care products loaded...

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