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Toxic Waste From Shipwreck Threatens Marine Life in Madagascar

Toxic waste from a ship which went down off the coast in southern Madagascar in August has had severe impacts on the health of local people and on the rich coastal and marine environment

28 Oct 2009

America's Number One Product is Waste

The American West at Risk chronicles the road our nation has taken to its current catastrophic environmental state. Pollution, water quality and resource depletion are in critical condition, especially here in the Western U.S. where misuse and overuse of the land has created a serious crisis

27 Oct 2009

Levi's and Goodwill Team Up and Launch a "Care Tag for Our Planet"

Levi Strauss and Goodwill today announced A Care Tag for Our Planet, a new initiative that aims to put billions of pounds of unwanted clothing to good use instead of into landfill

27 Oct 2009

Guide to Understanding Children's Exposure to Pollutants Released by EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a user-friendly document to help risk assessors understand how children are exposed to pollution

27 Oct 2009

Burn Wise Campaign From the EPA to Reduce Wood Smoke Pollution for a Safer and Healthier Winter

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants homeowners to learn before they burn this winter. Wood smoke is made up of a mixture of gases and fine particle pollution that isn’t healthy to breathe indoors or out – especially for children, older adults and those with heart disease, asthma or other lung diseases

22 Oct 2009

Glowing Molecule Detects Cyanide Contamination in Water

A small molecule designed to detect cyanide in water samples works quickly, is easy to use, and glows under ultraviolet or "black" light

21 Oct 2009

Communityand the Environment Lose as Long Beach Port Caves into Polluting Truckers

A sustainable trucking fleet and long-term clean air gains supported by local environmentalists, community groups, harbor residents and workers could be jeopardized thanks to a settlement between the Port of Long Beach and the American Trucking Association announced late yesterday

21 Oct 2009

ARCADIS Named as a Prime Contractor for U.S. Air Force $3 Billion Worldwide Environmental Restoration Initiative

ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force as one of the prime contractors for the $3 billion Worldwide Environmental Restoration and Construction 2009 (WERC09) program

13 Oct 2009

Carbon Emissions Capture and Storage for the Paper and Pulp Industries

Battelle and Boise Inc. (NYSE: BZ) will conduct the first-ever feasibility study of new carbon capture and storage technology in the $140 billion pulp, paper and paperboard industry

13 Oct 2009

Chemical Management Reform Discussed by US EPA Administrator

In a speech today at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced core principles that outline the Obama Administration's goals for legislative reform of this country's chemical management law

1 Oct 2009