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Dry Upheaval
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03 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Dry Upheaval As if Colombia needs any more bad news: The war-torn nation's water supply could be reduced by as much as 40 percent over the next 50 years due to deforestation and other degradation of fragile high mountain ecosystems, according to Carlos Castano, director of the country's Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies. The pa ... |
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| Topics: Colombia, deforestation, food and agriculture, green living, toxics, water pollution, wilderness (all these topics) |
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They'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Gold
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29 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| They'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Gold What if the environmental movement could do to gold what the animal-rights movement did to fur -- convince the public that far from being a badge of success, it is a symbol of cruelty and vanity? Some environmentalists would like to do just that, and they've got the facts to back them up: Gold mining leads to cyanide contamination in water sources, w ... |
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| Topics: green living, mining and drilling, Nevada, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Hot to Rot?
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14 Feb 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Hot to Rot? The U.S. EPA announced this week a two-year phase out of an arsenic-based preservative used to pressure-treat lumber against rot and insect damage. The treated wood is popular for use in fences, decks, and playground equipment, and its manufacturers and vendors -- including Home Depot and other building-supply stores -- currently face a class-action suit for an alleged failure to adequately warn ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Nema-toads
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13 Nov 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Nema-toads A federal appeals court upheld a Vermont law last week requiring manufacturers to label items that contain mercury. The 1998 law, the first of its kind in the United States, was challenged by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association on behalf of companies that produce fluorescent light bulbs containing mercury. NEMA argued that labeling the products would be too expensive and that Vermont's sha ... |
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| Topics: green living, recycling, toxics, Vermont (all these topics) |
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Getting Their Goats
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20 Aug 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Getting Their Goats The busiest ski resort in the U.S. is using goats instead of herbicides to get rid of weeds on its slopes. After the goats eat their fill, the Vail resort in Colorado is seeding the areas with native plants to fight off alien weeds. The goats are owned by Lani Lamming, who rents them out for $1 per day per goat, plus the cost of shipping. Lamming's company, Ewe4ic Ecological Services, has been in business for four y ... |
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| Topics: green living, toxics (all these topics) |
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Getting the Munchies
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31 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Getting the Munchies Over the next few months, a Mobile Muncher bus will visit every large town in Spain to help the country reach its goal of recycling 100 tons of mobile phones within a year. The country developed the Mobile Muncher mascot as a way to increase public support for the campaign and inform people of the danger of throwing out their old phones; ... |
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| Topics: green living, pollution and waste, recycling, solid waste treatment and disposal, Spain, toxics (all these topics) |
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Data Dump
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23 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Data Dump State officials in the Pacific Northwest are searching for ways to reduce the amount of high-tech waste ending up in landfills. The waste in Oregon has more than doubled since 1998, and it can be nasty stuff -- computer monitors and televisions contain four to eight pounds of lead each. The officials are considering a "bottle bill&q ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, pollution and waste, recycling, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)
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Suzy Becker |
13 Feb 2001 |
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| Topics: green living, toxics (all these topics) |
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Agent Organochlorine
One class of chemicals is causing a cacophony of environmental problems |
Shalini Ramanathan |
24 Aug 2000 |
Arts and Minds |
| Pandora's Poison: Chlorine, Health, and a New Environmental Strategy By Joe Thornton MIT Press, 2000, 611 pages To the average observer, environmental crises may seem to pop up as randomly as Starbucks franchises. Every so often, worries about a substance such as DDT or dioxin surface and, after a public outcry and tireless campaigning by environmental groups, some act ... |
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No Trash Can Do
Pesticide labels contradict local waste laws |
Scott Cassel |
11 Aug 2000 |
Soapbox |
| As another summer eases into autumn, many of us are now enjoying the rewards of a season of gardening. We proudly face the August dilemma of figuring out what to do with all those tomatoes and zucchinis that are the result of our digging, planting, and weeding earlier in the season. More than a few of us also applied pesticides in our gardens and yards to keep the grubs down and insects away. When the sea ... |
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| Topics: gardening, green living, toxics, waste (all these topics) |
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The Green House Effect
How to make your home an eco-friendly haven |
Jenny Sorensen |
07 Apr 2000 |
Arts and Minds |
| Last spring, I met with a real-estate agent and listened while she told me about the kind of house I should buy. A new house, she advised, with all new appliances and the latest innovations in wiring, plumbing, and heating -- maybe even a condo. My horrified expression stopped her mid-sentence. Actually, I explained dreamily, I'm looking for an older home with charm and quirky character. I want big w ... |
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| Topics: books, consumerism, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, placemaking, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Kick in the Grass
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Josh Sevin |
26 Jan 2000 |
Counter Culture |
| 20 million acres of U.S. land are covered by lawn 1 hour spent mowing a lawn with a gas-powered mower produces as many emissions as 50 hours spent driving an average car 5 percent of U.S. air pollution in summer months is emitted by gas-powered lawn equipment 27,000 gallons of water are needed each week to maintain an acre of lawn 35 percent of all household water is used to tend yards 32 million pounds of pesticides were used on U.S. lawns in 1994 S ... |
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| Topics: green living, pollution and waste, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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