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Guppy Love Young urban professionals hip to green-building scene		26 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Guppy Love Young urban professionals hip to green-building scene The trend now has a name. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Guppys: Green urban professionals who are young. (Yeah, we didn't say it was a clever name.) Portland, Ore., has become the epicenter of a movement by the storied "creative class" to find, build, or remodel eco-friendly houses. Guppys are seeking out solar panels, pas ...
Topics: green living, news, Oregon, Portland, water pollution (all these topics)

Buy Flow, Sell High Water biz takes off		15 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Buy Flow, Sell High Water biz takes off Only 2 percent of the world's water is fresh, and with the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century projecting a 50 percent increase in demand in the next 30 years, food and drinking-water shortages, droughts, devastated agriculture, disease, and even armed conflict over water may be on the horizon. We smell profits! And indeed, over the last five years, stocks in the water sect ...
Topics: business, news, water pollution (all these topics)

Ballast Off Judge rules EPA must regulate ballast water, control invasive species		04 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Ballast Off Judge rules EPA must regulate ballast water, control invasive species In a court decision called "a slam dunk for healthy oceans" by the Ocean Conservancy's Sarah Newkirk, a federal judge ruled last week that the U.S. EPA must regulate ballast water carried by ships entering U.S. waters. The ruling reverses the agency's exemption of ballast water under the Clean Water Act and labels the water -- ...
Topics: news, oceans, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Hearth Warming Biofuel catching on in the home-heating arena		24 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Hearth Warming Biofuel catching on in the home-heating arena Using biofuel -- a mix of vegetable oil and diesel -- to power vehicles is already popular in certain highly vocal circles, but using biofuel to heat homes is just starting to catch on. A recent surge has taken place largely in the U.S. Northeast, where there remains a large concentration of houses that use heating oil. Proponents tout the fact tha ...
Topics: green living, news, Northeast, water pollution (all these topics)

Just One Day Out of Life, It Would Be So Nice World Water Day celebrated by U.N., few others		22 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Just One Day Out of Life, It Would Be So Nice World Water Day celebrated by U.N., few others In case you haven't heard -- and you haven't -- today is World Water Day, an annual holiday aimed at drawing attention to alarming stats about global water needs, encouraging world leaders to take action, and otherwise passing by unnoticed. But today isn't just any old World Water Day; it's also the kick-off for the United Nat ...
Topics: news, United Nations, water pollution (all these topics)

Slainte	Sarah van Schagen	17 Mar 2005	Gristmill
The Chicago River is a ripe shade of green right about now. The city is famous for its tradition of dyeing the river green for St. Patty's Day, a practice that began in 1962 when city pollution-control workers used dyes to track illegal sewage discharges and realized it could make for a fun holiday event. Although back in '62 they used some 100 pounds of green vegetable dye to do it -- which kept the river green for a week! -- the city now limits it to 40 pounds of ...
Topics: Chicago, holiday, water pollution (all these topics)

Blending the Rules EPA plan would spew under-treated sewage into U.S. waterways	Susan Boni	10 Mar 2005	Main Dish
Like clean water? Then you'll love Rep. Bart Stupak. Swimming in sewage just isn't this fun. For the last year, Stupak has been fighting a U.S. EPA proposal that would allow inadequately treated sewage to be "blended" with fully treated waste during rain and snow events. The messy mix would then be released into the nation's rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. If blending is permitt ...
Topics: politics, solid waste treatment and disposal, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Half a Bridge Over Troubled Water EPA proposes stronger protections on lead in drinking water		08 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Half a Bridge Over Troubled Water EPA proposes stronger protections on lead in drinking water The U.S. EPA has proposed strengthening protections against lead in drinking water for the first time since 1991. The move comes in response to the recent brouhaha in the Washington, D.C., area, where residents were not informed of widespread lead contamination until years after it was discovered. The changes would require ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise		02 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Message in a Bottle Bill U.S. bottle-recycling rates fall as bottled-water sales rise Plastic bottle recycling rates in the U.S. have plunged, at least in part because of the boom in sales of bottled water -- from some 3.3 billion bottles in 1997 to 15 billion in 2002. So, what to do? Some environmental activists argue that one of the most effective tools for pushing up recycling rates is a ...
Topics: green living, news, recycling, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

A Granholm Don't Come for Free Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm shows D.C. Dems how to do it		10 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
A Granholm Don't Come for Free Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm shows D.C. Dems how to do it With Beltway Democrats in a tizzy trying to figure out how to appeal to the working class, and Beltway environmentalists in a tizzy trying to figure out how to appeal to Beltway Democrats, both groups might want to check out the State of the State speech delivered this week by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D). In the f ...
Topics: Michigan, news, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Class Action Dismissed Enviros join chorus against class-action bill, but measure still likely to pass	Amanda Griscom Little	10 Feb 2005	Muckraker
Will class-action plaintiffs still get their day in court? The Erin Brockoviches of America could have a much tougher time going after polluters if the Class Action Fairness Act -- which the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve last week -- is signed into law. The bill, which will be put to a full Senate vote today, would move most major class-acti ...
Topics: Earthjustice, environmental justice, legislation, Muckraker, non-government organizations, NRDC, politics, Sierra Club, water pollution (all these topics)

Cuts Like a Knife, but It Feels So Wrong Details of environmental cuts in Bush's budget emerge		09 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Cuts Like a Knife, but It Feels So Wrong Details of environmental cuts in Bush's budget emerge Now that the nation's water is all cleaned up, the Bush administration has proposed sharply cutting a federal assistance program designed to help modernize aging sewer systems and prevent toxic runoff into streams and rivers -- from $1.35 billion in 2004 to $730 million. And now that th ...
Topics: Department of Energy, oceans, politics, renewable energy, water pollution (all these topics)

Where Can a Guy Get a Drink Around Here? On freshwater	Umbra Fisk	31 Jan 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, What percentage of the Earth's water is drinkable? What are the remaining percents in categories, such as salt water, polluted water (polluted with what?), and frozen water? And where can I find these statistics? Scott Bozeman, Mont. Dearest Scott, About 70 percent of the Earth's surface is constantly wet. Of all that water, only 2.5 percent, or 8.4 million cubic miles, is not salty. Quite a bit of the ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, water pollution (all these topics)

Buy Buy, Love	Suzy Becker	31 Jan 2005	Ha.

Topics: air pollution, water pollution (all these topics)

Unholy Cow On leather upholstery	Umbra Fisk	20 Jan 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, It seems everyone is getting leather upholstery in their cars and on their couches these days. Where is it coming from -- the same cows that are being slaughtered for hamburgers, or special cows that are raised for their hides? What is the environmental impact of all this luxurious leather? Sharon Collegeville, Penn. Dearest Sharon, Hides are a byproduct of food-related animal processing. Cattle are large, expensive animals, ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living, water pollution (all these topics)

Lake and Bake Photos of the once-mighty, now-drained Owens Lake	David Maisel	19 Jan 2005	Main Dish
Owens Lake, on the eastern flanks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in southeastern California, was, at its peak, a 200-square-mile perennial lake. Located at the terminus of the Owens River, it held water continuously for at least 800,000 years. It is now an extreme example of the destabilizing effect of surface-water extraction in desert regions. Click here to start slide show. Beginning in 1913, the Owens ...
Topics: California, lakes, water pollution (all these topics)

Oh You NAS-ty Boys NAS report on safe perchlorate levels creating controversy		11 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Oh You NAS-ty Boys NAS report on safe perchlorate levels creating controversy A National Academy of Sciences panel report on safe levels of perchlorate -- an ingredient in rocket fuel, firecrackers, and road flares -- in drinking water has some enviros up in arms. The report, released yesterday, suggests that levels of perchlorate about 20 times higher than the U.S. EPA's proposed guid ...
Topics: National Academy of Sciences, toxics, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

How Green Is My Valley Silicon Valley gets excited about clean-energy tech		10 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
How Green Is My Valley Silicon Valley gets excited about clean-energy tech Rising oil prices and increasing competition from fast-developing countries like China have some energy entrepreneurs in California's tech-savvy Silicon Valley increasingly excited about the potential of good ol' American ingenuity to curb the world's addiction to fossil fuels -- and make a buck doing it. Companies like SunPower are working to ...
Topics: business, California, water pollution (all these topics)

Tsunamis Tsuck Ecological damage from tsunami may be long-lasting		06 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Tsunamis Tsuck Ecological damage from tsunami may be long-lasting The tsunami that ravaged coastlines of Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, and India last week, causing some 150,000 human deaths and countless dollars in property damage, also wreaked havoc on the region's already-fragile environment. Researchers are just beginning to survey the toll on coastal forests, coral reefs, and wetlands, and experts say the news is not g ...
Topics: Asia, oceans, water pollution (all these topics)

Reindeer Power	Suzy Becker	06 Dec 2004	Ha.

Topics: green living, water pollution (all these topics)

Coming Clean Green start-ups attracting substantial venture capital		29 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Coming Clean Green start-ups attracting substantial venture capital Investor interest in eco-friendly start-ups has taken a leap with the entry of two big venture-capital players into the field. Two California public pension funds -- the largest and third-largest in the U.S. -- recently announced plans to invest a combined $950 million in the clean-technology field in coming years. Beneficiaries of their investme ...
Topics: business, United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Mind the Tap On lead pipes and drinking water	Umbra Fisk	18 Oct 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I live in New York City, which is reputed to have some of the best drinking water in the U.S. But I also happen to live in an old building that probably has lead pipes, so I buy Poland Spring water in five-gallon jugs each month. I'd prefer to drink tap water, but I don't know how to find out whether my building's water is polluted or not. How do I go about this? If it does have lead (etc.), what are the most aff ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Potomac Daddies Male bass in Potomac River laying eggs		15 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Potomac Daddies Male bass in Potomac River laying eggs Male bass in the South Branch of the Potomac River in West Virginia are laying eggs. This is not behavior that people in the know typically expect from male bass. While researchers assume that pollutants of some sort are responsible, this particular stretch of the Potomac does well on the usual water-quality tests. "It's counterintuitive to think we ...
Topics: marine life, water pollution, West Virginia (all these topics)

Well Run Dry Many states lack money to enforce Clean Water Act		13 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Well Run Dry Many states lack money to enforce Clean Water Act Out of 17 states surveyed, 11 say they do not have the money necessary to fully enforce the Clean Water Act, according to a study by the nonprofit Center for Progressive Regulation. California, for instance, enforces only 23 percent of federal wastewater standards and only 60 percent of storm-water standards. Georgia says it has 20 percent of the money it needs, ...
Topics: United States, water pollution (all these topics)

Poo-Poo Power Wastewater has lots of energy potential		07 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Poo-Poo Power Wastewater has lots of energy potential The wastewater that courses down drains and into municipal water-treatment plants around the world contains a substantial amount of organic material, or "biosolids," or, well, "poop" and such. When this organic matter breaks down, it generates "biogas," a methane-rich fuel that some plants use to heat the water and buildi ...
Topics: solid waste treatment and disposal, water pollution (all these topics)

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