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United Nations 15th Climate Change Conference Recap
The United Nations 15th Climate Change in Denmark (COP15) came to an end on December 18th leaving many feeling disappointed with the results. The long two weeks that strove to make a big difference on combating global climate change did not end in ...
Reactions to California’s TV Energy Efficiency Standards
Since I last posted the article on California’s Energy Efficiency Standards on televisions, there have been reactions for all sides of the issue, the state of California, television manufacturers and electronics stores. Here is a great video ...
Seventh Generation’s Million Baby Crawl
Seventh Generation is taking action with their Million Baby Crawl to ensure that toxic chemicals found in many of our household products are better regulated. There current Toxic Substances Control Act that should be protecting us from harmful chemi...
Cash For Clunkers For Appliances?
The recently ended Cash For Clunkers program for vehicles may soon be coming for kitchen appliances called Cash for Refrigerators. This new program will possibly offer rebates of up to $200 on various energy efficient appliances throughout your kit...
Reintroduce Our Kids With Nature
Improvements in technology have taken us a long way and has made some aspects of our lives much better. The downside to much of this technology is that children are staying indoors much more often instead of enjoying the outdoors. That’s wh...
Bamboo Fabrics Warning
Bamboo fabrics are becoming more and more popular, especially because manufacturers advertise just how soft the fabric feels and that it is more environmentally friendly than traditional fabric materials. The big problem is that many manufacturers ...
Fort Meade Environment Cleanup by EPA
The EPA announced last week that it reached an agreement among several agencies to ensure an environment cleanup of Fort George G. Meade Superfund site in Maryland. In the words of William C. Early, the acting administrator for the EPA’s Mi...
FTC Taking Action Against Untruthful “Green” Claims
More and more we are beginning to see products use trendy phrases like “biodegradable” to market their products as being environmentally friendly. Kmart, Tender and Dyna-E are a few companies that used this term on labels of their produ...
Cash For Clunkers Bill
The Cash For Clunkers bill was just passed this week by the House to compensate consumers to trade in their gas guzzlers in exchange for more fuel efficient cars. The bill is sponsored by representative Betty Sutton out of Ohio that provides reba...
GOP Senator Believes Renewable Energy Not Enough
GOP Senator John Barrasso from Wyoming says that Alternative Energy won’t meet US needs and only increase the price of energy along with possibly increasing our dependency on foreign oil. In the GOP’s weekly Internet address, Senator Jo...
U.S. Draft Bill Pushes for Clean Energy
Just yesterday, house members Henry Waxman and Ed Markey are promoting a draft bill that follows after similar Massachusetts legislature to reduce global warming as well as increasing support for renewable energy. The major component of this bill i...
Fishery Council Approves Aquaculture in Federal Waters
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted this week to open up ocean waters managed by the federal government to aquaculture expansion with no standards. This ruling still needs to pass through the U.S. Commerce Department before allowing ...
Obama Administration Wants Move to Green Automobiles
President Barrack Obama recently announced that he would like to see automakers move towards making more fuel-efficient cars to combat against greenhouse gases. His administration will issue new fuel guidelines to begin the 2011 model of cars. Thes...
New Toy Safety Law Not So Green?
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) passed late last year will take affect in just under 30 days on February 1oth will dramatically affect how toys are both manufactured and sold. All toy manufacturers, importers and sellers are req...
EPA Launches Environmental Fugitive Site
The Environmental Protection Agency launched an environmental fugitive website this week that lists the top criminals the EPA is tracking down. All have fled their local jurisdictions or even left America. This is the EPA’s version of the FBI...
The US Auto Industry Bailout Bill
I’m sure you’ve all heard of the enormous amounts of media coverage revolving around the Congressional bailout package for the US Auto Industry to prevent them from going bankrupt. The amount has change from $25 billion to $14 billion, b...
Bush Administration Puts Engangered Species Act At Risk
Photo by BrianScott. A special “Midnight Session” conducted late last month could put many of the endangered species of animals and plants in our country in extreme risk. In order to meet a deadline of 60 days before the current administ...
