Daily Archives: July 8, 2008

One month before the Olympics, the dirtiest air in China is in Beijing

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. Despite advertised measures to decrease pollution, as the one-month countdown to the Beijing Olympics approaches, the government’s numbers rank Beijing as having the dirtiest air in China. With a rating of 98, officially a … Continue reading →

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A climate threat from flat TVs, microchips

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Los Angeles Times. A synthetic chemical widely used in the manufacture of computers and flat-screen televisions is a potent greenhouse gas, with 17,000 times the global warming effect of carbon dioxide, but its measure … Continue reading →

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G-8 Leaders Pledge to Cut Emissions in Half by 2050

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the New York Times. Environmentalists criticized the pledge by the leaders of the world’s richest nations because it failed to set a short-term goal for greenhouse gas cuts.

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OIG: EPA's Key Management Challenges for Fiscal Year 2008

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Download the publication (PDF, 18 p.) Our decision to include the areas listed is based primarily on audit, evaluation, or investigative work we performed and additional analysis of Agency operations. Thus, it is possible that additional challenges exist in areas … Continue reading →

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The Role of Biofuels and Other Factors in Increasing Farm and Food Prices

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Download the publication (PDF, 34 p.) This paper reviews various studies that have examined the relationship between corn used in ethanol production and corn prices. They suggest increased corn demand for ethanol could account for 25 to 50 percent of … Continue reading →

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EPA Partners with Best Buy to Recycle Electronic Goods Collected in Iowa Flood Cleanup

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the press release. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has successfully partnered with the Best Buy retail store chain to collect and recycle thousands of consumer electronic goods, also known as e-goods, that were ruined by recent Iowa floods.

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Web 2.0 Summit now courting clean-tech start-ups

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. The Web 2.0 Summit–a conference of the Silicon Valley digiterati–seems to have changed its theme from “monetize the Web” to “save the world.” Tim O’Reilly, one of the Web 2.0 Summit organizers, on Monday … Continue reading →

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Formula One design vet creating eco-smart city car

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story at News.com. Designer Gordon Murray, best known for his work on Formula One racing cars, detailed on Monday a new city car design called the T.25 that is aimed at reducing congestion and lowering pollution. Designer … Continue reading →

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Two Classes of Herbicides Show Up in Groundwater Testing

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Water & Wastewater News. A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigation showed that pesticides and degradation products detected most frequently in shallow groundwater samples at four study sites were predominantly from triazines and chloracetanilides, according to … Continue reading →

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