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Organizations Honored for Environmental Justice Achievements
Projects that include empowering residents to clean up New Orleans East for a safe return after Hurricane Katrina and developing a tool to target high-risk homes with lead contamination in Durham, N.C., are winners of EPA’s first Environmental Achievement Awards. … Continue reading
Alternative Energy Suddenly Faces Headwinds
Read the full story in the New York Times. Renewable energy technologies are facing big challenges because of the credit freeze and plunge in oil and natural gas prices.
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November 2008 Biomass Magazine
The November 2008 issue of Biomass Magazine is now available. Highlights include: Acid Trip Switchgrass: A Bioplastic Factory Plastics From the Prairie Proving Out Plasma Gasification Betting on Biobricks Renewable Hydrogen: Another Option for Future Generations
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Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants
Read the full story from the Associated Press. For a newly hatched striped bass in the Hudson River, a clutch of trout eggs in Lake Michigan or a baby salmon in San Francisco Bay, drifting a little too close to … Continue reading
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Fourth Annual “Endangered Environmental Laws” Student Writing Competition (2008-09)
The Constitution has long been interpreted by the courts and understood by most Americans to support comprehensive environmental protections. However, arguments targeting the constitutional legitimacy of environmental laws continue to gain traction in the federal courts. To inform the debate, … Continue reading
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Why 2008 is the Year of Green Admissions
Why 2008 is the Year of Green Admissions (PDF, 8 p.) ConnectEDU ConnectEDU conducted research to gain insight into student perspectives around going green as they approach college admission; how important are green issues; how will green affect college choice; … Continue reading
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Sustainability Innovator Awards
The Sustainable Endowments Institute has announced the winners of the 2009 Sustainability Innovator Awards. From the announcement: While the College Sustainability Report Card 2009 highlights the schools with the 300 largest endowments in the United States and Canada, sustainability innovators … Continue reading
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