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Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River: Merging Ecological, Economic, and Cultural Values
August 10-13, 2009 Collinsville, IL Conference website: http://www.conferences.uiuc.edu/mississippiriver/index.html Join a diverse group of participants with interest in our nation’s largest river, including stakeholders in the recreational, navigation, and agricultural sectors, researchers, and natural resource professionals. Through conference presentations, panel discussions, … Continue reading
Posted in Illinois, Meetings & Webinars
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VegDRI Depicts Drought Information over 48 States
Read the full story in Environmental Protection. The Vegetation Drought Response Index, or VegDRI, is a computer modeling and monitoring method that provides continuous drought information over large regions and supplies finer spatial detail than other commonly used drought indicators. … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Web Resources
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Report: Coal Plants May Need CO2 Capture Retrofits
Read the full story in Environmental Protection. Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and former undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, on June 19 unveiled a report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Regulation
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Study Finds Insecticide Residues in U.S. Homes
Read the full story in Environmental Protection. Insecticides used in and around homes — including products voluntarily removed from the market years ago — were measured on the floors of U.S. residences, according to the first study large enough to … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Health, Pest Management
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Earth 3.0
The June 2009 issue of Scientific American features environmental issues. Contents include: Bamboo Boom: Is This Material for You? The Arctic Thaw Could Make Global Warming Worse Can Captured Carbon Save Coal-Fired Power? Top 25 Green Energy Leaders How Local … Continue reading
Paving Roads with Old Circuit Boards
Read the full story in Scientific American. Millions of printed circuit boards from discarded electronics are tossed into landfills every year. In addition to the volume of waste, the material can leach chemicals into the soil. As an alternative, researchers … Continue reading
Posted in E-Waste, Recycling, Research
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More Ideas for Breaking the Climate Deadlock
Read the full post at Dot Earth. There’s a batch of new proposals for breaking the persistent global deadlock over dealing with global warming, all coming as world leaders prepare to meet at the Group of 8 summit in L’Aquila, … Continue reading
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Pickens Drops Plan for Largest Wind Farm
Read the full post at Green, Inc. T. Boone Pickens, the legendary oilman, has abandoned his plan to build the world’s largest wind farm, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News that was confirmed by a spokesman for … Continue reading
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Recycled CDs and Sofa Foam for Your Feet
Read the full post at Green, Inc. Shoe manufacturers have been busy burnishing their green credentials over the last few years, incorporating everything from recycled rubber soles to hemp shoelaces. But one company appears to be taking the green theme … Continue reading
Defining 'Sustainable Agriculture'
Read the full post at Green, Inc. Conventional farmers, organic farmers, giant agribusiness companies, environmentalists — all have varying views on what “sustainable agriculture” really means. Perhaps not for long. The Leonardo Academy, an environmental think tank in Madison, Wis., … Continue reading
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