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Nickel deposits on bottled water in NY to take effect Oct. 31
Read the full story at Mother Nature Network. In a win for the environment, New York will expand its deposit laws to include water bottles starting Oct. 31. A five-cent surcharge will be added to the cost of each water … Continue reading
Posted in Great Lakes Region, Recycling, Regulation
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Novel Analysis Confirms Climate "Hockey Stick" Graph
Read the full story in Scientific American. A new analysis creates a better look at rising temperatures.
Posted in Climate Change, Research
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Climate change and individual behavior : considerations for policy
Read the full paper from the World Bank. Climate change is anthropogenic – the product of billions of acts of daily consumption. That solutions need to be anthropogenic too is well accepted. Yet, suggested solutions are normally cast in the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Policy, Publications
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Equity and Efficiency in Cap-And-Trade: Effectively Managing the Emissions Allowance Supply
Read the full paper from the Brookings Institution. A cap-and-trade system to control U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as proposed in recent draft legislation, for example in H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA), creates a limited … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Policy, Publications
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U.S. Industry and Cap-and-Trade: Designing Provisions to Maintain Domestic Competitiveness and Mitigate Emissions Leakage
Read the full paper from the Brookings Institution. The potential range of affected sectors and the scale of impacts on domestic industries that would result from economy-wide climate legislation are unprecedented in the history of U.S. environmental regulation. Even a … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Policy, Publications
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Setting a green IT baseline will bear fruit
Read the full story in InfoWorld. Companies worldwide are recognizing the value of embracing green tech — and not just IT vendors such as HP, IBM, Cisco, and Dell. Organizations large and small, from universities to SMBs to sprawling corporations … Continue reading
How Women Can Save the Planet
Read the full story in Scientific American. Empowering young women through education will help reduce overpopulation in areas that cannot support it and avoid extremism in the children they raise.
Posted in Sustainability
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EPA Announces Winners of the 3rd Annual Rachel Carson Contest
An essay, poem and photo are among the winners of this year’s Rachel Carson Contest. The third annual intergenerational contest reflects Carson’s efforts through her writings to have adults share with children a sense of wonder about nature and help … Continue reading
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EPA's New Green Parking Lot Allows Scientists to Study Permeable Surfaces That May Help the Environment
Paved parking lots and driveways make our lives easier, but they often create an easy pathway for pollutants to reach underground water sources and alter the natural flow of water back into the ground. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today … Continue reading
Posted in Green Building, Green Business
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Stemming the Tide of Sustainability Information
Check out my post on effectively finding, saving, and sharing environmental information over at the GLRPPR Blog.
Posted in ISTC News, Web Resources, Web Search Tools
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