Monthly Archives: February 2010

Bicycles: Not Just For Children

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Green Your Library. As a child, I loved riding my bicycle. It remained my main mode of transportation throughout high school. Over the years though, like many Americans, I began to rely more heavily on … Continue reading →

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EPA announces three steps to support communities

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Laura B.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced three steps to support communities’ efforts to provide their citizens’ with economic opportunity while reducing impacts on the environment. The actions will encourage state and local government to make their communities more sustainable … Continue reading →

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UC-Irvine survey about home energy use

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Laura B.

Received via e-mail. Thanks to Anne Less for passing this along. Dear friends and colleagues, We are writing to ask for your help with participation in a survey about home energy use. The study, which is being conducted by a … Continue reading →

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"How Does Chemistry Help YOU Be Green?" — A Video Contest From ES&T

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Laura B.

2010 is a milestone year for environmental awareness, marking the 40th anniversary of the celebration and recognition of Earth Day, the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Environmental Policy Act that have all helped to shape the … Continue reading →

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Running on Algae: Research Blooms on an Innovative Biofuel

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in E The Environmental Magazine. It was big news last July when oil giant Exxon Mobil announced a $600 million deal with Synthetic Genomics, the company founded by science wunderkind J. Craig Venter, to explore using … Continue reading →

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Distinctly Green: New book shows zany projects for discarded electronics

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full post at Distinctly Green. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reports that the tech industry collected and recycled about 200 million pounds of discarded consumer electronics last year, and that this could double in 2010. E-waste is a … Continue reading →

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EPA, NREL Partner to Develop Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Sites

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Laura B.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are evaluating the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfill or mining sites.  Superfund sites are the most … Continue reading →

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Household Dust Can Include Lead and Arsenic, Study Says

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Protection. David W. Layton and Paloma I. Beamer, scientists at the University of Arizona, are reporting that most of the dust found indoors comes from outdoors. Their report appears in the American Chemical Society’s … Continue reading →

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Green Chemists Pull Out Catalysts for Reuse

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in Environmental Protection. A nanotech catalyst developed by McGill University chemists Chao-Jun Li, Audrey Moores, and their colleagues offers industry an opportunity to reduce the use of expensive and toxic heavy metals, according to a press … Continue reading →

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U.S. EPA looks at electroplating plants in Cleveland, Chicago as source of PFCs, potentially dangerous 'emerging pollutant'

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Laura B.

Read the full story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. At least four Northeast Ohio electroplating companies are dumping an unregulated but potentially dangerous, chemical into their sewers — and eventually untreated into Lake Erie, environmental officials said. It’s legal, but … Continue reading →

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