Thursday, January 27, 2005

[Environmental policy] U.S. Faces 'Pivotal Moment' on Clean-Air Regulations After years of stalemate, Washington decision makers are poised this year to impose new federal requirements aimed at curbing air pollution from power plants that each year cuts short the lives of 24,000 Americans. [Source: Washington Post -- need login/pw?] 1:06:29 PM Google It!    [Cleaning] Pure water washes greener Gas-free water cleans greasy stains without soap. [Source: Nature] 1:04:15 PM Google It!    [Environmental policy] Governors want clean air protections New York Gov. George Pataki and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are pressing Congress to protect key parts of the Clean Air Act as lawmakers and the Bush administration seek to change the law. [Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer] 1:01:40 PM Google It!    [Climate change] Changing the Climate-Change Climate Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a conference on winning the climate-change fight. [Source: Grist Magazine] 1:00:15 PM Google It!    [Environmental policy] As Green as a Neocon A curious transformation is occurring in Washington, D.C., a split of foreign policy and energy policy: Many of the leading neoconservatives who pushed hard for the Iraq war are going green. [Source: Slate.com] 12:59:12 PM Google It!    [Alternative energy] Renewable energy continues to advance at U The University’s research continues to further its role in the state’s commitment to renewable energy. Minnesota is at the intersection of forest and prairie, meaning there is an abundance and wide variety of biomass — plants that can be used for renewable energy or products, said Dick Hemmingsen, director of the University’s Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment. [Source: Minnesota Daily] 12:57:01 PM Google It!    [Green building] London's First Green Built Skyscraper Buildings built with a green ethos in mind -- that is, achieving significant gains in energy efficiency -- often have a knack for standing out from other buildings around them. Perhaps none so much as the recently finished 30 St. Mary Axe, London's first environmental skyscraper. [Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com] 12:54:29 PM Google It!    [Flame retardants] WWF: Baltic fish are contaminated The World Wildlife Fund said this week that fish in the Baltic Sea may be too contaminated with toxic chemicals to sell on the EU market.  WWF officials, who made their announcement Jan. 25, said they wanted to lobby a chemical control program for the Baltic Sea currently under debate in the European Parliament. [Source: The Baltic Times] 12:52:41 PM Google It!    [Alternative fuels] Hybrids? Some opt to go all-electric Some people are converting their hybrids to allow plug-in recharging. Will automakers follow suit? [Christian Science Monitor | Sci/Tech] 12:50:49 PM Google It!

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