Thursday, February 10, 2005

[Great Lakes] Foundation plans concert series to benefit Great Lakes Live Aid helped battle an African famine. And Farm Aid annually helps America's family farmers. Now comes Great Lakes Aid -- a planned series of concerts in U.S. and Canadian cities to raise money for environmental projects that will benefit the great lakes. [Source: Detroit Free Press] 4:40:48 PM Google It!    [Green products] New Technology Uses CO2 to Make Plastic from Orange Peels Using just the oil from orange peel and CO2, researchers at Cornell University have found a way to make a high quality, versatile plastic in an environmentally friendly way. [Source: GreenBiz.com] 4:39:27 PM Google It!    [Green products] Fujitsu to Use 100% Biodegradable Materials for Packing Tape Fujitsu Limited has announced that it will shift completely to the use of biodegradable plant-based materials for the manufacture of its embossed carrier tape. [Source: GreenBiz.com] 4:38:26 PM Google It!    [Government] Grading the States 2005 ”There are some remedies worse than the disease,” a playwright wrote more than two millennia ago. Publilius Syrus could have been referring to the current state of the 50 states. In order to weather an economic bashing that was not of their own creation, many states have cut back on their analytic capacity; allowed their roads, bridges and buildings to decay at an accelerating clip; resorted to financial tactics that only defer fiscal pain; slowed down or rejected positive initiatives in human resources and — in a few extreme cases — have so undernourished government that they risk malnutrition or worse. [Source: Governing Magazine] 4:37:00 PM Google It!    [E-waste] A Computer Recycler's Big Job David Zimet's New Jersey warehouse is where computers go to die -- or in some cases, to get a new life. [ENN Business Headlines] 4:31:59 PM Google It!    [Environmental policy] Endangered Science? Survey reports political influence on researchers at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [ScienceNOW] 4:31:22 PM Google It!    [Awards] Small Business Program Award Nominations Due March 31, 2005 The National Steering Committee (NSC), representing the Small Business Assistance Programs nationwide, in conjunction with the National Compliance Advisory Panel, has established the Small Business Assistance Environmental Stewardship Awards, Small Business Assistance Program Awards, and Trade Association Environmental Leadership Awards. The Environmental Stewardship Award recognizes exemplary performance in one or more of the following areas: pollution prevention leadership, industrial environmental leadership, and community environmental leadership. The nominee(s) must have worked with their local, state/territorial, or national Small Business Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance Program (SBO/SBAP) in these efforts. The Small Business Assistance Program Awards are given to recognize the leadership, service, and achievements by the programs and the individuals representing them, and in particular the exemplary performance in one or more of the following areas: Small Business Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance Program (SBO/SBAP) leadership, individual leadership, and state program leadership. The Trade Association Environmental Leadership Awards will recognize exemplary performance in environmental leadership and environmental partnership. The nominee(s) must have worked with their local, state/territorial, or national Small Business Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance Program (SBO/SBAP) in these efforts. The NSC Awards Subcommittee is seeking nominations for these 2005 awards. The deadline for submitting the nomination forms is 4 pm EST, March 31, 2005. This is the second year for these annual awards, and the first year that they are to be submitted completely on line. For more information about the awards and how to nominate a person or organization, go to the website listed below, or contact Rosemarie Wilmoth, Awards Subcommittee Chair, at 502/564-2150, x128, rosemarie.wilmoth@ky.gov or Linda Hayes-Gorman at 541/388-6146, x274, hayes-gorman.linda@deq.state.or.us. [ChemAlliance Environmental News] 4:30:40 PM Google It!    [Climate change] Pew Center on Global Climate Change Features a collection of reports on the effects of climate change on the Earth, including topics such as "Comparison of Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Standards" and "The Day After Tomorrow: Could it Really Happen?" Also includes background information on global warming and updates on actions taken by governments and the business community. Some information available in French, German, and Spanish. Searchable. [Librarians' Index to the Internet] 4:28:14 PM Google It!    [Green building] LEED 2004 Roundup Green Building Roundup - and perspective. Enviropundit]: LEED 2004 Roundup I was thinking along the same lines as Qui Baoxing, vice minister of construction for the People's Republic of China: Human need for living space evolves through four phases: shelter, comfortable buildings, healthy buildings, and green buildings. While the first uses little or no energy, the second and third have high energy consumption. [There is a] need to design green buildings with high levels of energy efficiency and renewable energy, recycled materials, and harmony between people and nature. (According to Bill McDonough, interviewed in Sustainable Industries Journal, China needs to build 400 million [ million!] housing units over the next dozen years. 'That's the largest migration ever.') [Gil Friend] 4:25:42 PM Google It!    [Green products] Red is the New Green: Organic Roses Make Valentine's Day an Environmental Affair In the Ecuadorian highlands, near the Equatorial center of the world, Dr. Hernan Chiriboga gently pushes aside rows of chamomile, garlic and chili peppers and inspects his prize crop -- organically grown red roses. [ENN Press News] 4:25:01 PM Google It!    [E-waste] Environmentalists push for a 'greener' iPod European Union laws may force US companies to make electronic products like the iPod recyclable. [Christian Science Monitor | Sci/Tech] 2:30:31 PM Google It!    [Air pollution] Jet pollution: drawing a line in the sky There is growing scientific concern that jets may be turning the skies into a hazier, heat-trapping place. [Christian Science Monitor | Sci/Tech] 2:30:06 PM Google It!    [Hazardous waste site remediation] Small science may clean a big problem Iron nanoparticles may reduce the cost of Superfund site cleanup by 75 percent. [Christian Science Monitor | Sci/Tech] 2:29:36 PM Google It!    [Climate change] 2005 Could Be Warmest Year Recorded -- NASA (Reuters) Reuters - A weak El Nino and human-made greenhouse gases could make 2005 the warmest year since records started being kept in the late 1800s, NASA scientists said this week. [Yahoo! News: Science] 2:28:29 PM Google It!

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