Monday, August 08, 2005

[Schools] Parents' Fight Against Mold in School Is a Lonely One Amy Johnson is on a crusade against mold, and she is determined to keep pressing Stafford County officials about the organisms she believes have sickened her 7-year-old and other children and employees at Grafton Village Elementary School. By Michelle Boorstein. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com Education] 2:19:46 PM Google It!    [Climate change] U.S. Climate Change Technology Program: Vision and Framework for Strategy and Planning Climate Change--Technology Source: U.S. Climate Change Tchnology Program U.S. Climate Change Technology Program: Vision and Framework for Strategy and Planning (PDF; 3.17 MB) From press release: "The Vision and Framework document is organized around six complementary goals: (1) reducing emissions from energy use and infrastructure; (2) reducing emissions from energy supply; (3) capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide; (4) reducing emissions of other greenhouse gases; (5) measuring and monitoring emissions; and (6) bolstering the contributions of basic science to climate change. The document also outlines actions needed to achieve these goals." [ResourceShelf's DocuTicker] 2:18:46 PM Google It!    [Valuation of natural resources] How Much Is That Tree Worth? Here's something to ponder as you lie beneath a sprawling elm or maple or oak on a lazy August afternoon: Just how much is that tree worth? [Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward] 2:17:00 PM Google It!    [Green building] Small Is Beautiful In Housing Environmental Building News editors Alex Wilson and Jessica Boehland examine the trends in single-family housing, explain what they mean for the environment, and provide recommendations for downsizing, 8/5/05. [SEJ: Environmental Journalism Today] 2:15:11 PM Google It!    [Pesticides] N.Y. farmers cut pesticide use New York farmers used fewer pesticides in 2002 than 1997, according to a recent analysis using data from the latest national agricultural census. [Environmental Health News] 2:12:45 PM Google It!    [Golf courses] Reducing pesticides and fertilizer can help make lawns lush Over the past decade, golf managers are using less pesticides on their courses because everyone is becoming more sensitive to the environmental impact of their practices. [Environmental Health News] 2:12:16 PM Google It!    [Herbicides] Roundup is killing off amphibians, ecologist says Worldwide, amphibians are dying. And University of Pittsburgh ecologist Rick Relyea said he knows one way to kill them: Spray them with a little Roundup, the best-selling weed killer from St. Louis-based Monsanto. [Environmental Health News] 2:11:19 PM Google It!    [Environmental policy] Manufacturing science A public health scientist suggests that much of the squabbling over scientific certainty in public policy debates about the environment is the result of a concerted strategy by those who want to avoid government regulation. It's a strategy to manufacture doubt, using techniques pioneered by the tobacco industry. [Environmental Health News] 2:09:14 PM Google It!    [Biofuel] Out of the kitchen, into the car Pete Healy drives a "grease car" — with a diesel engine modified to run on waste cooking oil — making him one of a small but growing number of local drivers who made the switch to "biofuel" from gasoline and diesel. [Environmental Health News] 2:07:59 PM Google It!    [Beauty products] Youth raise awareness of cosmetic chemicals Joanna Chung and her peers are surprised to learn the products they use every day could contain toxic ingredients. They fall into a gray area...the FDA does not have authority to regulate cosmetic products. [Environmental Health News] 2:07:23 PM Google It!    [Wind energy] Wind energy poised to grow Within the last few weeks, years of negotiations fell into place, positioning the wind industry to explode and bring some 8,000 jobs and $7 billion to the Illinois economy by 2012. [Environmental Health News] 2:06:31 PM Google It!    [Drinking water] Lead in water may stem from plumbing Household brass plumbing fixtures may release far more lead into drinking water than previously believed, according to a team of Virginia Tech researchers. [Environmental Health News] 2:05:50 PM Google It!    [Schools] Healthier, wealthier and wiser: Global Green USA releases green schools report Global Green USA today released its Green Schools Report touting the multiple financial, health, academic and environmental benefits of high performance, environmentally sustainable buildings for education facilities. [Environmental Health News] 2:02:28 PM Google It!    [Drinking water] Removing pharmaceuticals, hormones, and cosmetics from tap water Forget well-known toxics such as pesticides and industrial chemicals: Scientists are now focusing their energies on common household chemicals and medicines that are not regulated by the U.S. EPA but still come trickling out of your kitchen tap. [Environmental Health News] 2:01:02 PM Google It!

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