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Study Identifying Harmful Pollutants in City Air

Air pollution is linked to tens of thousands of deaths each year. However, some of the worst pollutants often fly under the radar. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are looking for easier, more effective ways of finding and measuring the toxic pollutants that people breathe

19 Apr 2009

Health and Welfare of the Public Threatened by Greenhouse Gases

After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare

19 Apr 2009

Precycling With Sodastream Set to be The Trend For This Earth Day

Just in time for Earth Day, Sodastream has brought its revolutionary line of home soda makers to retail locations nationwide, including all Kohl's stores, bringing PRECYCLING to a national level

17 Apr 2009

Zero Energy, Zero Maintenance Emergency Exit Signs Featured in New Brochure

Jessup Manufacturing Company has introduced a new product brochure outlining the features and benefits of the company's full line of award-winning Glo Brite Eco Exit signs

13 Apr 2009

Environmentally Friendly Paints the Subject of New Course for Building Owners and Managers

Pat Coady is one of the many professionals at Painters USA, Inc. Pat has developed a program to instruct building owners and managers about green coatings. This course enables them to receive CPD's (Continuing Professional Development Points)

8 Apr 2009

Business Students Win With Plan to Clean Up Polluted Water in India

Small textile firms that dominate the industry in South India cannot afford traditional wastewater treatment, so they simply dump toxin-filled water into the local rivers. That's the problem that a team of University of Virginia business students has a plan to solve. And their plan has been getting some validation recently

6 Apr 2009

Study of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Shows Fragile State of Coral Around the World

A new study by researchers from UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) sheds light on how threats to the world's endangered coral reef ecosystems can be more effectively managed

6 Apr 2009

Top Five Cleanest Petrol Driven Cars Announced for Earth Day 2009

This Earth Day, NADAguides.com, announces its Top Five Cleanest Conventional Cars of 2009, simply suggesting that hybrids aren't the only choice for those who wish to minimize the environmental impact of their driving

6 Apr 2009

Americans Encouraged to Recycle Cell Phones

The EPA is launching National Cell Phone Recycling Week as part of its efforts to celebrate Earth Day the entire month of April

6 Apr 2009

Eliminate Waste, Recycling and Food Miles by Precycling and Making Drinks at Home

PRECYCLING - eliminating waste at its source - is the new trend and it's even better for the environment than recycling. By making soda at home, you can eliminate the roughly 600 bottles and cans of carbonated beverages the average American consumes each year

2 Apr 2009