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Paper People UPM Supporting Tree Planting

UPM is sending season’s greetings with a donation to ENO Environment Online, to help them achieve their challenging target of planting 100 million trees by 2017

14 Dec 2008

Test Results Show Earth Has Definitely Warmed Over the Past 30 Years

Half of the globe has warmed at least one half of one degree Fahrenheit in the past 30 years, while half of that - a full quarter of the globe - warmed at least one full degree Fahrenheit

14 Dec 2008

Sustainable Polymers of the Future May Come from New Theory

Tomorrow's specialty plastics may be produced more precisely and cheaply thanks to the apparently tight merger of a theory by a University of Oregon chemist and years of unexplained data from real world experiments involving polymers in Europe

14 Dec 2008

Rules for Burning Emission Comparable Fuel for Industrial Energy Recovery

EPA has finalized the expansion to the Comparable Fuel Exclusion rule. The rule allows certain secondary material, called emission-comparable fuel (ECF), to be safely burned for energy recovery in industrial boilers

14 Dec 2008

Toilet Flushing Now Linked to Birth Defects in Wildlife

Scientists at the University of Idaho recently discovered that an active chemical in birth control pills commonly released into the environment through human urine causes cells in rainbow trout to have an abnormal number of chromosomes

14 Dec 2008

Soybean Aphids May be Controlled by a Biocontrol Option About to be Tested

A program supported by university researchers, farmers and soybean groups is introducing tiny parasitic insects to control soybean aphids in South Dakota and neighboring states. The hope is to better control the pest by introducing a natural predator

14 Dec 2008

Pesticide Residues Test Results Released

The Pesticide Residues Committee today published its second quarterly 2008 report

14 Dec 2008

ENERGY Star Approved House Plans Launched by Home Designers

The House Designers (THD) and ENERGY STAR have partnered to offer consumers an exclusive collection of Green House Plans

14 Dec 2008

Amazon to Take Fresh Look at Changing Product Packaging

Amazon.com has launched "Frustration-Free Packaging," a new initiative designed to make it easier for customers to liberate products from their packages and to be more environmentally friendly by using less packaging material

14 Dec 2008

USC Expands Green Courses and Programs

Recognizing that a humanistic education must cover sustainability, USC expands its 'green' courses and programs

11 Dec 2008

Parents Encouraged to Buy Healthy Toys for Children This Christmas

Instead of shopping for the hottest pricey toy this holiday season, Dr. Paula Kramer, chair and professor of occupational therapy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, encourages parents to buy their children toys that promote healthy childhood development

11 Dec 2008