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Environment News tagged with waste

Throwing Out Food and Paper Will Be Illegal
Environment  (tags: environment, pollution, waste, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 7 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Its policies simply aren't working. Overall waste generated has nearly doubled in the past 10 years, with waste going to landfill rising by over 10% in the same period.
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America's Electronic Waste Is Polluting the Globe
Environment  (tags: world environment, world, waste, ewaste, US )

Katie
- 23 days ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
Although the U.S. is one the world's largest producers of electronic waste (e-waste), it is hardly a leader in addressing this problem, given that the country has "no legally enforceable federal policies requiring comprehensive recycling of e-waste.....
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Demand Regulation for the Disposal of Contaminated Coal Waste ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, coal, waste, habitat, humans, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 114 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
America's coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities produce millions of tons of contaminated coal waste, which includes toxic metals like arsenic, mercury and lead.
9 comments
Stop Toxin-Laden Wastewater Dump in Our Streams ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, water, waste, streams, lakes, protection, toxins, habitat, nature, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 121 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
On June 22, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Water Act permits a mining company to pump hundreds of thousands of gallons per day of toxic wastewater slurry into an Alaskan lake, killing its fish and aquatic life.
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Help Close Bush-Era Toxic Waste Loophole ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, pollution, waste, bush administration, destruction, habitat, nature, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 145 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
In its closing days of power, the Bush administration passed an eleventh-hour rule deregulating 1.5 million tons of hazardous waste.
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Sign Petition: Global Emission and Waste Reform NOW
Environment  (tags: environment, CO2emissions, waste, garbage, ocean, landfills, pollution, recycling, nature, protection, globalwarming, Sustainabililty, wildlife, habitat, conservation, corporations, economy, health, disease, prevention, safety, politics, government )

Tom
- 187 days ago - change.org
Our government's goal is to reduce pollution by 83% by 2050. The health of the people comes before corporations or the economy. We should eliminate endless landfills, trash, and gigantic garbage patches in oceans through planning and recycling by 2020.
24 comments
Take Action ! Tell the EPA to Strictly Regulate the Disposal of Contaminated Coal Waste !
Environment  (tags: coal, waste, toxic meatsl, regulate, environment, habitat, destruction, nature, wildlife, pollution, protection )

Cher
- 258 days ago - nrdconline.org
America's coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities produce millions of tons of contaminated coal waste, which includes toxic metals like arsenic, mercury and lead. Send a message telling the EPA to protect communities and water sources across
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Why Our Food Waste May Be Our Greatest Asset | Environment | AlterNet
Environment  (tags: environment, food, waste, composting, global warming )


- 483 days ago - alternet.org
Composting is key to reducing waste costs, cutting global warming emissions, and increasing urban food security.Great read---we must compost, compost, compost.
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Human Footprint - National Geographic Channel
Environment  (tags: CO2emissions, impact, consumerism, waste, trash, ecosystems, environment, humans, consumption, pollution, wildlife, world, nature, food, oceans, protection, research, conservation, Sustainabililty )

Holly
- 589 days ago - channel.nationalgeographic.com
Using science and revelatory visual events, NGC delivers an extraordinary personal audit of how much of the world's resources each of us consumes, illustrating the average American's human footprint.
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Great Lakes, Oceans Won't Be Clean Until Global Pesticides Banned
Environment  (tags: pollution, chemicals, waste, fish, water, water source, food source, EPA )

Bryan
- 688 days ago - infoshop.org
Surprise findings: Toxaphene, the pesticide that replaced DDT when it was banned, is present at twice the PCB concentration in Lake Superior trout and gives them 10 times more toxicity. Recently Toxaphene has been removed from fish eating advisories.
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Water Bottlers Defend Their Reputation With Full-Page Ads
Environment  (tags: water, waste, environment, carbonemissions, GoodNews, emissions, globalwarming, eco-friendly, Sustainabililty, energy )

Sarah
- 840 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
Nestle and Dasani admit they are selling municipalities' city water in plastic bottles and cause those municipalities to have to dispose of/recycle those bottles...and finally there is some thought as to the wasteful bottle of water!
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