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TAKE ACTION: Help Save the Environment: Pledge to Use Resuable Bags
Environment  (tags: pollution, Sustainabililty, wildlife, world, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, environment, oceans, nature, healthconditions )

Beverly
- 1 day ago - therainforestsite.com
Paper and plastic bags cause some of the worst environmental destruction. Take action!
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TAKE ACTION: President Obama: Act to Curb Airline Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Environment  (tags: oceans, politics, pollution, nature, environment, destruction, conservation, climate-change, CO2emissions, Sustainabililty, greenhousegases, government )

Beverly
- 1 day ago - therainforestsite.com
Urge President Obama to support an initiative that would help to limit airline carbon emissions.
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How to Reduce Plastic Usage
Environment  (tags: climate, conservation, ecosystems, destruction, environment, animals, habitat, habitatdestruction, oceans, nature, pollution, Sustainabililty, water, world )

PJ
- 1 day ago - wellabout.com
Simple tips and things that can be done to contribute to the reduction of plastic usage.
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Los Angeles Enacts Plastic Bag Ban, Strengthens Statewide Movement
Environment  (tags: ocean, pacific ocean, plastic bags, pollution )

Stefanie
- 8 hours ago - ecowatch.com
The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-1 today to finalize a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags. L.A. had begun drafting an ordinance last year, and has since completed an exhaustive study demonstrating the benefits of a citywide ban. Once the L.A. ..
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'Every Plant And Tree Died': Huge Alberta Pipeline Spill Raises Safety Questions As Keystone Decision Looms
Environment  (tags: protection, pollution, humans, habitat, environment, destruction, nature, trees, forests, healthconditions, wildlife )

Evelyn
- 10 hours ago - thinkprogress.org
A massive toxic waste spill from an oil and gas operation in northern Alberta is being called one of the largest recent environmental disasters in North America. First reported on June 1, the Texas-based Apache Corp. didn't reveal the size of the spill un
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Visionary Energy Plan Key to New York's Storm Strategy
Environment  (tags: alternative fuels, climate-change, CO2emissions, conservation, ecosystems, environment, globalwarming, pollution, research, science, Sustainabililty )

Kit
- 1 hour ago - livescience.com
Together, a network of cleaner energy sources -- including solar and combined heat and power, which are proving successful in many places already -- emit less pollution than fossil fuels and can be a source of power if the grid goes down.
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Article By Don Mills Published in Construction Digital Posted on November 29, 2012, 9:29 Am, By Admin,/SAVE WATER-CompostToilet
Environment  (tags: animals, composting toilets, clivus multrum, climate-change, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, globalwarming, GoodNews, greenhousegases, habitat, healthconditions, nature, oceans, pollution, protection, water )

Ruth
- 53 minutes ago - clivusmultrum.com
'An article by Clivus Multrum's very own Don Mills was recently published in Construction Digital. In the article, Mills describes the design, installation and function of the Clivus composting toilet system in New York City's One World Trade Center....'
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Living Building Article Features Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Brock Environmental Center Posted on April 17, 2013, 8:36 Am, By Ad
Environment  (tags: animals, water, composting toilet, clivus multrum, climate-change, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, energy, environment, forests, GoodNews, greenhousegases, habitat, healthconditions, nature, oceans, pollution, protection, radia-active )

Ruth
- 1 hour ago - clivusmultrum.com
'According to the Living Building Challenge website, it is "the built environment's most rigorous performance standard.... To be certified under the Challenge, projects must...,including net zero energy, waste and water, over a minimum of 12 months...' '
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