Green News Links 10.24.10: Obesity and Pesticides, GE’s New Lighting, Google...
This week’s green round of news is quite intense, starting off with a Pesticides and Obesity Study. Adding to the mix are GE’s new lighting technologies, and Honest Tea to fair trade certify their...
View ArticleStove Project Impacts Indigent Women and Earth. The Paradigm Project
Rocket Stoves from the Paradigm Project. Helping Indigent Women and the Enviroment With all of our creature comforts, it is hard to imagine that somewhere in the world woman are carrying wood on their...
View ArticleFracking for Natural Gas: Freddy Krueger Returns to Victimize Earth
Anti-fracking statement on an Ithaca NY building Will the exploration of natural gas lead to our independence from oil or just another environmental Freddy Krueger nightmare? Rachel Dawn Davis, the...
View ArticleClimate Change, New Normal or Infrastructural Failures as Sandy Roars
Sandy Causes Tree Damage in New Jersey When you stop and think of the name of Hurricane Sandy, was it foreshadowing that she would wreck New York and New Jersey coastal regions? Sandy? As you well...
View ArticleToxic Chemicals and Climate Change: Both Need to Be Addressed
Do you ever have a day when it is so hard to get out of bed? Last night I set my agenda for Green Talk. But my world took a step backwards last night. I heard terrible news. A young man that I...
View ArticleUS-China Greener Consumption Forum Aims to Harness the Purse
On March 22, 2013, the first ever US-China Greener Consumption Forum will convene in Washington DC to address the environmental challenges that both countries face due to consumption. It will be the...
View ArticleLisa Jackson, Former EPA Admin Interview, Reflects on Her Role
During the US China Green Forum, Lisa Jackson, the former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator was the keynote speaker. Afterwards, I interviewed her about her wish for the outcome of this...
View ArticleCilantro Removes Toxic Heavy Metals from Water Says Study
Cilantro is quite the versatile plant. Not only can it kick up your salsa, but it shows promise as an inexpensive method of removing toxic heavy metals (such as lead) in contaminated water. In...
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