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Why Drinking Bottled Water is Bad

Three reasons are given for why you shouldn't drink bottled water and use the tap instead.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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All that megafarm poo is polluting our water, ready to regulate?

That excess manure gives off air pollutants, and it is the country's fastest-growing large source of methane, a greenhouse gas. And it washes down with the rain, helping to cause the 230 oxygen-deprived "dead zones" that have proliferated along the [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Copenhagen’s Climate-Friendly, Bike-Friendly Streets

(click for video) In Copenhagen, fully 37 percent of commute trips are made by bike, and mode share among city residents alone is even higher. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Obama will formally declare danger of carbon emissions

The Obama administration will formally declare Monday that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare, a move that lays the groundwork for an economy-wide carbon cap even if Congress fails to ena [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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City spends $1M to replace grass with other grass

The city will pay a dollar a square-foot to rip out the grass and replace it with Bahia grass. The city says the money it saves on water will pay for the new sod in three years, but some think the $1 million investment isn't worth it. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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If you could work 4 10-hour (instead of 5 days) days would you?

As government agencies and corporations scramble to cut expenses, one idea gaining widespread attention involves cutting something most employees wouldn't mind losing: work on Fridays. Regular three-day weekends, without a decrease in the actual hours [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Greenpeace Banner on Mount Rushmore

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (July 9) - Environmentalists using park service rock anchors scaled Mount Rushmore on Wednesday and unfurled a banner along President Abraham Lincoln's face challenging America's leaders to stop global warming. Eleven people were ch [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Cigarette Butts Kill Fish According to New Study

Lead researcher Richard Gersberg studied three types of cigarettes: smoked filtered cigarettes without tobacco, smoked filtered cigarettes with tobacco, and clean un-smoked filtered cigarettes. All three types killed half of the fish in low concentra [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Your Tuna Is Getting More Toxic

Buzz up! If you eat tuna, read this. The rate of mercury contamination in tuna and other Pacific fish has increased 30% since about 1990, and is expected to increase another 50% if China continues to build more coal-fired power plants to fuel it [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Chris Jordan’s Wave Illustrates Ocean Garbage

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this artist collected ocean garbage and replicated a famous piece of art with the garbage. click the link then vote. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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In the Future, Will Buses Run on Feces?

Agence France Presse reports that in Oslo, Norway, city officials soon plan to introduce buses that run on biofuels extracted from human waste. ... The biofuel, which is methane generated by fermenting sludge, will come from the Bekkelaget sewa [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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EPA: Global Warming Threatens Public Health, Welfare

The Environmental Protection Agency sent a proposal to the White House on Friday finding that global warming is endangering the public's health and welfare, according to several sources, a move that could have far-reaching implications for the nation' [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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