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Environmental Defense vs.Duke Energy
Environmental Defense took Duke energies to the Supreme Court today on charges that the North Carolina power giant failed to comply with the Clean Air Act requirements to add pollution reduction mechanism when they upgraded their plants. For a change, the Bush administered EPA was on the side of Environment Defense. In an earlier appeals [...]
Posted by Moderator on November 2nd, 2006 filed in Activism, Air Pollution, Bush, Carbon, EPA, Energy, Environment, Environmental Defense, Global Warming, News, Supreme Court, Technology, greenhouse, politics
Greenday + NRDC
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Posted by Moderator on October 30th, 2006 filed in Activism, Alternative Fuel, Bush, Carbon, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, NRDC, Oil, Sustainability, Technology, greenhouse, politics
“Dead Zones” On the Rise: Economic Impact of Pollution
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the number of “dead zones” or low oxygenated areas in the world’s seas and oceans may now be as high as 200, the new scientific estimates were released at an international marine pollution meeting this week in Beijing. The low levels of oxygen in the water make [...]
Posted by Moderator on October 19th, 2006 filed in Activism, Chesapeake Bay, EPA, Environment, News, UN, flush tax, politics
Scientists Believe that Explosion May Not be Nuclear
According to an Associated Press release, the explosion may be resultant of a failed nuclear test or from a smaller explosion. The seismic data thus far are conflicting and no clear determination of the nature of the explosion is possible at this time. Read the rest of the story.
Posted by Moderator on October 10th, 2006 filed in News, Nuclear, Sustainability, War, politics
The Washington Stock Exchange
When there is money at stake, people tend to be more calculative and careful in critical decision making, this human psyche is collectively harnessed to predict future political outcomes by Washington Stock Exchange. The way it works is quite simple, anyone can sign up for free and receive W$1,000,000 Washington dollars (not real of course) [...]
Posted by Moderator on October 5th, 2006 filed in Activism, Economics, Stocks, Technology, WSX, politics