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Local News >
NYLCV Announces Endorsements For Nov 8th Municipal Elections
MAS Releases Report On NYC’s Garment District
(NYLCV)
Senator Ball Tells Cuomo: Don’t Frack With NY
(NY Senate)
Six Freight Railroads Around New York To Adopt Technology, Saving Diesel Fuel And Reducing Emissions
(NYSERDA)
NYC Truck Traffic “An Economic And Environmental Crisis”
(Streets Blog)
Naming Contest For New Queens Green Space
Food Activism And Occupy Wall St.
(NY Times)
Mapping The Trees Of New York, One By One
(Grist)
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National News >
Lawmakers To Urge Hillary Clinton To Reject The Proposed Route Of Keystone XL Pipeline
(Reuters)
Tea Party + Coal Companies + Fox News = All-Out PR War On The EPA (Video)
Bill That Prevents EPA From Coal Ash Oversight, Allows Arsenic In Drinking Water Goes To Vote Today
(Treehugger)
House Votes To Delay Air Pollution Rules On Boilers
(Environmental News Network)
Gore Links Great Lakes Problems To Climate Change
(Chicago Tribune)
Democrats Who Campaign For Climate Action Win More
(Inhabitat)
The Perry Petroleum Pollution Plan
(Think Progress)
Maryland Trash-Burning Power Plants Pollute More Than Coal
(Washington Examiner)
How Communities Can Invest In Solar Power
(Good Magazine)
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International News >
China Targets GE Wind Turbines With $15.5 Billion War Chest
(Business Week)
UK Proposes MOX Power Plants To Reuse Stockpile Of Separated Plutonium
(Inhabitat)
German Trains To Run On 100% Renewables
New Carbon Tax Means 1 Million Australians Won’t Have To Pay Income Taxes
(Treehugger)
Fair Trade Becomes Mainstream
(Triple Pundit)
China Marches On With Nuclear Energy, In Spite Of Fukushima
(NY Times)
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Science, Technology, Health & The Planet >
World Prone To Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks: WHO
(AFP)
Study: Gulf Seafood Unsafe For Pregnant Women And Children?
(Time Magazine)
87% of Americans Want Genetically Modified Foods Labeled (Infographic)
Mysterious Disease Spreading Among Arctic Seals
(Treehugger)
Suit Filed To Stop Sea Turtle Deaths From Shrimp Trawling
(ENN)
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Business >
BP Will Not Be Banned From Offshore Lease Sale
(Reuters)
Target Pledges All-Sustainable Seafood By 2015
Green Fleet Briefing: Chevy Spark EV, GM Solar Canopy, Nissan’s 10-Min Charge
(Environmental Leader)
Starbucks Concerned World Coffee Supply Is Threatened By Climate Change
(The Guardian)
Guitar Maker Gibson Under Investigation For Destroying Rainforests
(Inhabitat)
Another Food Industry Brand Rallies To Save Bees
(Treehugger)
Virgin Atlantic Airways To Use Industrial Waste As Jet Fuel
(Environmental News Network)
Recyclebank Lands Major Investment From Waste Management
(Green Biz)
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