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Regional News >
Report: Indian Point Threatens Drinking Water
(WAMC)
New Jersey Government Moves To Force Fluoridation On Public
(Info Wars)
Governor Cuomo Announces Low Cost Financing Now Available For Homeowners To Make Energy Efficient Upgrades
NYSERDA Releases Solar Study
(NYSERDA)
New York’s Solar Balance Sheet
(NY Times)
New York Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards For Power Plants
(Center for Climate and Energy Solutions)
City Proposal Would Pave Way For ‘Green’ Infrastructure Upgrades
(Columbia Spectator)
Ioby Partners With Deutsche Bank To Fund Projects By Community Development Corporations
(Dowser)
Did NYPD Falsify Account Of Cyclist’s Death?
(Grist)
Bloomberg Eyes Wetlands As Part Of Long Term Strategy
City Holds First Bike Share Station Planning Workshop
(WNYC)
Bike Share Planning Workshops Begin To Locate Stations
(City Atlas)
New York Fixers Collective Breaks The Mold By Fixing Stuff Together
(Treehugger)
Pratt Center’s Art, Culture And Sustainability Project
(Pratt)
Gardens For The City Grant
(NYRP)
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National News >
FDA’s New Claim: “Your Stem Cells Are Drugs And Stem Cell Therapy Is Interstate Commerce So We Have The Authority To Regulate It!”
(Alliance for Natural Health)
Senators Backing Keystone XL Bill Received $22 Million In Donations From Oil Industry
Undercover Investigation On Oklahoma Pig Farms Reveals Systemic Cruelty Of Factory Farming (Video)
(Treehugger)
Tainted-Well Lawsuits Mount Against Gas Frackers
(Bloomberg)
EPA Misses Deadline To Finalize Dioxin Health Assessment
(NRDC)
New Silica Rules Languish In Regulatory Black Hole
(NPR)
Federal Strategy Proposed To Respond To Climate Change Impacts On Fish, Wildlife, Plants
(ICLEI)
State Clean Energy Funds Becoming Key For Green Jobs And Investment
(Center for Climate and Energy Solutions)
Al Gore On The Story Of Rising Seas: From Antarctica To Bangladesh
Spill, Baby, Spill: House Transportation Bill Is Another Giveaway To Big Oil
Oregon Moves Closer To Dirty Coal Exports
(Think Progress)
Quakes And U.S. Reactors: An Analytic Tool
‘Gasland’ Filmmaker Arrested At Capitol Hearing
(NY Times)
Houston Faces Penalties Over 1970s Smog Limits
(Chron)
Say It Ain’t Kosovo: U.S. State Dept. Pushes Coal In Eastern Europe
No, That’s Not Snow: Pesticides Coat California’s Central Valley
(Grist)
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International News >
UN Pitches Rio+20 Talks As A Departure From Climate Politics
(EE News)
100 Countries Back World Environment Agency
(Agence France Presse)
UN Calls Sustainable Development A Top Priority
(Triple Pundit)
Energy Poverty Remains A Global Challenge For The Future
Canada Uranium And Other Mines: The Future
(ENN)
Research Reveals Toxic Pesticides Problem In Armenia
(Armenia Now)
China Quietly Shelves New Diesel Emission Standards
(The Guardian)
China Rare Earths Safe From WTO Ruling On Export Curbs
(Reuters)
India’s Air The World’s Unhealthiest, Study Says
Rare Earth Metal Refinery Nears Approval In Malaysia
(NY Times)
High-Level Global Panel: Phase-Out Of Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Commit To Low-Carbon Energy
(Think Progress)
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Science, Technology, Health & The Planet >
Humane Society Alleges Pigs Are Being Badly Abused At 2 Of America’s Large Swine Farms
(Inhabitat)
Children’s Medicines Coated With Brain-Damaging Aluminum
(Info Wars)
Was Lou Gehrig’s ALS Caused By Drinking Water?
(Alter Net)
25,000 Ducks Killed In Avian Flu Campaign
(Australia ABC)
Chicken Farm Crates Are Basically Never Cleaned
(Grist)
Atlantic Sturgeon Declared An Endangered Species
(NRDC)
80 Percent Of ‘Irreplaceable’ Habitats In Andes Unprotected
Tropical Cyclones To Cause Greater Damage, Researchers Predict
(Science Daily)
Why Is “Hot Chemo” An Acceptable Cancer Treatment—But IV Vitamin C Is “Too Far Out There”?
(Alliance for Natural Health)
Fungus That Eats Polyurethane Found In Ecuadorian Rainforest
More Evidence That Insecticides Are Harming Our Bees
By 2050 We’re All Likely To Be Using Fewer Resources, Whether We Like It Or Not
(Treehugger)
The Arctic Is Already Suffering The Effects Of A Dangerous Climate Change
(Science Daily)
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Business >
Monsanto Being Sued For Poisoning West Virginia Town With Agent Orange Chemicals
(Inhabitat)
Proof That The Cancer Industry Doesn’t Want A Cure – Even If It’s A Pharmaceutical
Paid Media Partners Praise Bill Gates’ Vaccine, GMO Programs
(Info Wars)
Monsanto Named The “Worst Company Of 2011″
(Mercola)
Intel, Kohl’s, Walmart Lead EPA’s Green Power Purchasers List
What Will It Take To Bring EVs To The Mass Market?
Why Google Invests In Clean Energy
Green Spending By UK Firms Forecast To Grow 20 Times Faster Than GDP
(Green Biz)
GM Announces Eco-Stickers For All Chevy Cars
(Clean Technica)
Kick-Starting The Bio-Based Economy
(ENN)
The Partnership Between Dow Chemical And The Nature Conservancy
(Triple Pundit)
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