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Regional News >
Regulatory Staff Endorses Gas Pipeline For New York City And New Jersey
M.T.A. Uses Bird Recordings To Scare Pigeons From Roosevelt Island Station
NYC Offering Rebate For Low-Flush Toilets
(NY Times)
Groups Call On NY’s Top Environmental Cop To Enforce 40-Year-Old Disclosure Law For Cleaning Products
(Read Media)
State/City Agreement Reduces CSO With Green Infrastructure
(Sustainable City Network)
Bronx Residents Hail Court Ruling That Could Reduce Pollution On Waterways
(NY 1)
Chuck Schumer Rides In PPW Bike Lane, Still Will Not Endorse PPW Bike Lane
(NY Observer)
Biking Big Snaps Senator Schumer On Disputed Bike Lane
(Transportation Nation)
NJ Legislators Look To Pass Bill To Enter Green Initiative
(Daily Targum)
Report Shows Second Avenue Subway Is, In Fact, Producing Toxic Dust
Free Trees In NYC
(Huffington Post)
Photos: Killed Cyclists Remembered With Ghost Bike Memorials
(Gothamist)
NYC Bee Keepers Warn Of Swarms Due To Early Spring
(DNA Info)
Are These The Tiniest Microfarms Of Them All? New York City Artist Grows Food Inside Furniture
(Treehugger)
EPA Recognizes NewYork-Presbyterian With ENERGY STAR Award For Energy And Environmental Leadership
(NY Presbyterian)
New York U Law Building Achieves LEED Platinum
(AASHE)
Vegan Food Truck Heads To Flatiron District
(DNA Info)
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National News >
US Government Approves Monsanto Seed Experiment Across America
(Digital Journal)
Obama Agency Rules Pepsi’s Use Of Aborted Fetal Cells In Soft Drinks Constitutes ‘Ordinary Business Operations’
(Natural News)
PepsiCo Sidesteps Evidence In Denial Over Aborted Fetal Cells In Flavor Testing
(The New American)
Sustainable Development, Smart Growth And Agenda 21 Now Illegal In Tennessee
(Treehugger)
Obama May Wait Until After Election To Rule On Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants
(NY Times)
Poisoned Weather: Catastrophic Flooding Alert In Heartland
Rep. Waxman: ‘A Confluence Of Important Events’ Makes Carbon Pricing Essential To Debt Deal
(Think Progress)
Keystone Pipeline Will Spill, Study Predicts
(Salon)
EPA Mystified By Stingy DDT Pollution In SF Bay
(Mercury News)
Nancy Huehnergarth: USDA To Americans: You’ll Eat Pink Slime Whether You Want It Or Not
Senate’s RESTORE Act A Big Win For The Gulf And All Of America’s Coasts
Will Fracking Destroy Colorado’s Rivers?
(Huffington Post)
Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Gulf Of Mexico “Dead Zone”
(Inhabitat)
House GOP Has Lowest Green Scores In Decades
(Bloomberg)
Massachusetts Town Struggles With Coca-Cola’s Waste
(Triple Pundit)
Feds Probe Equipment Failure At Calif. Nuke Plant
(ABC News)
Citizens Aim To Ban Plastic Water Bottles From All National Parks
(ENN)
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International News >
UN Experts Call For Including Human Rights Standards In Sustainable Development Goals
(UN News Centre)
France Restores Ban On GE Corn While U.S. Retailers Could Start Selling More Of It
Prince Charles Shows Us How To Feed 9 Million People Sustainably In 33 Pages
(Treehugger)
Australia May Declare Homeopathy ‘Baseless And Unethical’
(Info Wars)
Proposed UN Environmental Constitution For The World Would Establish An Incredibly Repressive System Of Global Governance
(The American Dream)
Korea Set To Try Again On Carbon Trading
Germany’s $270B Renewables Shift Biggest Since War
Greece Seeks To Export Solar Power By 2015
India To Seek Extension Of Wind Farm Tax Break
(Bloomberg)
Environmental Regulations Set To Be Slashed In UK
(Business Green)
As U.S. Installations Doubled, Global Solar PV Market Grew 40% In 2011 To 27 GW
(Think Progress)
Australia Mining Tax Approved By Senate
(Huffington Post)
Climate Change Will Wipe Out Two-Thirds Of Mexico’s Cloud Forests By 2080
(Good Magazine)
Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Plan Still Lags
(Wall Street Journal)
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Science, Technology, Health & The Planet >
Honeybee Deaths Linked To Corn Insecticides
(ABC News)
New Study: Radiation Treatments Create Cancer Cells 30 Times More Potent Than Regular Cancer Cells
(Natural News)
Neotame: 13,000 Times Sweeter Than Sugar And Even More Toxic Than Aspartame
(Prevent Disease)
CDC Report: Food Imports Responsible For Half Of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
Rhinos May be Extinct In South Africa By 2015
(Treehugger)
135 Endangered Rhinos Already Killed This Year In South Africa
(Huffington Post)
Scientists Warn Of Low-Dose Risks Of Chemical Exposure
U.S. Monarch Butterfly Decline May Be Linked To GM Crop Use, Study Says
(Yale Environment 360)
Startup Converts Plastic To Oil, And Finds A Niche
(NPR)
Global Sea Level Likely To Rise As Much As 70 Feet For future generations
Marine Protected Areas Are Keeping Turtles Safe
(Science Daily)
Fracking Wells’ Emissions Pose Risks: Study
(Bloomberg)
“Killer” Silk Destroys Anthrax, Other Microbes In Minutes
(Inhabitat)
A Spring Sprung Too Soon Is A Death Blow To Butterfly
A Mild Winter Means A Longer Tick Season
(NY Times)
Pollution The Big Barrier To Freer Trade In Rare Earths
(The Malaysian Insider)
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Business >
Chevron Execs To Face Charges Of Environmental Crimes in Brazil
Round Up Of The Best Reusable And Sustainable Packaging
(Treehugger)
Institute For Local Self-Reliance Calls Walmart’s Sustainability Campaign Greenwashing
(Inhabitat)
GMO Protesters Shut Down California Monsanto Office
(Info Wars)
West Coast ‘Green’ Jobs Data Shows Promise
(Inside Climate News)
Adidas, General Mills Drop Off ‘Most Ethical’ List; Kellogg’s, Hasbro, Alcoa Join
Fujitsu Launches ‘World’s Most Energy-Efficient’ Single-Node Server
Green Mountain College To Buy Back Its Own Recyclables Under Closed Loop System
(Environmental Leader)
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