"Green Last Requests, Pt. 1"
Some people are starting to weigh the environmental costs of caskets and other trappings of traditional funerals. And they have found alternatives.
Source: Environment Report, 05/22/2009
Search results
MI, IL, NY Mull Alt-Energy Incentives for Schools
"The Michigan Legislature may soon create a fund to loan schools money to build windmills, solar panels or other sources of alternative energy."
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 05/22/2009
Interest Surges in Neglected Geothermal
"Nearly 200 million acres of public lands, mostly in the West, could become prime generators of emissions-free electricity by extracting steam heat from the earth's core to drive electric turbines."
Source: Greenwire, 05/22/2009
"Coca-Cola Introduces Plant-Based Plastic Bottles"
"For some of its beverages, The Coca-Cola Company is introducing a new type of plastic bottle made partially from plants."
Source: ENS, 05/22/2009
Gov. Orders Wash. Agencies To Cut Greenhouse Emissions
"Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday ordered [Washington] state to reach agreement with its single largest polluter to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by half over the next 15 years."
Source: Seattle Times, 05/22/2009
Australia Protects Tasmanian Devils as "Endangered"
"Australia lifted protection levels on Friday for the world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil, listing the animal as endangered due to a deadly facial tumour outbreak."
Source: Reuters, 05/22/2009
"Ban Ki-moon Calls for 'Green Deal'"
"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a 'green new deal' on climate change on Thursday and urged for a final push in negotiations ahead of a key summit to be held in Copenhagen in December."
Source: Reuters, 05/22/2009
"Baucus: Health Care Money To Help Libby Victims"
"A new $6 million federal grant could be the first step toward declaring a public health emergency in asbestos-contaminated Libby, Mont., the state's senior senator said Thursday."
Source: AP, 05/22/2009
EPA To Rely More on Scientists for Air Rules
"The U.S. government will reverse a Bush administration policy and increase the role of scientists in setting air standards for criteria pollutants harmful to human health, Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the EPA, said."
Source: Reuters, 05/22/2009
"FERC Approves Quebec-New England Power Line Plan"
"The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Thursday approved a funding plan for a major transmission project expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and deliver about 1,200 megawatts of Quebec power to New England."
Source: Reuters, 05/22/2009
Advertisement 
