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California Recyclers Find Market for Toxic E-Trash Abroad [1]

In California, recyclers are sending the discarded electronic devices they can not profitably reclaim toxic materials from to foreign countries -- where workers pick them apart by hand and are exposed to harmful substances.

Source: Sacramento Bee [2], 11/29/2010

"Boat Powered by Sunshine Arriving in Miami" [3]

"A boat resembling a flying saucer and run by the sun is making a stop in Miami."

Source: Miami Herald [4], 11/29/2010

"UN Urges Congo To Ban Oil Drilling In Gorilla Park" [5]

"The United Nations' cultural arm UNESCO has appealed to Congolese President Joseph Kabila to guarantee there will be no oil exploration in the forest home of rare gorillas where two UK-listed firms hold drilling rights."

Source: Reuters [6], 11/29/2010

Canada To Announce World's Toughest Lead Rules for Kids' Products [7]

Canada's "federal government is introducing the most stringent rules in the world to effectively ban lead from toys for young children and other products that kids put in their mouths."

Source: Postmedia [8], 11/29/2010

"Europe Bans Baby Bottles With Bisphenol-A" [9]

"Europe on Thursday banned baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol-A as of early next year over fears it may harm the health of children throughout the EU's half a billion population."

Source: AFP [10], 11/26/2010

"NOAA Closes Some Gulf Shrimping After Tar Balls Found" [11]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday it had closed 4,200 square miles/10,880 square kms of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico to royal red shrimping after a commercial shrimper discovered tar balls in his net."

Source: Reuters [12], 11/26/2010

"Chemical Company Adds Lobbying Muscle for Push on Energy, EPA" [13]

Petrochemical companies are spending more money to influence government decisions on energy and climate.
 

Source: Greenwire [14], 11/26/2010

"In Los Angeles, Big Step Ahead for Mass Transit" [15]

"LOS ANGELES — This auto-obsessed city — a place where people love their cars almost as much as they hate the traffic — has embarked on the biggest expansion of its mass transit system in decades, an effort to change the way people navigate its sprawling and clogged streets and freeways."

Source: NYTimes [16], 11/26/2010

Cleantech Academy Awards Announce Winners [17]

"Now that the Cleantech Open –- the self-described Academy Awards of the clean-technology industry -– is over, we have some new, young companies to watch."

Source: LA Times [18], 11/26/2010

"Study: N.Y.'s Regulatory System Gets a D-plus Grade" [19]

"New York gets a D-plus grade for its regulation of industries that affect air and water quality, job growth and other essentials, according to a report by an independent think tank."

Source: Ithaca Journal [20], 11/26/2010

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