"Glass and Cement Makers Settle With E.P.A." [1]
"Federal officials announced two major settlements on Thursday for reducing emissions from 28 glass and cement plants across the country."
Source: Green Inc. [2], 01/22/2010
"Federal officials announced two major settlements on Thursday for reducing emissions from 28 glass and cement plants across the country."
"The decade ending in 2009 was the warmest on record, new surface temperature figures released Thursday by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration show."
"Damning new evidence has even the FDA worried about the impacts of BPA in consumer products, especially those for infants and children."
"Responding to growing concern over the spread of Burmese pythons in the Everglades, the federal Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Wednesday to ban both the import and interstate transport of the python and eight other snake species, all large constrictors."
"California last week became the first state to integrate green building practices .... not everyone is thrilled about it."
"While Windsor builds a $60-million riverfront basin to stop raw sewage overflows, the City of Detroit is dumping billions of gallons of untreated waste into the Detroit River."
"The most extensive survey of pH levels in the Pacific Ocean confirms what spot measurements have suggested: From Hawaii to Alaska, the upper reaches of the sea are becoming more acidic in concert with rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
"Wind could replace coal and natural gas for 20 to 30 percent of the electricity used in the eastern two-thirds of the United States by 2024, according to a study released Wednesday by the Energy Department."
"President Obama has appointed the most progressive EPA chief in history — and she's moving swiftly to clean up the mess left by Bush."
"As receding glaciers expose crumbly slopes, vast amounts of gravel and sediment are being sluiced into the rivers that flow from the Northwest's tallest peak. ... Climate experts blame global warming, triggered by emissions from industries and cars, for much of the ongoing retreat of glaciers worldwide."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/glass-and-cement-makers-settle-with-epa
[2] http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/glass-and-cement-makers-settle-with-epa/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/past-decade-warmest-ever-nasa-data-shows
[4] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/science/earth/22warming.html?ref=energy-environment
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/common-chemical-now-seen-health-threat
[6] http://www.alternet.org/story/145246/one_of_the_most_common_chemicals_used_in_modern_life_is_now_being_seen_as_a_health_threat/?page=entire
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/salazar-seeks-import-ban-invasive-snakes
[8] http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/salazar-seeks-import-ban-on-invasive-snakes/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/californias-new-green-building-codes-have-some-crying-foul
[10] http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100120/california-greening-states-new-green-building-codes-have-some-crying-foul
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/windsor-cleans-act-detroit-spews-sewage-into-river
[12] http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/Windsor cleans Detroit spews sewage into river/2461414/story.html
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pacifics-rising-acid-levels-threatening-marine-life
[14] http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010846811_ocean21m.html
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/expanding-use-wind-power-feasible-may-be-costly
[16] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/business/energy-environment/21wind.html
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/the-eco-warrior-rolling-stone-profiles-lisa-jackson
[18] http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31820267/the_ecowarrior
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mt-rainiers-retreating-glaciers-are-making-a-mess
[20] http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0120/Mt.-Rainier-s-retreating-glaciers-are-making-a-mess
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