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Umbra on eco-friendly fish consumption
Dear Umbra, I recently turned 40 and have decided I need to pay more attention to what I eat on a daily basis. My diet has never been horrible, and I’ve always believed in all things in moderation, but a persistently elevated cholesterol level and my mortality now a smudge on the horizon have helped […]
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Hospital Scrubs
Connecticut Hospital Adopts Green Cleaning Regime Surgery patients and birthing mothers in Greenwich, Conn., will no longer be assaulted by that “hospital smell” in most parts of Greenwich Hospital now that the facility has made a switch to using eco-friendly cleaning products. The hospital is thought to be among the first in the U.S. to […]
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Methyl to Their Madness
U.S. Loses Bid for Increased Use of Ozone-Depleting Pesticide A U.S. request for permission to up use of an ozone-depleting fungicide was snubbed last week by representatives from the European Union and developing nations at an international meeting on ozone-layer protection in Nairobi, Kenya. The Montreal Protocol, a 1989 treaty that aims to halt destruction […]
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Haiti Crimes
Logging Leads to Devastating Floods and Erosion in Haiti Flooding and erosion have become such massive problems in the area around Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince that they can wipe out shanties, cars, even whole neighborhoods. A number of human-caused factors contribute to the devastation, including poor irrigation and drainage practices, unregulated construction on hillsides, and, […]
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Gone Today, Ear Tomorrow
E.U. Poised to End Five-Year Ban on New GM Foods A corn product developed by the Anglo-Swiss biotech company Syngenta will likely be approved for sale by the European Union next month, ending a five-year de facto ban on new genetically modified foods on the continent. A number of other GM product approvals are expected […]
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I Wear My Sunglasses to Fight
Anonymous National Park Service Employees Speak of Broad Discontent They showed up for a news conference at the National Press Building cloaked in dark glasses, hats, and scarves, used a voice disguiser, and hid behind a thick curtain. But they weren’t mafia informants or witnesses in a spy case; they were longtime employees of the […]
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Ding Dong, the Plant Is Dead
Germany Shutters First N-Plant in Beginning of End of Atomic Industry Germany began its historic phaseout of all atomic energy by shutting down the first of 19 nuclear power plants today. The Stade plant, in a city of the same name, had been open since 1972, making it the nation’s second-oldest atomic energy facility. Anti-nuclear […]
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Air Raid
Alaska Gives Nod to Aerial Pesticide Spraying In a blow to environmentalists, Alaska has approved controversial regulations governing aerial pesticide spraying, set to go into effect at the end of the month. The new regulations establish a 35-foot “pesticide-free zone” around water bodies, as well as a secondary buffer zone designed to prevent chemicals from […]
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Jock Itch
Environmental Problems Alarm Athletes Here’s a new green group you may want to join: Jocks for the Environment. Actually, that group doesn’t exist, but people who might identify with the description are gathering today in Tokyo for the Global Forum for Sport and the Environment. Participants (including Greg LeMond, three-time Tour de France winner) will […]
