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Bridge Over Bottled Water
Recycled Plastic Bridge Proves Inexpensive as Well as Eco-Friendly You may have heard of plastic bottles being recycled into fleece jackets, park benches, and, of course, more plastic bottles — but bridges? Yep; that’s one of the latest creative uses for old milk cartons, soda containers, and the like. A 56-foot-long, one-lane bridge over the […]
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‘Tis Better to Give to Grist Than to Buy Dumb Stuff
Grist Has a (Slightly Self-Serving) Fix for Your Holiday Woes Holiday gift giving got you down? Feeling oppressed by teeming malls, fake pine scent, and the pressure to buy, buy, buy? Put your mind at ease — Grist can show you the way out of this madness. Instead of giving your dad another tie, and […]
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David Doherty, Peace Corps in Haiti
David Doherty is a refugee from all things functional or organized. In other words, he is a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Haiti. Monday, 8 Dec 2003 CAMP PERRIN, Haiti Haitian proverb: Se pa bon pou yon moun konnen twop. “It’s not good for a person to know too much.” Today is the latest critical […]
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The Grazers’ Edge
Bush Administration Wants to Roll Back Grazing Rules You’d think Bush administration officials might want to spend their Friday afternoons planning happy hours or trying to sneak out of the office early, like normal people, but no: They like to spend their Friday afternoons quietly rolling back environmental protections, hoping that the news will get […]
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Yeah, I’m the Tax, Man
British Think Tank Proposes a “Kyoto Tax” for the U.S. With Europeans none too happy about the U.S. having ditched the Kyoto Protocol, a British think tank has come up with an idea for making the U.S. pay its fair share to deal with climate change: trade sanctions. The New Economics Foundation has proposed that […]
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A Case of Influence-a
Enviros Say Pesticide Makers Are Illegally Influencing EPA Northwest salmon and other endangered species could suffer because pesticide manufacturers are acting illegally to weaken rules on the use of dangerous chemicals, enviros are charging. A coalition of environmental groups, including the National Wildlife Federation and the Sierra Club, last week warned the U.S. EPA that […]
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Fres-yes!
Fresno Launches Big Solar Project Fresno, Calif., is aiming to put itself on the clean-energy map with a major new solar-power project that will be one of the largest of its kind on the West Coast. The Fresno City Council voted last week to spend $4.7 million to put solar panels on a number of […]
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This Little Piggy Went to a Market-based System
U.S. EPA Proposes New Market-Based Air Quality Regulations Having failed thus far to push his “Clear Skies” initiative through Congress, President Bush is now trying to institute his air-pollution plan through regulatory channels. Yesterday, the Bush administration proposed new rules that would establish industry-wide emissions limits for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and mercury. Under the […]
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Hail to the Reef
Australia to Protect One-Third of Great Barrier Reef In a major boon to Down Under ecology, fully one-third of the Great Barrier Reef will receive protection, the Australian government announced this week. The move will increase the protected areas of the reef by 40,000 square miles, thereby establishing the largest network of marine reserves in […]
