When It Comes to Detergents, What’s the Least Irresponsible Choice?
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Investigating whether cleaning products labeled “organic” and “natural” really are better for the environment.
February 26, 2009
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Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending
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Experts worry that cities aren’t ready to oversee the energy-efficiency money coming their way.
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Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests
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The soft toilet paper that Americans love uses millions of trees, because recycled paper does not have the same feel.
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Lawsuit Seeks to Force Disclosure of Cleaning Product Ingredients
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Chemicals in cleaning products remove the streaks from our windows and make our countertops sparkle. But are they safe?
A new lawsuit brought by Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest law firm based in Oakland, Calif., along with a coalition of public health and environmental advocates, aims to make it easier for consumers to answer that question by forcing manufacturers to adhere to a decades-old New York State regulation that it says requires disclosure of the ingredients in household cleaning products.
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Obama’s Budget Presumes Revenue From a Carbon Market
Read the full post in the NYT’s Green Inc. blog.
President Barack Obama is about to unveil his budget proposal, as my colleagues Jackie Calmes and Robert Pear report today. For environmentalists and the energy industry, perhaps the most notable feature is that the 2012 projections include revenues from a source that does not yet exist: a carbon dioxide cap-and-trade system.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Technical Paper VI- Climate Change and Water
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is now available. Download Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Technical Paper VI- Climate Change and Water at http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tp-climate-change-water.htm.
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Yale Environment 360
Via Librarian’s Internet Index.
This online publication provides reports, opinion, analysis, interviews, and other material about the environment. Browse by world regions or by topics such as biodiversity, climate, energy, forests, and water. Also includes an environmental news digest. A publication of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
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