Tag: american
group name: sustainability
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March 27, 2006 03:12 PM EST --
First, what is a carbon footprint? You can get 1,890,000 search results off Google for carbon footprint but that won't help us here. Wikipedia's entry rather dryly states:
Carbon footprint . . . more
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April 09, 2007 11:03 AM EDT --
The recent acceptance in mainstream politics of the threats created by global warming has complicated the already complex issues which Bill Bradley discusses in his chapter on "Oil and the Environment." . . . more
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April 05, 2006 05:00 PM EDT --
Fueling the Future
Within a decade, every car sold in the United states should be able to run on flexible fuel.
By Senator Barack Obama
Issue Date: 04.08.06
"The fuel of the future is going to . . . more
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April 17, 2006 05:01 PM EDT --
Many of us think of sustainability in terms of the environment or improving our communities. A crucial part of sustainability is also about how individuals live, and our financial health. Following the . . . more
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July 21, 2006 12:11 PM EDT --
It's poker night at the Sigma Nu fraternity house at the University of Pennsylvania. Twelve young men sit around a table shuffling cards and counting poker chips. Sigma Nu hosts a weekly poker night . . . more
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May 11, 2006 03:28 PM EDT --
Talk about clean energy has moved well beyond environmentalist circles -- these days it's on the lips of politicians, policy makers, and anyone who drives a car or heats their home. . . . more
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March 15, 2006 03:07 PM EST --
From the Sustainability desk of American Public Media's Marketplace:
Windy Lady Liberty
Starting this month, the Statue of Liberty will be lit exclusively by wind power. And as Sarah Gardner reports, . . . more
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December 27, 2006 10:21 AM EST --
Broadcast on Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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As energy costs and climate change made headlines in 2006, many businesses began to change their wasteful ways and adopt more sustainable . . . more
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December 28, 2006 01:50 PM EST --
Broadcast on Thursday, December 28, 2006
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The Bush administration has proposed listing polar bears as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. And it's not just . . . more
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May 26, 2006 10:18 AM EDT --
It's About the Food
By Chef Kurt Michael Friese
visit the author @ www.KurtFriese.com
Renewing America's Food Traditions
The Chinese philosopher and academic Lin Yutang once said, "What . . . more
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June 24, 2007 11:24 AM EDT --
Summer has officially started and that means the beginning of high ozone and polluted air. The help protect us and the air we breathe the American Lung Association offers the following tips:
Walk, . . . more
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May 18, 2007 01:46 PM EDT --
The statement below is from John Kirkwood President and CEO American Lung Association made April 19 about the Clean Air Planning Act of 2007 introduced by Delaware Senator John Carper.
The American Lung . . . more
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February 17, 2006 09:14 PM EST --
From the Sustainability desk of American Public Media's Marketplace:
Bank of Wal-Mart
The House Judiciary Committee will take up a bill tomorrow that will ease rules on banks opening up branches . . . more
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March 10, 2006 03:35 PM EST --
From the Sustainability desk of American Public Media's Marketplace:
Renewables bonanza
If oil prices stay high, sales of renewable energy could jump fourfold in the next decade to nearly $170 billion, . . . more
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March 20, 2007 07:57 AM EDT --
This Wednesday Al Gore's Congressional testimony and questioning can be viewed on TV. It is interesting to note many scientists have not seen his film "An . . . more
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February 22, 2006 03:42 PM EST --
From the Sustainability desk of American Public Media's Marketplace:
Renewable energy requires renewable money
The president continued his 3-state alternative energy tour with a stop at the nation's . . . more
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August 11, 2006 01:59 PM EDT --
Food quality has been a big issue for me for many years. Maybe it's because I grew up eating a lot of local produce and the meat my grandfather raised in rural Minnesota. Was it there that . . . more
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March 26, 2008 01:20 AM EDT --
How ignorant can we be?
Seriously.
60 years ago, 1 in 33 American (eventually) got cancer.
Now, in 2008, that proportion is 1 in 3 — one out of every three Americans get cancer . . . more
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May 02, 2006 03:56 PM EDT --
Hi all,
I wanted to tell you about something really cool we're doing this week. I'm DJ Francis, Marketing Manager at The American Prospect. I'm usually the one posting our articles . . . more
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December 11, 2006 12:15 PM EST --
Broadcast on Monday, December 11, 2006
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Nine years ago today in Kyoto, Japan, more than 150 countries committed to reduce green house gas emissions. One solution widely touted at . . . more
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