BP agrees to spend $400 million to reduce pollution at Whiting refinery
By Michael Hawthorne Tribune reporter 8:46 p.m. CDT, May 23, 2012 via chicagotribune.com Permalink | Leave a comment »
View ArticleRenewable energy in Illinois: As customers flee ComEd and Ameren, money meant...
Chicago Lar at 2:04 PM May 31, 2012 These wind farms only exist because "green" politicians want to brag they are "politically correct". That's how ethanol came about too, and now everyone realizes it...
View ArticleLawsuits challenge Tropicana OJ's 'natural' claim
jhanzel at 2:09 PM May 31, 2012 The details of the process seem reasonable, and safe, to me:For the past 30 years, companies have used flavor packs to process what the FDA identifies as "pasteurized"...
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Life Cycle Assessment 6 Minute Crash Course · Environmental Management &...
This quick intro to Life Cycle Assessment covers the basics and looks as how life cycle thinking can be used to make better environmental decisions especially in the design and product development...
View ArticleHealth Dangers in Your Hose: Are You Watering Your Garden With Endocrine...
AlterNet/By Jil Richardson Your garden hose may contain high levels of lead, flame retardants, heavy metals, and endocrine-disruping phthalates and BPA. Permalink | Leave a comment »
View ArticleMaria Gunnoe Testifies Before Congress: Montaintop Removal Is Killing People
AlterNet/By Jeff Biggers"Why is it acceptable to depopulate our communities and culture, poison our water and air and leave us to die in a post mining waste land for temporary jobs and energy?"...
View ArticleThe Simple, Inexpensive Breakthrough That Is Transforming American Cities
AlterNet/By Jay Walljasper The Green Lane Project brings bicycling into the 21st century - with positive results for the nation's health, economy, environment and commutes. Permalink | Leave a comment...
View ArticleCan Big Tech Go Green? How Facebok, Apple and Google Stack Up
AlterNet/By Joshua Frank Most are aware of Facebook's privacy assaults, but few know of the company's reluctance to embrace green energy, a challenge Apple has readily accepted. Permalink | Leave a...
View ArticleA Recycling Ideal So Close, Cities Can Smell It
“It’ll be nice not to have it sitting out there in the trash,” Ms. Murphy said. “That’s the main reason we’re doing it: to improve the odor of Portland.” Just when their infant girl is due to arrive,...
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For Ambitious Nonprofits, Capital to Grow
Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work.Tags:business, finance, nonprofit organizations, PhilanthropyImagine that you’re an entrepreneur running a chain of coffee bars and you...
View ArticleOrganic Food Purists Worry About Big Companies’ Influence
Michael J. Potter is one of the last little big men left in organic food. More than 40 years ago, Mr. Potter bought into a hippie cafe and “whole earth” grocery here that has since morphed into a...
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A Climate and Energy Stalemate
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View ArticleCreative Chefs Find Uses for Overlooked Parts of Vegetables
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Companies want to show environmental credentials
Potted plants are placed throughout the work area at Solberg Manufacturing in Itasca. The foliage provides “a homey feel and a natural setting,” said Travis Solberg, the company’s corporate social...
View ArticleThe Country's First Package-free Grocery Store Opens Its Doors In Austin
A year ago, an Austin-based start-up called in.gredients caught major buzz with its new, package-free stance on the grocery business. Now that the flagship store's doors have officially opened, time...
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Chicago releases 1st pedestrian safety plan
Jessica Stockholder's public art installation Color Jam at the intersection of Adams and State streets Monday, June 4, 2012. (Michael Tercha / September 6, 2012) via chicagotribune.com Permalink |...
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Plastic icebergs: Navigating the PVC conundrum
If your company sails under the sustainability flag long enough and makes enough bold public commitments, you are bound to hit an iceberg sooner or later, where the public nature of your commitment...
View ArticleIt's Global Warming, Stupid - Businessweek
Yes, yes, it’s unsophisticated to blame any given storm on climate change. Men and women in white lab coats tell us—and they’re right—that many factors contribute to each severe weather episode....
View ArticleForget Sustainability. It’s About Resilience.
It’s an alluring and moral vision, and in a year that has brought us the single hottest month in recorded American history (July), a Midwestern drought that plunged more than half the country into a...
View ArticleLEED Losing Its Appeal, Survey Finds
From Environmental Leader, November 12, 2012 Only 48 percent of construction and real estate executives think it is extremely or very likely that their company will seek LEED certification, down from...
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