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Brazil's New Plan to Curb Amazon Logging

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Brazil has unveiled its plan to encourage farmers in the Amazon region to develop sustainable sources of income and turn their backs on the illegal logging that is ravaging the rainforest.

The True Cost of Bottled Water

from Environmental Graffiti | SHARE | COMMENT

Due to the processes of purification and evaporation, it takes about three gallons of water to produce a single gallon that's bottled and sent to market.

Impacts of Animal Agriculture Scrutinized

from Environment News Service | SHARE | COMMENT

With feed, energy, and water resources dwindling, critics say the farm animal industry's status quo is unsustainable.

Air Force Takes on Climate Change

from Guardian Environment | SHARE | COMMENT

This week, the Air Force will call for the world's top scientists to collaborate in a multibillion-dollar effort to develop greener fuels and tackle global warming.

EPA Scientists Complain About Political Pressure

from ENN | SHARE | COMMENT

Hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency scientists say they have been pressured by superiors to skew their findings, according to a survey released Wednesday by an advocacy group.

Saving the Great Lakes from Pills and E-Waste

from Greenbang | SHARE | COMMENT

This month, the Earth Protection Agency is on a mission in Chicago to collect at least a million pounds of e-waste and a million pills to keep contaminants out of the Great Lakes.

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UK to Build 10 Mile-Wide Tidal Super Dam

from Scott Salyer | SHARE | COMMENT

The $30 billion project could meet 4% of UK's electricity needs, but eco-groups aren't going with the flow.

The EPA Protects Us... but Who Protects the EPA?

from Cosmo Catalano | SHARE | COMMENT

Recent findings suggest the EPA’s fall from its perch as environmental protector has been due not to any change in legislation or loophole, but to direct and intentional interference by private influence.

Rockefellers Pressure ExxonMobil to Diversify

from John Gartner | SHARE | COMMENT

The Rockefeller family wants ExxonMobil to wake up to the realties of climate change and carbon controls and end its short-term fossil fuel focus.

End to Subsidies Can Slow Food Inflation

from Kristen Lee | SHARE | COMMENT

Food prices are soaring, but don't blame biofuels or a lack of fuel, according to presenters at the Ecocity World Summit.

City Cleanup Plan: Say No to Meat

from Kristen Lee | SHARE | COMMENT

While building green cities is important, individuals who choose to go vegetarian are making a far greater contribution, according to India's Ambika Shukla.

Is GM's Earth Day Ad a New Kind of Greenwashing?

from Scott Salyer | SHARE | COMMENT

As the web becomes a blur of sources, companies may find it easier to fake an earthy image.

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