In Watchdog Earth - Posted 5 days ago

My Toyota Prius doesn't like the cold. It also doesn't like short trips of just a couple miles or so, which make up a lot of my driving.I first notice...

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In Watchdog Earth - Posted 1 week ago

State environmental regulators are moving toward adopting Kentucky's first regulations to control mercury from industrial facilities like coal fired p...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

WaPo: Regulatory Failure at the Office of Thrift Supervision - Calculated RiskKohn on Excess Reserves & the 2003 Deflation Scare - David BeckworthWhy ...

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In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 1 week ago

Wednesday afternoon I attended the presentation of EPA's annual National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement. There are four worthy winners, each ...

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In GreenStrides - Posted 1 week ago

A new study sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council and other real-estate and architectural groups reveals that the initial cost to build green i...

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In Sierra Club - Posted 1 week ago

Arches National Park, Utah -- When the Bush administration moved into the White House, they alleged, falsely, that outgoing Clinton staffers had destr...

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In Joel Makower Two Steps Forward - Posted 1 week ago

There's no question that green buildings represent one of the genuine success stories of green business. Thanks in large part to the LEED green buildi...

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In Worldwatch Institute - Posted 2 weeks ago

Lynne Purvis stood apart at a Ritz Carlton cocktail party Thursday night. Surrounded by coal, oil, and natural gas executives at a Bank of America ene...

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In Watchdog Earth - Posted 2 weeks ago

Weaker air pollution regs for areas near national parks, such as around Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, appear to be on the way, despite objections from most...

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In GristMill - Posted 2 weeks ago

By Kate Sheppard Obama is tapping many Clintonites for his transition team. Photo: John Raoux / AP The Obama-Biden transition announced the n...

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