Recycle Your CFLs at ACE HardwareColoradans can now drop off used compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and mercury-containing thermostats for free recycling at any Ace Hardware store in the state. The spiral shaped bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and should not be thrown away in the trash. CFLs are also accepted in Denver’s […]
Press Release: EPA’s Latest Chemical Proposals Get It Half Right, Recent EPA Toxics Advisor Says
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jennifer Andreassen, 202-572-3387, jandreassen@edf.org
(Washington, DC – December 8, 2008) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed one good and one bad “enhancement” to its Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP) during a public meeting today, according to Environmental […]
Poisoning the Poor with eWaste in GhanaGreen issues are sometimes complex. We need to recycle many things, like electronics, but we certainly don’t want to poison others in the process. Efforts to protect the environment and conserve valuable resources must be coupled with proper health and safety procedures. Unfortunately, just saying this doesn’t make it […]
Press Release: Environmental Defense Funds Climate Corps Fellows Help Companies Save Millions, Cut Energy Use(San Francisco - December 3, 2008) MBA students from top business schools across the country helped companies uncover energy efficiencies that could save $35 million in net operational costs over five years while preventing 57,000 tons of carbon pollution. These are […]
‘Death map’ study: heat waves kill more than any other natural disaster.With global warming making heat waves longer and more intense, summer deaths are likely to increase.
How kangaroo burgers could save the planet .Forget cars, planes or even power stations, some of the world’s worst greenhouse gas emitters wander idly across rolling pastures chewing the […]
Denvers Climate Plan In-Depth: Voluntary Travel OffsetsHere on the Greenprint blog, we’re taking a closer look at each of the 10 recommended strategies from Denver’s recently-released draft climate action plan. Today: an overview of Item 3, which suggests promoting programs for voluntary purchases of certified carbon offsets:“Provide the opportunity to pay a small voluntary fee, […]
Press Release: National Research Councils report on U.S. nanotechnology risk research strategy “thorough and forthright”
Statement of:
American Chemistry Council, Evonik Degussa Corporation, BASF Corporation, NanoBusiness Alliance, DuPont, Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Defense Fund, Lux Research, Inc.
The above organizations issue the following statement in response to today’s release of the National Academies’ National Research Council’s (NRC) […]
WEMU interviewHere’s a link to today’s WEMU interview.
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), is a mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol for promoting technology transfer and investment from industrialized countries to the developing world for projects focused on mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases. It provides for industrialized countries to invest in emission-reducing projects in developing countries and to use the resulting Certified […]
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Press Release: EDF Praises Choice of Vilsack as Secretary of AgricultureFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Sharyn Stein, 202-572-3396, sstein@edf.org
Washington, D.C. – December 17, 2008 – Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack is a solid […]