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July 8 -- The Group of Eight industrialized nations released a declaration on global warming in which the group sets a goal of cutting in half emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.
The White House called the declaration a... MOREğ
July 8 -- Philadelphia is the largest East Coast city to move to a citywide single-stream recycling system. Mayor Michael A. Nutter kicked off the city´s "All Together Now" recycling program and... MOREğ
July 8 -- Mercury use in U.S. products dropped 11 percent from 2001 to 2004, according to a report from the Northeast Waste Management Officials Association. The group´s Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction... MOREğ
July 8 -- Watkins Glen International is shifting gears to reduce the racetrack´s carbon footprint. The 60-year-old facility, known as "The Glen," will buy wind power equal to 100 percent of the site´s... MOREğ
July 8 -- The U.S. EPA has fined a Phoenix paint and hazardous chemical storage and repackaging company $23,800 for violating the... MOREğ
July 7 -- The House of Representatives is poised to approve federal funds for 2009 to continue cleaning up World War I-era ordnance... MOREğ
July 7 -- Sonoco Products Co. is closing a recycled paperboard mill in Montreal due to a decline in demand for board used to make... MOREğ
July 3 -- Parts of at least 37 states plus the District of Columbia already have experienced unhealthy levels of smog so far this... MOREğ
July 3 -- Grocery and drug store chain Jewel-Osco says it has sold more than 1 million reusable shopping bags. "We´re seeing... MOREğ
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July 8 -- Philadelphia is the largest East Coast city to move to a citywide single-stream recycling system. Mayor Michael A. Nutter kicked off the city´s "All Together Now" recycling program and... MOREğ
July 8 -- Mercury use in U.S. products dropped 11 percent from 2001 to 2004, according to a report from the Northeast Waste Management Officials Association. The group´s Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction... MOREğ
July 8 -- Watkins Glen International is shifting gears to reduce the racetrack´s carbon footprint. The 60-year-old facility, known as "The Glen," will buy wind power equal to 100 percent of the site´s... MOREğ
July 8 -- The U.S. EPA has fined a Phoenix paint and hazardous chemical storage and repackaging company $23,800 for violating the... MOREğ
July 7 -- The House of Representatives is poised to approve federal funds for 2009 to continue cleaning up World War I-era ordnance... MOREğ
July 7 -- Sonoco Products Co. is closing a recycled paperboard mill in Montreal due to a decline in demand for board used to make... MOREğ
July 3 -- Parts of at least 37 states plus the District of Columbia already have experienced unhealthy levels of smog so far this... MOREğ
July 3 -- Grocery and drug store chain Jewel-Osco says it has sold more than 1 million reusable shopping bags. "We´re seeing... MOREğ
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