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05/11/2008 - America's Greenest Colleges
Long a hotbed of environmental activism, America's campuses are blooming green. Schools are committing to reducing their carbon dioxide emissions, they're funneling endowment money into renewable-energy investment funds, and students--the engine behind much of this growth--are pushing for more. View the link below to read the full article.
05/06/2008 - Trying to Lighten That Carbon Footprint
In February, on a chilly, clear Sunday morning, Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, along with the co-sponsors Boeing and GE Aviation, lured more than 200 journalists to a hangar at Heathrow Airport near London to witness what they said was airline history. Over flutes of Champagne and plates of mini-bagels filled with salmon, everyone’s eyes were fixed on a 747 as it took off on the world’s first biofuel demonstration flight. Click below to read more.
05/05/2008 - E.P.A. Proposes New Limits on Lead in the Air, the First Revision in 30 Years
For the first time in 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new limit for lead concentrations in the air. Click below to read more.
05/01/2008 - Company producing electric cars
Tom Nicholls says he invested every penny of his life savings into what he believes could slow the hemorrhaging of Jackson manufacturing: the electric car.
And after two months and more than 500 hours of work, the first vehicle built by employees at Tech Tooling Specialties and a group of automotive technology students is running. Six more are in production. Click below to read the full article.
Source: The Jackson Citizen Patriot
04/30/2008 - Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World
Cod caught off Norway is shipped to China to be turned into filets, then shipped back to Norway for sale. Argentine lemons fill supermarket shelves on the Citrus Coast of Spain, as local lemons rot on the ground. Half of Europe’s peas are grown and packaged in Kenya. Click below to read more.
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