pollution - Blabber

**News** by Heather Spence September 15, 2011

International Coastal Cleanup Day 2011

September 17 is International Coastal Cleanup Day! Look for an event near you, or start your own. Celebrate all month, all year... Check the Ocean Conservancy website for ideas and events. Also, I take this opportunity to remind you about the serious threats of plastic…

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Welcome Win-Win in Washington

President Obama, quoted in an article in today's Washington Post, says - "While we were working to improve the efficiency of cars and light-duty trucks, something interesting happened. We started getting letters asking that we do the same for medium and heavy-duty trucks.…

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Brilliant Plan for Ocean Garbage Patches

Here's my brilliant idea - use discarded fishing nets to pull garbage in the garbage patches in the ocean together to form dense floating islands! This has many advantages - it uses discarded nets so they don't become hazards in the ocean;…

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Birds and noise pollution in the news

Birds alter their songs in response to noise - and the media is picking up on it: Washington Post article "Song sparrows adjust their songs to fit in with urban noise" ABC Science show "Birds raise their voice over noisy traffic" . From Washington Post April…

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Thou Shalt Not Degrade the Environment?

While there has been a flurry of interest in the Vatican's designation of Pollution and Environmental Degradation as a sin - it seems that this is an overstatement by the media. However, it does make for an interesting discussion, and protecting the environment…

Did you know? Inspirations Win-Win Solutions by Heather Spence October 8, 2008

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Solar Power!

This is from the Swiss Embassy -- Riding on Sunshine Swiss schoolteacher Louis Palmer and his SolarTaxi are driving around the world on a mission—to show the world that solar energy technologies are feasible and ripe for development.…

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Plastic Pollution, cont.

Thank you Susan for bringing this excellent article to my attention! http://www.care2.com/greenliving/a-clear-and-plastic-danger.html Their tips: 8 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure The following practices will help protect you–and most importantly, your children–from harm caused by endocrine disrupters. Learn more about endocrine disrupters at Theo Colborn’s site www.endocrinedisruption.com. 1.…

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Ocean Dump

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean is an island of trash the size of Texas. Most of the trash is plastic. And this is just the plastic that has yet to photo-degrade (break into smaller pieces, but never completely integrate into…

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Plastic Pollution

We are filling our oceans with toxic plastic! Many people now know that plastics are not biodegradable - they don't rot like wood or rust like metal. But who cares? So there's some plastic bottles and plastic bags floating in the water, oh…

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