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EU Launches Plan To Protect Marine Environment
The European Union head office on Monday launched a plan to make all of the EU's marine waters "environmentally healthy" by 2021. Environmental groups, however, slammed the EU strategy as toothless, saying it failed to set clear legally binding targets to force governments to take action.

China Dam Project Tests New Environmental Policy
Chinese plans to turn an untamed river into a hydro-electric hub have sparked a war of words about national priorities as the government rethinks the balance between economic growth and environmental protection.

Environmental Group Targets Toyota in New Ad
Toyota Motor Corp. sells more hybrid vehicles than any other automaker, but an environmental group is targeting the company anyway, saying the average fuel economy of Toyota vehicles is worse than it was 20 years ago.

On Beyond Organic: Green Hospitals, Restaurants and Cities
When Charlotte Brody found out the US healthcare system was responsible for more carcinogenic dioxin discharge than any other industry, she decided to do something about it.

Canoe Expedition Cleans Up Hurricane Debris from Louisiana Bayou
The dragonflies skimming the tea-colored water and the blackbirds in the marsh grasses looked at home along Cane Bayou and the Lake Pontchartrain shore. But canoeing through the waterways Sunday, it was hard not to notice the truck tires, wine bottles and other urban debris left scattered in the shallow water and along the shoreline by Hurricane Katrina.

EU Must Do More To Fight Climate Change, Dimas Says
The European Union must do more to fight climate change and meet its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol international environmental treaty, the bloc's environment commissioner said on Monday.

EarthNews Radio: Chemical Soup
The number of chemicals available to us today is incredible, and Jerry Kay spoke to Rick Bates, President of the Environmental Education Foundation about ways to avoid their overuse.

Group Tracks Cougar Population in Midwest
Kenny Tharp was hunting deer near the Mississippi River last season when he spotted something curled beneath a pine tree that he just couldn't believe: the body of a 98-pound cougar.

Cloning Doubts: High Costs, Low Success and Uncertain Benefits
Dot and Ditto, 2 1/2-year-old Holsteins living quietly at UC Davis, are among California's longest-living cloned dairy cows -- symbols of both dramatic scientific advances and their accompanying thorny ethical questions.

SMART Papers Earns Forest Stewardship Council Credentials

Computer Industry Dominates EPA's 'Best Workplaces for Commuters' List

EPA Green Power Partnership Tops 3 Billion Kilowatts

Alternative to Idling Trucks on Horizon

Renewable Energy Still May Be Too Expensive

Non Profit News Releases

Invasive Weevils Spread to Southern California

Twenty-Three Acres Permanently Protected Along the Fort River in Hadley

One More Chance for Sound Energy Policy; Senate Can Avoid Pitfalls of House-Passed Legislation

The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda Unite for Conservation in the Central Albertine Rift

British Scientist James Lovelock Proposes Nuclear Power as Medicine for Sick Planet


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Company News Releases

The Green Guide Offers Free Advice to Consumers for One Week

Canon U.S.A. Receives Fourth Consecutive WasteWise Award from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; EPA Cites Company As Large Business Partner of the Year

Ottman Named 2005 Environmental Champion

Internal Hydro International Displayed Powerful, Small Hydro Production Energy Unit

Amnesty International USA Partners with Organic Bouquet; Eco-flowers Help Promote International Campaign for Human Rights


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