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U.S. Government Unveils Energy Hog To Promote Conservation
With U.S. heating bills expected to hit record highs this winter, the Bush administration Monday launched a conservation campaign featuring a cartoon mascot "Energy Hog," which critics said does little to discourage energy use.

New Jersey Community Endures Decades of Ford's Toxic Legacy
A slab of bright blue lies beside a mountain stream above the Wanaque Reservoir. It's a sporty color, maybe the "Diamond Blue" that Ford sprayed on Galaxies in the late 1960s. It hardened like lava where it was dumped more than a generation ago.

Sweat, Fire Help Bring U.S. Midwest Prairies Back
Restoring vanished prairies that looked to long-ago observers like an endless inland grass sea covering the Midwest requires backbreaking work to clear brush, collect and spread seeds and, most importantly, set fires.

On Beyond Organic Radio: The Erin Brockovich of Shrimp
When shrimp boat captain Diane Wilson found out chemical companies were dumping five million gallons of toxins every day into the bays around her hometown, she began a one woman environmental battle.

Brazilian Bishop on Hunger Strike To Protest River Project
A Brazilian Catholic bishop said Monday he was "ready to die" and would not end a hunger strike until the government dropped plans to alter the course of a river to irrigate parts of the country's arid Northeast.

House GOP Drops Plans To Try To End Offshore Drilling Bans
House Republicans have abandoned plans to lift the ban on offshore drilling along most of the country's coastline as part of new energy legislation, GOP congressmen said Monday.

Great Lakes States Battle Southern Fish Farms on Asian Carp
A North-South fish fight is erupting in Congress over legislation to ban imports of Asian carp, a critter that southern fish farmers depend on to control parasites, but which officials of Great Lakes states fear will wreak havoc on the lakes' ecosystems.

Japan Ships Uranium-Contaminated Soil to U.S. for Disposal
Japan's nuclear research and development agency on Monday shipped uranium-contaminated soil to an undisclosed location in the United States for disposal, officials said.

Costly Sewer System Divides Coastal California Town
This Central Coast town is divided by a sewer that doesn't exist -- and perhaps never will. The dispute over how to deal with the town's waste has made mudslingers of even the most civic-minded residents, sometimes literally.

Katrina Slams Outdoor Industry in Louisiana, Coastal Mississippi

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Non Profit News Releases

San Francisco to Vote on Mercury in Fish Warning Signs; Public Health Groups Say Signs Will Protect Consumers from Mercury in Seafood

8th World Wilderness Congress Attracts 1,200 Delegates

120 Exhibitors Confirmed to Join EPTEE 2006

Crustaceans and Climate Change; Rosenstiel School Researchers Tap Little Salt Spring for Climate Change Information

Rapid Hurricane Intensity Changes; Loop Current spawns ‘60s Style Weather Phenomenon


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Company News Releases

Katrina, Rita Could Supply 50,000 Megawatts of Renewable Energy; Green Energy Resources Plan Would Half U.S. Clean Up Cost

EPTEE China 2006

Can Americans Eat Locally? 190 Restaurants in 26 States Challenged to Use Only Ingredients from Within a 150-mile Radius

Powerflare Corporation to Exhibit at International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference

14 Elite International Jurors Judging Coffee Pacifica's ''Pride of PNG 2005'' Cupping Competition


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