positive Land news
New grocer goes green with bio bagOttawa's newest grocery store will be offering customers a little less when it opens its doors tomorrow -- less strain on the city landfill, that is. |
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A compostable containers crusadeRichard Feldman is trying to put himself out of the plastic business. |
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Oakland, Calif., considers Styrofoam banOakland, Calif., city officials are considering enacting an ordinance that would ban polystyrene foam -- known as Styrofoam -- in the city. |
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African leaders pledge farming revolutionAfrican leaders recommended on Tuesday scrapping taxes on fertilisers as one of 12 key measures to foster a "Green Revolution" in farming and reduce hunger in the poorest continent. |
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U.S. Government Plans to Phase out Use of Common Pesticide on Fruit, Other Cropshe federal government plans to phase out a common pesticide that has been used on apples, pears and other crops since the late 1950s, acting amid complaints from environmental groups that the chemical poisons farmworkers. |
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Towards A Cleaner And Greener Rice IndustryIn a new partnership, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is working with the member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to develop a series of environmental indicators for rice production in the region. |
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Ikea to charge for plastic bagsIkea is to become the UK's first major retailer to regularly charge customers for plastic bags, to try and tackle waste and environmental damage. |
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Consumer Demand for Healthy Fabrics Boosts Green Textile CertificationThe popularity of organic foods is increasing and corresponding consumer demand is perking up in the textile industry. |
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Organics go mainstreamFor years, organic foods were marketed primarily to socially-minded, health-conscious foodies who had the money to pay premium prices for free-range chicken and apples grown without pesticides. |
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Breakthrough Concept “Responsibility” Becomes Law in MaineIts always puzzled me -- the far-Right notion that as individuals we should take responsibility for the impact of our actions but as businesses we should only be responsible for making money. Most people want consistency, and now Mainers are claiming it. |
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Eco-Air Force Takes to the Skies With Volunteer PilotsSoaring above the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California, Steve Parker dipped the wing of his Cessna so his passenger could snap a few unobstructed pictures of the rugged terrain below. |
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Researchers use bacteria to reduce uranium to safe levelsWhile the Cold War ended decades ago, its legacy will live for centuries in toxic waste. |
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US Random House Vows to Use 30 Pct Recycled PaperLeading US publisher Random House plans to invest millions of dollars to raise the proportion of recycled paper it uses to print books to at least 30 percent from under 3 percent at present. |
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Greening Up With the JonesesWhen Megan Hess, a political fund-raiser living in Alexandria, Va., who never considered herself particularly "green," finally decided to take a stand against global warming, she figured the first step was obvious: ditch her sport utility vehicle. |
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Environmental news headlines
- Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins
- 60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain
- Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- California public to vote on GMO Label Act after 1 million signatures
- From concrete jungle to urban oasis
- Honolulu City Council backs bill to ban plastic bags at store, restaurant checkouts
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and Eggs
- State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared
- Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting
- Mexico becomes 2nd country in the world to pass national climate-change law
- Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest
- How High Gasoline Prices are Creating Jobs and Growing The Economy
- Russia creates massive park for rare cats
- Toronto Becomes First City To Mandate Green Roofs
- Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- US sets new carbon standard for power plants
- World’s largest preserve forming in Africa
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