positive Air Quality news
The Plow & Hearth(R) Campaign to Reforest America(R) Reaches GoalThe Plow & Hearth(R) Campaign to Reforest America®, a yearlong reforestation effort launched by the company last October has reached its goal of donating one million trees to be planted in locations across the country. |
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EPA to develop rule to cut toxic emissions at power plantsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to issue rules by November 2011 to cut toxic air pollution at electric generating plants that burn coal or fuel oil, a federal court ruled. |
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Roof Tiles Would Save Energy By Turning ColorBy turning white in warmer weather and thus reflecting light, a new breed of roof tiles could save companies energy. |
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Vail backs Hayman fire reforestation with $750KVail Resorts Inc. is wagering $750,000 that investing in the rehabilitation of forests and watersheds — none of which is contiguous to its ski areas — will increase its business nonetheless. |
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Germany nabs second Solar Decathlon winA university team from Germany has won the U.S. Energy Department's Solar Decathlon for the second competition in a row, officials declared Friday. |
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Reforestation Strategy to the Rescue of Cuban Soils Damaged by Mining WorksThe Pinares de Mayari Basic Unit intends to repair the environmental damage caused by opencast mining operations in one of Cuba’s easternmost provinces by cultivating plants in the affected areas. |
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Restored Wetlands Considered for Carbon OffsetsAs landowners increasingly market forest lands for their carbon offsets, other sources are being considered. |
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Soros to invest $1 billion in green technologyBillionaire George Soros, the founder of hedge-fund Soros Fund Management LLC, said on Saturday in a meeting on climate change sponsored by Project Syndicate, that he would invest $1 billion in clean-energy technology. |
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Brazil eyes Amazon sugar cane banThe Brazilian government has unveiled plans to ban sugar cane plantations in environmentally sensitive areas. |
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Dominican Republic to plant 2 million treesThe Dominican Republic has launched a reforestation project focused on planting 2 million trees across the country. |
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Upland farmers hired to reforest Antique’s mountainous barangaysA total of 220 farmer-members of upland farmers' organizations in the towns of Barbaza and Libertad in northern Antique have engaged in Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) and reforestation project, a program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP). |
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Uganda Trees First in Africa to Count as CO2 Emissions ReductionsPines and a mix of native African trees will soon cover what is now grassland within Uganda's Rwoho Central Forest Reserve, an upper watershed of Lake Victoria. |
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Escondido man to reforest butterfly reserveAn Escondido man with a passion for the bright orange-and-black monarch butterfly will play a key role in the restoration of the butterfly's winter home in Mexico's Sierra Madre, as a result of a bi-national initiative announced this week at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's climate summit in Los Angeles. |
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Airport rolls out new offset schemeNew carbon kiosks have been installed at San Francisco International airport, part of the airport’s new offset scheme. |
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Environmental news headlines
- EU to ban pesticides in bee scare
- New law to protect Puerto Rico leatherback turtles
- China, world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, will tax carbon
- New wind power cheaper than coal or gas in Australia
- Gorillas to Be Protected with New Congo National Park
- From the brink of extinction: elephant seals stage remarkable comeback
- Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- This week, a shark sanctuary the size of Australia has been established
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Brazil says Amazon deforestation at record low
- Australia outlaws illegally-logged wood from abroad
- Tokelau islands shift to 100% solar energy
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest
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