Environment
Cap and trade controls smog, says EPA
October 16, 2009A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week touted the success of a cap and trade program (known as NOx Budget Trading Program, or NBP) that regulates emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in...
Read moreClimate action day set for Oct. 24 worldwide
October 15, 2009Some 3,000 climate change action events will take place in more than 150 countries on Oct. 24.
Read moreEPA to probe weed-killer’s links to cancer, birth defects
October 13, 2009In another break with Bush administration policies, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will investigate the health effects of one of the nation's most widely used weed-killers, atrazine.
Read moreNew bridge symbolizes river’s rebirth
October 2, 2009An important envirnomental project is completed in Washington state.
Read moreA wind farm in Pa. fuels green-collar union jobs
September 15, 2009EBENSBURG, Pa. -- As the G-20 Summit prepares to open in Pittsburgh Sept. 24 to deal with global capitalism's severe economic crisis, labor journalists from the International Labor Communicators Association visited some 15 area work sites...
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