Tag: environment
group name: thinkaboutthis
|
November 04, 2009 01:17 PM EST --
As Senator Lautenberg prepares to introduce chemical control reform legislation in the US, possibly as early as this month, some in the auto industry are worried that they will be severely impacted. . . .
more
|
|
September 03, 2009 03:38 PM EDT --
At a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society , the worlds largest professional scientific society, a researcher from Japan presented a paper demonstrating that plastics floating in the ocean . . .
more
|
|
June 06, 2008 08:21 AM EDT --
O! Thank God it's Friday... another weekend for us to have fun outside the office days. It's another time to sleep well and not be in a hurry to wake up, plenty of time to . . .
more
|
|
April 12, 2009 06:14 PM EDT --
Sure, we all know what is in Windex. Right? Isopropanol, 2-Butoxyethanol, Ethylene glycol n-hexyl ether, Water, and Ammonia. Well, now you can go to a new web site set up by S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. . . .
more
|
|
October 15, 2009 02:46 PM EDT --
"U.S. EPA released a long-sequestered document on global warming today showing the George W. Bush administration had concluded in December 2007 that greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles were . . .
more
|
|
November 12, 2008 11:58 PM EST --
Check out this link to find out how to easily earn some extra money:
http://www.citizensbank.com/greensense/
here's a quick blurb:
Now, we'll pay you up to $120 just for paying without . . .
more
|
|
February 01, 2009 09:58 AM EST --
All eyes in the United States have been on the $813 billion economic stimulus package passed last week by the US House of Representatives. One line item that many may have missed is an amendment that . . .
more
|
|
March 29, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
I mentioned previously the climate change conference held in Copenhagen , which was designed to stimulate some activism on the part of scientists in preparation for December's much anticipated international . . .
more
|
|
October 27, 2009 10:20 PM EDT --
Yesterday the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) released a “chairman’s mark” of the climate bill she co-authored with fellow Senator John . . .
more
|
|
September 15, 2009 02:14 PM EDT --
Okay, technically the European Union isn't saying that sushi should be banned. But the EU has recommended listing bluefin tuna as an endangered species. And that could eventually mean that trade of . . .
more
|
|
September 06, 2009 08:27 AM EDT --
The Baloney Detection Kit. Narrated by Michael Shermer (a real skeptic). A very interesting video that can help us understand the world of climate denialists.
. . .
more
|
|
March 12, 2009 01:51 PM EDT --
by Kayleigh Lawrence
In the midst of a global recession, we all know that money is in short supply for everyone. Many of us have already felt the consequences of this, being forced to tighten our . . .
more
|
|
November 11, 2008 03:04 PM EST --
A while back Sandy Knauer started a new group called Icons in which people would explain the origins of their Gather icons. Well, now I'm finally getting to doing mine.
My . . .
more
|
|
April 04, 2009 03:04 PM EDT --
Last week the USEPA released a " Strategic Plan for Evaluating the Toxicity of Chemicals ," which departs from "the traditional risk assessment approach that relies heavily on data . . .
more
|
|
September 08, 2009 02:41 PM EDT --
Chemicals are on everyone's mind these days, it seems. In the US there is talk of " reforming TSCA ," the chemical control law that has been in force for over 30 years. In Canada they are prioritizing . . .
more
|
|
January 05, 2009 05:46 PM EST --
Barack Obama's transition team is hard at work on an economic stimulus plan. The team hopes to help the United States dig itself out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. To achieve this, . . .
more
|
|
January 31, 2009 08:05 AM EST --
The European Union's Ecolabel scheme should be beefed up to encourage less use of potentially dangerous chemicals in products, says a report by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the European . . .
more
|
|
April 04, 2009 08:16 AM EDT --
Dr. Jane Lubchenco took over the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on March 22, 2009. A day later she did a joint interview with writers from two of the most prestigious . . .
more
|
|
April 16, 2009 02:38 PM EDT --
Think global warming affects only the air temperature? Think again. The oceans matter also when it comes to climate change. Carbon dioxide (CO2) could lead to big changes in the ocean, and most of it . . .
more
|
|
October 26, 2009 10:03 AM EDT --
Representatives from the chemical industry are calling for a more formal process for the development of a new chemical regulation policy in the United States. As reported here previously, the US Congress . . .
more
|
|
|
|
