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Eco artists change Houstans poor recycling image with their creations

Posted by AditiJ on 20/11/2009

Not until Divya Murthy and Nicola Parente attended the Systems of Sustainability: Art, Innovation, Action (SOS) conference held at University of Houston, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts last spring, did they realize that their idea of...

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Canada Delays GHG Emissions Regs, Russia Ups Emissions Cuts

Posted by Environmental Leader on 19/11/2009

Add Canada to a growing list of countries that want to wait until a global climate deal is struck and the United States decides how it will regulate emissions before they regulate their own greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this week, New Zealand made a similar announcement. There also appears to ...

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Global Health: World Toilet Day Raises a Stink

Posted by Juhie Bhatia on 19/11/2009

While it may sound like a bad joke, today's World Toilet Day focuses on a not-so-funny issue impacting almost half the world's population -- a lack of toilets and sanitation.

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EcoGods: David Bellamy A skeptical environmentalist, still a green campaigner

Posted by DeshRaj on 19/11/2009

David J.Bellamy is a renowned British botanist, author, broadcaster, and environmentalist; however, some may not think so. As he has always sidelined man-made global warming as "poppycock", he sure invites unfair criticism from some staunch...

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UKs new eco-friendly road made from 95% recycled material

Posted by AditiJ on 19/11/2009

The Merton Council's maintenance contractor FM Conway Ltd., kicked off a five-week project under which a road suffered from edge defects and fretting was repaired using 95% recycled material. The 765-yard section of the Cannizaro Road in Wimbledon,...

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