Author: Elaine Shannon
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/12/drinking-water-protections…

By Dusty Horwitt, EWG Senior Counsel

A bill to establish federal oversight for a controversial oil and natural gas extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing has gained six more House supporters, four of them from New York City, where I testified Oct. 23 about the dangers of “fracing” near sources of drinking water for 8 million New Yorkers and 1 million New Jersey residents.

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In all, 48 House members have signed on as co-sponsors of the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2009 (FRAC Act), which would require companies to gain approval from the Environmental Protection Agency before using hydraulic fracturing to enhance production of oil and natural gas wells. The bill would also require companies to make public the chemicals they use in fracturing; too often, companies cloak their chemicals in secrecy and are exempt from federal laws that would require disclosure.

The latest cosponsors of the FRAC Act are Rep. Gary…

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The debate continues on what is the more eco friendly Christmas tree…
A fresh tree consumes a lot of resources and possibly pesticides to grow to a desirable size. It then gets tossed out after the holidays. Think of all the water, pesticides, and fertilizer that went into growing it. Up to [...]

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/12/07/is-cop15-on-the-right-t…

With the Copenhagen Climate Conference off and running, former Vice President Al Gore takes a hard look at the numbers, and doesn’t like what he sees.

According to the Nobel Laureate and veteran climate campaigner whose name has become synonymous with global warming, Mr. Gore suggests that the targets to be outlined at COP15 are not nearly enough to combat the gloom and doom of climate change facing the planet today.

“Even if a deal is reached at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen…it will only be the first step towards the far more radical cuts that are needed in global carbon emissions,” said Gore.

According to Gore, world leaders need to enact far more drastic measures in order to avoid the worst ramifications of global warming.

“Even a final treaty will have to set the stage for other tougher reductions at a later date,” he said. “We have already overshot the safe levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.”

At present, the set goal for the summit is to stabilize CO2…

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Author: Heather Philipp
Website: http://www.renewablechoice.com/blog-green-jobs-employment-su…

Learn more about this exciting sustainability job opportunity with Renewable Choice Energy of Boulder, CO.

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In the past, I read that you should let your parsnips stay in the ground until after your first hard frost date.  Apparently the frost makes them sweeter.  In my case, I let them hang out until the first week in December, long past my first frost date.

As the end of my gardening season loomed in front me and knowing that  praying to the gardening divas  asking for yet one more day wasn’t going to work forever, I knew it was time to pull the parsnips. It was my first time to grow these babies, so every adventure with them was new.  (Kind of like first born children.)

As I struggled to pull out the parsnips, I felt like I was in an old  ”I love Lucy” episode where the audience was laughing at me.  I groaned and winched and tugged and pulled and nearly fell on my butt.  What was wrong with me?  I go to the gym at least three times a week.  Was I lifting too little?  I am small but come’on, my efforts were down right pathetic. (Some would say comical.)

I stood there near…

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