USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live:
Sharon Stone touched down in Tokyo today to help hype the "Sharon Stone For Damiani" jewelry line. A percentage of the proceeds will go to help provide clean water for communities in Africa. (Read More)
LA Times:
More than $1 billion in an $11-billion measure to provide clean water will go toward pet projects. Opponents worry that discredited ideas could be revived. (Read More)
BBC:
A grand dinner in a glamorous location, a ceremony presided over by a former star of Strictly Come Dancing and a clutch of winners who are stars in their field. No, it wasn't the BAFTAs but the inaugural iAwards event held la (Read More)
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Author : Anise MackenzieHouseplants are a great way to decorate your home You can brighten a room with only a few plants There are so many different varieties and species of plants that you can create almost any look your g (Read More)
L.A. Times - Points West | Steve Lopez:
The incoming mayor of Malibu says it's time to replace the septic tanks that are fouling the Malibu coast. If Matthew, Mark, Luke or John (Read More)
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Vegetarianism and environmentalismOn PETA’s latest campaign 256 Posted 11:42 PM on 16 Sep 2007by David Roberts More from this authorAuthor Feed Posted (Read More)
L.A. Times - Environment:
He was a founder of the Bolsa Chica Land Trust and a founder and board member of the Ocean Outfall Group, which pushed to clean up waste water pumped offshore in Huntington Beach. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Metro:
The Obama administration, trying to exert a new kind of oversight on the Chesapeake Bay watershed, announced Tuesday its plans to get tougher with states that don't clean their water fast enough.
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Author : DONALD JENKINS.The act of observing or studying birds is called birdwatching or birding This act is either performed by the ordinary eyes or with the use of visual enhancement apparatus such as the binoculars Most (Read More)
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Author : Dale GreenAmong all the energy that can be generated and renewed, wind energy is the one that has great abundance and is always present Other energy, like the fossil fuels, will become depleted and may disappear ove (Read More)
Environment:
– Natalia Allen is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and Parsons Designer of the Year. She is founder and creative director of Design FuturistSM, a brain trust and design lab specializing in the development of sustai (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Environmental Protection Agency ordered the Marina, Calif.-based operations of Mexican cement maker Cemex SAB de CV to comply with the Clean Water Act, the agency said Friday. The EPA said (Read More)
New York Times:
The E.P.A. administrator said the agency was “falling short of this administration’s expectations” for the effectiveness of clean water enforcement.
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CNN:
OK, technically I did this last week, on Saturday, 10/4. I had signed up weeks before and couldn't get the Multiple Sclerosis Society to change the date. Every year, the MS Society in New Jersey sponsors the City-to-Shore bik (Read More)
CNN:
Our family has had many different pets over the years. Dogs, cats, frogs, lizards, turtles, and even a snake once. CC (our 7-year old grandchild) has always had a compassionate heart to all of them. Last winter we learned abo (Read More)
LA Times:
The rebuilding has begun, but there is little power, fuel or clean water, the tourism industry is badly damaged, and hopes for those buried alive are fading. (Read More)