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Monsanto Announces Commitment to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Trey Granger, December 5th, 2007

St. Louis, MO—Monsanto Company announced that it has joined the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), North America's only voluntary, legally-binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry and trading program. As part of its agreement, the company will, by 2010, reduce its own direct carbon emissions from major U.S. operations by six percent below its 2000 levels or purchase carbon emission offsets as ... read more

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Make a Nomination: Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

Trey Granger, December 5th, 2007

Washington, D.C.—EPA is now accepting nominations for the 2008 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. These awards recognize innovative chemical technologies that incorporate green chemistry into chemical design, manufacture and use—and that have broad applications in industry. Nominated technologies should reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances from a chemical product or process. Any individual, group or organization, ... read more

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EPA Seeks Early Input on Standards for Airborne Lead

Trey Granger, December 5th, 2007

Washington, D.C.—EPA is seeking early comments on policy options the agency is considering as it reviews the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for lead. The United States has made tremendous progress in reducing lead concentrations in the outdoor air. Average lead concentrations in the air have dropped a dramatic 96 percent since 1980, primarily as a result of the ban ... read more

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Revisiting the DDT Debate

Bob Peeples, PE, December 5th, 2007

Power to the Peeples is an exclusive Earth911 series written by Bob Peeples, our resident chemical engineer and Program Manager of Earth911’s sister site Beaches911. Bob combines his extensive knowledge of the environment and how things work with an off-the-cuff sense of humor. In 1962, Rachael Carson penned Silent Spring, an indictment of the pesticide industry that held out DDT ... read more

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Save Some Energy for the Holidays

Trey Granger, December 5th, 2007

The cost of heating oil is seeing a double digit increase this winter to $2.81 per gallon, which may seem like a bargain compared to filling up your car's gas tank but not when you receive monthly utility bills. Energy output is up in many different areas during winter, from increased heating to holiday lighting to more family gatherings and ... read more

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