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Climate Change Insurance: Not Your Typical Policy

Francine Hardaway, December 9th, 2008

The climate change conference at Poznań took the day off yesterday in observance of the Muslim holiday Eid. Today, the UNFCCC is back in full swing in critical negotiations about how to mitigate climate change and its risks for developing countries. For them, if the "big" polluters don't meet their goals, climate change can mean the ... read more

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Jennifer Berry, December 9th, 2008

Have you ever been in the middle of reading the morning news over a cup of coffee and realized that you forgot to recycle all those plastic bags stuffed under your sink? That looming pile of difficult-to-recycle plastic, it's just sitting there, judging your forgetfulness. Don't ... read more

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Recycling Market Feeling Effects of Economic Downturn

Jennifer Berry, December 9th, 2008

As the economy continues to suffer, so does the recycling industry. As consumer demand has slowed, companies have concurrently slowed their demand for raw materials to create new products, creating a widespread surplus of materials across the nation and driving down prices. Some products have been hit harder than others: Mixed paper have dropped to $20 to $25 a ton from $105 ... read more

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U.S. Mayors ‘Ready to Go’ on Green Economic Recovery

Jennifer Berry, December 9th, 2008

The U.S. Conference of Mayors released its second report, Mainstreet Economic Recovery, detailing "ready to go" projects that can be started quickly after funding is received. The report covers 11,391 projects in 427 cities across the country. These projects, according to the report, represent "an infrastructure investment of $73,163,299,303 that would be capable of producing an estimated 847,641 jobs in ... read more

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Website Identifies Toxic Chemicals in Toys

Trey Granger, December 9th, 2008

Just in time for holiday toy purchases, the Michigan-based Ecology Center has released its second annual consumer guide to what toxic chemicals have been found in toys, including lead, mercury and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Healthytoys.org lets consumers search a database of over 1,500 toys that have been tested by an X-Ray fluorescence analyzer to find out what's on or near ... read more

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