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Jul 20, 2013

Via @biggav - Has Peak Oil Been Vindicated Or Debunked ?

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The impending  demise of The Oil Drum  seems to have prompted something of a resurgence in interest in peak oil. Matthew Yglesias has a post...

H.R. 2576, a bill to amend title 49 requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents,

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H.R. 2576 would change certain requirements applicable to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) within the Depa...
Jul 19, 2013

#Sustainable? Hardly, 70% of All Our Food Relies on Refrigeration

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One of the issues we as preppers instinctively accept and understand but struggle to explain to non-preppers, is the huge degree of fragilit...

275 CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL) Proposed Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 27 Toxicological Profiles

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Jul 19, 2013 — Notice — Health and Human Services Department, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency (EPA) with regard to h...

Transforming Trash in Urban America into Jobs and Profits

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The Partnership for Working Families Our in-depth analysis of the 37 largest metropolitan areas in the country revea...

Protecting Health-care Workers From Musculoskeletal Disorders Is Focus of New OSHA Campaign

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A major source of injury to health-care workers is musculoskeletal disorders, often due to overexertion and manual patient handling activiti...

HB 4901 Natural resources; gas and oil; hydraulic fracturing; provide for study and funding of the study.

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HB 4901 is A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "Natural resources and environmental protection act," by amending section 61501 (...
Jul 18, 2013

Pesticide in School Lunches in India leading to the deaths of 23 children

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There has been a dreadful pesticide poisoning in Bihar province of India leading to the deaths of 23 children who died after eating a free s...

Judge rules burning trash isn't renewable energy

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PHOENIX — The Arizona Corporation Commission shouldn't have approved an electric generation project's planned use of power generated...

Deformed Vegetables, Fruit Reportedly Pop Up Around Japans Fukushima Nuclear Plant

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ABC News -  "We have seen some evidence of increased mutation rates in plants and barn swallows in Fukushima, but we have not had the f...
Jul 17, 2013

Final Rule of Community Right-to-Know: Adoption of NAICS Codes for TRI Reporting

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EPA 40 CFR Part 372 [EPA-HQ-OEI-2011-0979; FRL-9825-8] Community Right-to-Know; Adoption of 2012 North American Industry Classification Syst...

S. 1240 Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013 — Introduced

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  Below is a simple summary of Congress'  official bill text . SEC. 101.   FINDINGS . Congress finds that— (1) the N...

Death toll from the American anti-vaccine movement.

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The  Anti-Vaccine Body Count  site reminds us that by avoiding life-saving vaccines, thousands of preventable illnesses and deaths have stru...
Jul 16, 2013

New Thermocell Could Turn 'Waste Heat' Into Electricity

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Harvesting waste heat from power stations and even vehicle exhaust pipes could soon provide a valuable supply of electricity. A small team o...

This is bad... Consumer Price Index up 1.8% and Energy index has risen 3.2% in only a year!

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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of La...

Release of OSHA's Proposed Rule on Crystalline Silica Nearing

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 ForConstructionPros.com  After years of delay in the White House's Office of Management and Budget, the construction industry will ...

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 2013 Request for Grant Applications with webinar explaining the grant application process

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a Request for Applications soliciting applications from states, tribes, local governme...

Ethanol and Other Biomass Plants No Longer Exempt from Carbon Dioxide Emission Limits: D.C. Circuit Vacates EPA's Three-Year Deferral for Biogenic CO2 Sources

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In a decision that will impact the ethanol and biomass industry, among others, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Environmental P...

Florida now counting waste to energy in its recycling rate

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Note that there are two recycling rates presented, according to this article, 35% recycling rate, or 48% rate, when including waste to energ...
Jul 15, 2013

How to Save on Water During the Summer | via @Sustainablog

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Seeing your  water bill  go up lately? No doubt, watering the lawn and landscaping is driving that uptick. While the best long-term option i...

China will double down on investing in solar power while Germany winds down government support for solar

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China has raised its 2015 target for solar-electricity capacity, giving a shot in the arm to its solar companies, many of which are struggli...

Off the Charts ...the war on the war on poverty

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Off the Charts  -  Next year, the nation will mark the 50 th  anniversary of the War on Poverty, which President Johnson proclaimed in his S...

Wisconsin Aurora Sinai patient has 'nightmare bacteria' infection CRE superbug from central line infections is a growing health problem in hospitals

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Aurora Sinai Medical Center confirmed Monday it has isolated a patient infected with a deadly superbug bacteria that officials say did not o...

OSHA Strengthens Rules for 'Model Workplace' thier Star Voluntary Protection Programs, known as VPP

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Companies participating in a federal program that rewards "model workplaces" with exemptions from some safety inspections now will...
Jul 14, 2013

New Facility to Divert up to 85% of Received Waste from Landfills for reuse or conversion to biofuel.

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Progressive Waste Solutions has opened a waste reduction facility in Vaughan, Ontario, that the company says will redirect up to 85% of the ...

Children’s ADHD Prescriptions Increase Nine-fold, Ages Three and Up

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Heather Callaghan :  The UK, like the U.S., is concerned by a baffling increase in heavy prescription drugs like Ritalin and psychotropics a...

Smoking Kills You AND Your Earnings. "Even one cigarette is enough to trigger a smoking wage differential,"

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"Even one cigarette is enough to trigger a smoking wage differential,"  is among the findings of a new (Federal Reserve sponsored)...

Frackin Britain to tap its shale, has 50% more gas than 2 largest fields in U.S.

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In late June, the British Geological Survey  announced the world's largest shale-gas field . The Bowland Shale, which lies beneath Lanca...
Jul 13, 2013

“Weird Trick” eliminates electric bills, fat, and annoying posts?

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I hate all these "Weird Trick" emails and advertising links. You know right from the title, they are promoting some "secret...

Global warming “can be reversed”, scientists claim with Hi-tech new bio-energy plants

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Global warming "can be reversed", scientists claim Hi-tech new bio-energy plants could "reverse" global warming by pumpi...

California solar installations jumped 26% in 2012 - now cheaper than coal

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California solar installations jumped 26% in 2012 California had a banner year in solar installations in 2012, bringing the state 391 megawa...

For doomers the answer is always to kill people or prevent people from being born [feedly]

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Steven Emmott thinks we are all doomed and tries to confuse others with weird metrics that are not in context. Steve talks about water usage...