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EPA to Allow Polluters to Buy Clean Water Credits
The Bush administration yesterday announced plans to allow industrial polluters to purchase "credits" from lesser polluters to bring them into compliance with the Clean Water Act....more

White House Proposes New Regulations for Isolated Wetlands
The Bush administration is proposing new rules for enforcing the Clean Water Act that will greatly change how the government regulates pollution of small waterways and destruction of some wetlands....more

New Report Outlines the Ecological Footprint of 146 Nations
Redefining Progress Sustainability Program has released its latest Ecological Footprint of Nations report that outlines the ecological impact of 146 of the world's nations....more

EPA Finalizes Relaxed Clean Air Rule
The United States Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced changes to the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act, affecting the pollution standards industry will have to follow....more

ENERGY STAR Partnerships Continue to Benefit Environment
The latest 2001 Annual Report concentrating on ENERGY STAR and other voluntary climate change programs shows that through voluntary efforts, including ENERGY STAR, Americans have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 38 million metric tons of carbon equivalent....more

Weatherization Program Saves More Than $1 Billion
The Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program, which aids low-income Americans in making their homes more energy efficient, has seen its 26th birthday and during that time has saved more than $1 billion in energy costs....more

Competing water needs threaten world's future
"We are taking from tomorrow's agriculture to produce for today," Sandra Postel, director, Global Water Policy Project told 850 scientists, specialists and students from the US and the world at the 2002 World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines on Thursday. "Globally, we are moving into a period of unprecedented water stress." she said. "One of the greatest challenges ahead is satisfying the water and food demands at the same time as protecting the world's ecology."...more

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EPA to Allow Polluters to Buy Clean Water Credits The Bush administration yesterday announced plans to allow industrial polluters to purchase "credits" from lesser polluters to bring them into compliance with the Clean Water Act....more White House Proposes New Regulations for Isolated Wetlands The Bush administration is proposing new rules for enforcing the Clean Water Act that will greatly change how the government regulates pollution of small waterways and destruction of some wetlands....more New Report Outlines the Ecological Footprint of 146 Nations Redefining Progress Sustainability Program has released its latest Ecological Footprint of Nations report that outlines the ecological impact of 146 of the world's nations....more EPA Finalizes Relaxed Clean Air Rule The United States Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced changes to the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act, affecting the pollution standards industry will have to follow....more ENERGY STAR Partnerships Continue to Benefit Environment The latest 2001 Annual Report concentrating on ENERGY STAR and other voluntary climate change programs shows that through voluntary efforts, including ENERGY STAR, Americans have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 38 million metric tons of carbon equivalent....more Weatherization Program Saves More Than $1 Billion The Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program, which aids low-income Americans in making their homes more energy efficient, has seen its 26th birthday and during that time has saved more than $1 billion in energy costs....more Competing water needs threaten world's future "We are taking from tomorrow's agriculture to produce for today," Sandra Postel, director, Global Water Policy Project told 850 scientists, specialists and students from the US and the world at the 2002 World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines on Thursday. "Globally, we are moving into a period of unprecedented water stress." she said. "One of the greatest challenges ahead is satisfying the water and food demands at the same time as protecting the world's ecology."...more			The 10 U.S. states with “bottle bills” -- laws that encourage recycling by requiring a refundable deposit on beer, soft drink and other beverage containers -- recycle 70 percent of their drink containers (including bottles that do not require a deposit). States with no deposit law recycle less than 30 percent of theirs.
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