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Could Going Green Mean Trashing Our Landscape?

Image credit: Centre for Alternative Technology Environmentalists may spend a lot of time battling against the fossil fuel lobby , but the awkward truth is that there is plenty of fighting between “green” groups too—perhaps most notably when it comes to what constitutes ‘sustainability’, and how do we manage the sometimes competing demands of clean energy and conservation. From

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Could Going Green Mean Trashing Our Landscape?

EPA Decides To Take e-Waste (Sort of) Seriously. Finally.

Photo via Justin Beck The Environmental Protection Agency has been frustratingly lax on e-waste issues , paying little attention to quality enforcement of policies, or even putting stringent policies in place at all. But finally, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said on Tuesday that e-waste is now one of the top five priorities for the agency. While vague in exactly what the EPA would do to improve the immense problem of e-was… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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EPA Decides To Take e-Waste (Sort of) Seriously. Finally.