New Green Building Guides
An on-line guide to designing and constructing green buildings has been produced by the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC). Although …
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Sustainable Sweden Tour: A Journey into a Sustainable Future
You can tour “Sustainable Sweden” with a group of 50 colleagues (at most), from August 4-19. Sustainable Sweden hopes to attract people from around …
Auto Industry Struts Its Stuff
November was a month of alternative fuel car debuts. The first of 750 Ford demonstration TH!NK city vehicles arrived – they are currently for sale in …
Advance Brazil or Undermine Brazil?
In an article in the Jan. 19 issue of Science, a U.S.-Brazilian team of biologists reported that as much as 42 percent of the Amazon River basin of Brazil will …
Worldwatch Releases 2001 State of the World Report
Worldwatch Institute released its annual report, State of the World 2001. It notes that signs of accelerated ecological decline and loss of political momentum …
Canada Funds Clean Air Package
Canadian Environment Minister David Anderson announced a C$120.2 million (US$79 million) clean air package on February 20. “Our goal is simple,” he …
Business & Wilderness Go Together
The outdoor industry has formed “Businesses for Wilderness” (B4W), a national initiative to support protection of important roadless areas …
Landmark Carpet Recycling Agreement Signed
In a major step toward national carpet recycling, the Carpet and Rug Institute, representing 92% of the industry, signed a voluntary Memorandum of …
Dioxin & EU's Controversial Action on Chemicals
Dioxin is the latest addition to the U.S. National Toxicology Program’s list of substances “known to be human carcinogens” as of …