Sustain-a-Links #23
September 7th, 2007 by Vihar ShethPosted in Recent Readings
I’m out of town this weekend, and I apologize for being a little light on posting this past week, but here are a few articles I’ve read recently that I thought you might find appealing. Enjoy them, and the weekend!
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Air Travel | DFW Airport partners with EPA to reduce pollution | “Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is the newest partner to join a national effort led by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce harmful chemicals. As part of the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities, the airport pledges to reduce 940 pounds of pendimethalin and trifluralin found in herbicides used to treat airport grounds. | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Global Warming | Global warming might hurt your heart | “Global warming may be melting glaciers and forcing polar bears onto land, but doctors warn it could also affect your heart. “If it really is a few degrees warmer in the next 50 years, we could definitely have more cardiovascular disease,” said Dr. Karin Schenck-Gustafsson, of the department of cardiology at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute.” | Associated Press
Greenhouse Emissions | APEC urged to keep up climate change imperative | “Paul Keating has urged APEC to affirm “the moral imperative” of reducing global greenhouse emissions. The former Labor prime minister said the main thing on climate change for the weekend forum was “to get the countries into the swing of it all”. | Michelle Grattan, The Age
Honey Bees | Mysterious die-off of honeybees explained | “The sudden and mysterious disappearance of honeybees in the United States over the past year may be due to a virus, according to a new research paper by an international team of scientists.” | Martin Mittelstaedt, The Globe and Mail
Wind Energy | Proposed wind farm generates heat | “The ball is in the court of the Cape Cod Commission. But what’s in play is still up for debate in the minds of many who attended last night’s public hearing on Cape Wind Associates’ proposal to build 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound.” | Patrick Cassidy, Cape Cod Times
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