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- Waste-to-energy 'will grow despite Nimby campaigners' // Modern Power Systems;Feb2003, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p9
Reports on the growth of the waste-to-energy market despite the opposition from the environmental pressure groups in Europe. Conversion of municipal waste into biomass energy; Introduction of landfill bans; Enhancement of recycling rates.
- Greening the Ghetto. Carter, Majora // Anglican Theological Review;Fall2009, Vol. 91 Issue 4, p601
The article offers the author's thoughts on the integration of a neighborhood of a green spaces into recent development. The author describes the economic and environmental conditions of South Bronx in New York City and stresses that the three things people need to be whole are someone to love,...
- Greenmail. MILLER, CHAZ // Waste Age;Nov2010, Vol. 41 Issue 11, p18
The author comments on the volume of mails sent by environmental groups to people in the U.S. He reflects on his experience of receiving more than 100 pieces of mails from 27 groups. He criticizes the carbon footprint of the mails. The author questions the effectiveness of the strategy in...
- PREPARE FOR THE BEST. Glover, Paul // Rachel's Democracy & Health News;2/12/2009, Issue 998, p2
The article offers the author's opinion on green movement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He says that in order to save itself from global warming, financial crises, high fuel and food prices, health insurance, mortgages, student debt and war, Philadelphia should think about green economy. He...
- Schools Go Green! // Weekly Reader News - Senior;4/18/2008, Vol. 86 Issue 24/25, p2
This article reports on the increasing number of Green schools in the U.S. A Green school is one that has been built to save energy and resources while providing a healthy learning environment for students. Schools are going green in a variety of ways. For example, 85 percent of the Willow...
- China's green champions. Marshall, Michael // New Scientist;1/22/2011, Vol. 209 Issue 2796, p01
The article reports on research which Jianguo Liu and his colleagues at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan conducted in an effort to investigate the green habits, including recycling, which people in cities and towns in China were involved in, and which found that people who...
- Green and Frugal. // Natural Life;May2009, Issue 127, p59
The article offers tips on how to have a green lifestyle in the U.S. They include the creation of own household cleaners, shampoo and tooth cleanser. It also suggests that people must turn off the lights when it is not used, engage in vegetarian diet, cut the grass with a hand-operated reel...
- news brief. // Community College Week;11/30/2009, Vol. 22 Issue 8, p3
The article offers news briefs. In Casper, Wyoming, the Climb Wyoming program for training women for green jobs receives a funding of 60,000 U.S. dollars from Business and Professional Women's Foundation. The Community College of Allegheny County in Oakdale, Pennsylvania launches midnight...
- Life in the Green Zone. Winstead, Lizz // Plenty;Jun/Jul2008, Issue 22, p32
The author reflects on the concept of being an environmentalist. She believes that the environmental movement is all about reconsidering and discovering that people can establish new ones. However, she stresses that everything has a reason and there are still limits. In connection, the author...
