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This Week in Green Chip Living - 2010-02-26
Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh recaps the week in Green Chip Living headlines, as well as news from California and Texas start-ups and the results of two important reports.

China Reveals Results of Gov't Pollution Survey - 2010-02-12
Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh explains the results of China's groundbreaking pollution survey, revealed for the first time this week.

220,000 gallons evaporated, dispersed in oil spill - 2010-01-26
The worst Texas oil spill in more than 15 years was contained Monday, and authorities credit a massive emergency response with averting an environmental disaster.

Supreme Court Case Sprouts Up - 2010-01-22
Green Chip Living Contributor Brigid Darragh details the Supreme Court battle between the Center for Food Safety, organic farmers, and non-profits vs. corporate chemical king Monsanto.

Bluefin tuna has been fished to the brink of extinction - 2010-01-20
Two weeks ago a single bluefin tuna sold in Japan for a surreal £111,000. The price of this fish, which ends up in the best sushi restaurants, will carry on rocketing so long as the tuna population keeps plummeting.

Smoke Signals: Time for Wood Stove Upgrades - 2010-01-08
Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh comments on the growing success of and interest in the wood burning stove's version of Cash for Clunkers across America.

EPA Plans to List "Chemicals of Concern" - 2010-01-05
The flame retardants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers top the list of chemicals that the EPA considers hazardous to the environment and human life. As the agency grows to have a more significant impact in American business and life, we are beginning to see how the agency will function in the coming years.

Is The Copenhagen Agreement A Disappointment Or A Relief? - 2009-12-28
While many criticize The COP-15 meetings, the agreement signals a greener future nonetheless.

H2(Uh)O: The Latest News in Drinking Water - 2009-12-18
Green Chip Living Editor Brigid Darragh covers the latest news concerning drinking water in the United States and the health problems we could face if regulations are not reformed.

U.S. Sees Robust Climate Talks, No Reperations - 2009-12-09
In Copenhagen, top administration officials outline the US energy and climate policy and the implications in a lack of action.

Environmental Law Makes Climate Change Course Priority - 2009-12-04
Green Chip Living's Brigid Darragh explains why the nation's top law schools are revamping curricula to focus on climate change.

Last Act for the Bluefin - 2009-11-18
The international commission that sets fishing limits for tuna and other large migratory fish is meeting in Brazil. The commission faces a depressing reality: the bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean is headed toward commercial extinction.

EPA Calls for Chemical Law Reform, More Responsibility on Companies - 2009-10-01
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling for changes to the country's chemical management law, and has released a list of principles it and the Obama Administration hope Congress follows as it reviews the law. The EPA has also announced six chemicals it plans to prioritize for analysis and regulation.

What Makes Europe Greener than the U.S.? - 2009-09-30
The average American produces three times the amount of CO2 emissions as a person in France. A U.S. journalist now living in Europe explains how she learned to love her clothesline and sweating in summer.

Important Week for Global Warming…Some Rays of Hope for Global Efforts - 2009-09-22
Today begins a week dubbed "climate week" because of all the high-level climate discussions that are occurring. And they just all happen to be occurring in the US at an important time for the US domestic debate to pass a clean energy and climate bill in the US Senate.

We're Screwed! - 2009-09-21
The edition is fake, but the facts are real!

EPA Expects to Revise Rules for Wastewater Discharges from Power Plants - 2009-09-15
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to revise the existing standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants to reduce pollution and better protect America’s water.

Global Climate Deal Has Only 50:50 Chance - 2009-09-08
The chances of a global agreement to fight climate change at U.N. talks in Copenhagen in December are only 50:50, said Australia's leading environmentalist, who warned of "full climactic destabilization" without a pact.

Big Picture Video - 2009-08-21
This is the bigger picture. . .

Green Chip Living - 2009-08-21
Big picture videos, 100 mpg cars and green buildings in Kauai.

Oil Group's 'Citizen' Rally Memo Stirs Debate - 2009-08-17
A petroleum industry trade group is asking oil companies to recruit employees and retirees to attend rallies attacking climate-change legislation, an approach to grass-roots politics that resembles strategies used recently by some opponents of health-care reform.

Tropical Botanical Gardens - 2009-08-14
Why plant species conservation programs, like those operated by the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, are so important.

Possible Coal Industry Link to Forged Letters - 2009-08-07
A total of 12 forged letters, sent to three House Democrats, have thus far been uncovered.

Court ends Bush-era road-building in forests - 2009-08-06
The Bush administration acted illegally when it opened millions of acres (hectares) of U.S. national forests to road-building and logging, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

US scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific - 2009-08-04
Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

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