By Stephanie Miceli — 11/02/09
Don’t have a cow… that is, until they stop feeding on feces. A coalition of consumer groups have urged the FDA to stop feeding poultry litter to cattle.
Category: National
The Windy City Becomes the Toxic City
By Leah Mishkin — 11/02/09
It seems the recession is green-proof. Despite these tough economic times, green products are still in demand. Many of them will be at the annual Green Marketing Conference which will take place in Chicago this year.
La-La Land Goes Green
By Tara Mastroeni — 11/02/09
SoCal is going green for clean coal. BP and General Electric will collaborate on a coal-fueled energy plant in Southern California.
Hot Helen in Washington
By Joshua Sackheim — 10/26/09
If you go to Washington state, you may start asking yourself… is it getting hot in here or is it just me. That’s because a new study suggests there’s a vast pool of magma beneath southwestern Washington state.
Eco-Friendly Home Comes to Colorado
By Andres Acosta — 10/26/09
Environmentally friendly architecture is now hitting homes across America. In Colorado this month Blu Homes Construction Company has started building what it calls the Fischer Chalet
Algae Threatens Birds
By Alyssa Altman — 10/26/09
An unusual algae bloom is threatening migratory birds. On the West Coast, a single cell algae form is making hundreds of special migratory birds wash up dead on the beaches of Oregon and Washington.
Track Meteors Online
By Leah Mishkin — 10/26/09
Potentially hazardous objects in the skies can now be tracked by the click of a button. That’s because NASA has launched a website for us to learn more about these objects and be able to monitor them.
President Obama Calls For America’s Clean Energy Leadership at MIT
By Kailani Koenig-Muenster — 10/23/09 President Barack Obama has called on the United States to lead the global clean energy movement. Today he spoke to scientific innovators and local politicians at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Continue readingObama closes G-20 Summit with economic optimism
By Kailani Koenig-Muenster — 09/25/09 Friday evening President Barack Obama closed out the G20 conference by announcing growth in the world’s financial sectors. In a briefing at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Obama outlined the decisions coming out of the summit discussions and the progress the group has already made.
Continue readingPolice arrest G20 protesters in Pittsburgh
By Laura Imkamp — 09/24/09 Armed police arrested several people in Lawrenceville protesting against the Pittsburgh G-20 summit. Click for raw video.
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