Noise Pollution

"With a suddenness that has taken us all by surprise, the era of cheap and abundant food appears to be drawing to a close. What this means is that [the next president], like so many other leaders through history, will find [himself] confronting the fact -- so easy to overlook these past few years...  

"Last winter, the Clorox Co. gambled that its famous name would translate well from the world of bleach into the world of environmentally friendly cleaning products. So far, that bet is looking like a winner. Just eight months after its introduction, Clorox's Green Works line is on track to...  

"The 1,800-square-mile Sequoia National Forest that is popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels is also home to some of the most intensely polluted pockets of wilderness in America, according to federal officials. Grow sites -- 700 were discovered on California's U.S. Forest Service land...  

"MUTANT super-rats immune to normal poisoning techniques are swarming Hampshire, according to one of Britain's leading rodent experts. The revelation comes as a survey of councils reveals the number of rats infesting Hampshire has skyrocketed in recent years. The pesky rodents are also proving...  

"Attempts to tackle global warming are being made more difficult by the spreading economic crisis even as Democratic congressional leaders say it's still a top goal for next year. At the very least, fear of a prolonged economic downturn is expected to delay attempts by the United States to cap...  

"PORT ORCHARD -- Sewage treatment plants can be considered power-generating stations, yet their potential is going largely untapped in the Northwest and throughout the United States, according to energy expert David Parry. Sewer gas produced by most treatment plants can be easily used to produce...  

"Those ubiquitous plastic water bottles have been increasingly vilified in recent years. Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Barbara, among others, have banned them from purchase with city funds. A few trendsetting restaurants, and even some markets and hotels, have banned them too. The trend...  

"Studies suggest a link between artificial food coloring and hyperactive behavior in children. Some experts are skeptical." Melinda Fulmer reports for the Los Angeles Times October 13, 2008.  

"OUTLOOK -- Like many rural Lower Yakima Valley residents, Norma and Leonardo Solano used their well water for years with little thought. But in January, Norma Solano saw a television report about contaminated well water at nearby Outlook Elementary School. The water had tested high in nitrates...  

"A retired medical supply manufacturer who considers bisphenol A to be 'perfectly safe' gave $5 million to the research center of Martin Philbert, chairman of the Food and Drug Association panel about to make a pivotal ruling on the chemical's safety. Philbert did not disclose the donation...  

Last week PBS station KLVX in Las Vegas, Nevada, aired a documentary entitled "The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?" "The new documentary by Jim Thebaut is a companion piece to an earlier film he made, Running Dry, which deals with what he calls the global water crisis." Story by T.R...  

A new deal to protect the world's rainforests is proposed in a report drawn up for Gordon Brown.  

Top economists and United Nations leaders are working on a "Green New Deal" to create millions of jobs, revive the world economy, slash poverty and avert environmental disaster, as the financial markets plunge into their deepest crisis since the Great Depression.  

Green is the hottest buzzword in the design world right now. Designers have inadvertently helped to generate the current environmental crisis because, by creating desirable products, they have helped fuel the global consumer economy and its attendant consumption of resources and pollution. Today...  

Environmental Investigation Agency names men it suspects of involvement in illegal operations