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		<title>Is Apple&#8217;s New Tablet Eco-friendly?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With companies like Amazon and Apple, there is a clear trend toward using electronic readers to replace printed books. But from an environmental viewpoint, is that better or worse? 
Some studies show that replacing printed materials with an electronic device can reduce the amount of energy associated with cutting down trees. But without electronics recycling, the environmental footprint of such an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2010/01/30/how-eco-friendly-is-apples-tablet/</link>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s Studies U.K. Cow Emissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[London, United Kingdom — McDonald&#8217;s U.K. is starting a three-year investigation into its cows&#8217; methane emissions and the best methods for lowering their impacts.
The Guardian reports that the E-CO2 Project, a consultancy that provides energy and carbon assessments for farmers and growers, will study the methane emissions from cows at 350 British farms.
Full story: http://www.climatebiz.com/news/2010/01/12/mcdonalds-studies-uk-cow-emissions
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		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2010/01/16/mcdonalds-studies-u-k-cow-emissions/</link>
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		<title>Small Businesses See Devil in Details of EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Advocates for small businesses are accusing U.S. EPA of failing to properly assess the effects that its proposed &#8220;tailoring&#8221; rule for greenhouse gases will have on smaller emission sources.
Read full story at: http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/01/11/11greenwire-small-businesses-see-devil-in-details-of-epa-g-41923.html
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		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2010/01/16/small-businesses-see-devil-in-details-of-epa-greenhouse-gas-rule/</link>
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		<title>Testing your House for Radon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Test your home for radon. Radon is an invisible radioactive gas that causes lung cancer. The only way to know if your home contains high radon levels is to test for it. January is National Radon Awareness Month at the EPA.
http://www.epa.gov/radon/radontest.html
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		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2010/01/10/testing-your-house-for-radon/</link>
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		<title>Pine Beatle Infestation Heads To Mount Rushmore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Rapid City Journal: The army of mountain pine beetles that has killed most of the trees in the Black Elk Wilderness is marching toward nearby Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
In fact, the advance scouts of the beetle army already have landed at Rushmore, infecting a few of the old-growth ponderosa pines around the monument.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_8b2eb712-f8da-11de-94a3-001cc4c002e0.html
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		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2010/01/10/pine-beatle-infestation-heads-to-mount-rushmore/</link>
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		<title>EPA Releases First-Ever Baseline Study of U.S. Lakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its most comprehensive study of the nation’s lakes to date. The draft study, which rated the condition of 56 percent of the lakes in the United States as good and the remainder as fair or poor, marked the first time EPA and its partners used a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2009/12/20/epa-releases-first-ever-baseline-study-of-u-s-lakes/</link>
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		<title>Feds Raid Gibson Guitar Offices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Nashville Post: Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local police today seized wood, guitars, computers and boxes of files from Gibson Guitar&#8217;s Massman Road manufacturing facility.
Sources say the Nashville-based guitar manufacturer is being investigated for violating the Lacey Act, a key piece of environmental law, for importing endangered species [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2009/12/12/feds-raid-gibson-guitar-offices/</link>
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		<title>EPA Names Top 20 Green Powered Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership announced the 20 primary and secondary schools nationwide using the most power from renewable energy sources. The top Green Power Partner schools are buying nearly 113 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, equivalent to carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)  that would be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2009/11/01/epa-names-top-20-green-powered-schools/</link>
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		<title>EPA Releases Guide to Help Scientists Understand Children’s Exposure to Pollutants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a user-friendly document to help risk assessors understand how children are exposed to pollution. The document, titled “Highlights of the Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook,” serves as a quick-reference guide to the more comprehensive “Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook,” published by EPA in 2008. It will serve as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2009/11/01/epa-releases-guide-to-help-scientists-understand-children%e2%80%99s-exposure-to-pollutants/</link>
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		<title>Cap and Trade Program Lowers Smog Levels in Eastern United States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – EPA released a report showing that more than 103 million Americans breathe cleaner air thanks to a cap and trade program that reduces smog-forming emission of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx). The 2008 NOx Budget Trading Program Annual Report, covering 20 eastern states and the District of Columbia, shows the summertime NOx emissions from power [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.environmentalsummary.com/2009/10/20/cap-and-trade-program-lowers-smog-levels-in-eastern-united-states/</link>
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