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More homeowners collect, store rainwater
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/05/2008

Tara Hui stands beside the pond in the backyard of her home in San Francisco on Aug. 5. Hui collects rainwater for non-drinking uses like watering plants, flushing toilets, washing laundry and filling her pond. Tara Hui climbed under her deck, nudged past a cluster of 55-gallon barrels and a...
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Stinkweed tested as future biofuel
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/05/2008

This field pennycress, also known as stinkweed, grows in the garden of Joe Dickson, chief operating officer of Innovation Fuels, in New Woodstock, N.Y. Some farmers have agreed to grow the hardy weed called field pennycress — a.k.a. stinkweed — to help test a potential new source of fuel...
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And the winner for least-wasteful packaging...
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/04/2008

People buying the HP Pavilion dv6929 will get it inside this recycled bag, not a box with foam. The design won Wal-Mart's challenge for least wasteful packaging.A Hewlett-Packard notebook computer that's packaged in a recycled bag rather than a box has won a challenge by retailer Wal-Mart...
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Laptop in a bag wins Wal-Mart eco-contest
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/04/2008

People buying the HP Pavilion dv6929 will get it inside this recycled bag, not a box with foam. The design won Wal-Mart's challenge for least wasteful packaging.A Hewlett-Packard notebook computer that's packaged in a recycled bag rather than a box has won a challenge by retailer Wal-Mart...
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Experts scale back sea level rise forecast
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/04/2008
Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
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Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/04/2008
Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
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Environmentalists can't corral Palin
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/04/2008

This undated photo provided by the Heath family shows Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with one of her daughters posing with the caribou she shot in Alaska. Before she first met John McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had other business: making her case to Interior...
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Cleaner mower, speedboat engines ordered
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/04/2008
Gasoline-powered lawnmowers that are a big cause of summertime air pollution will have to be dramatically cleaner under rules issued Thursday by the EPA.
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Huge ice shelf breaks loose in Canada
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/03/2008

Large pieces of ice float off after separating from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf July 29. That shelf has lost about eight square miles and the Serson shelf 47 square miles as the Markham Ice Shelf has separated and gone adrift.A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan...
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Government questions plastic bottles' safety
Written by MSNBC.com: Environment   
09/03/2008

Sep. 3: A government report expresses "some concern" that bisphenol A can cause developmental problems in infants and children. NBC's Tracie Potts reports. (NBC News Channel)Government toxicologists have reiterated safety concerns about a chemical used in baby bottles...
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