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Green Moms Carnival Launches Monday: Global Warming
Lynn over at OrganicMania and a few select Eco Mom’s from around the blogosphere are joining forces to target global warming. On Monday they will all post articles about global warming in a carnival of “Green Mom’s”.
And the fact is, most “Green Mom” bloggers have only skirted the issue of global warming. Sure, we [...]
Recycling Plan Good for Honolulu and the Environment
After a successful pilot program, Honolulu has decided to ramp up recycling by adding curbside service to 39,000 more residences come November and adding communities incrementally until 160,000 homes have collections in 2010.
The initial price tag on bins for the curbside recycling program’s start-up will be $23.4 million, but in the long run, taxpayers [...]
Radioactive leak from sub reported by Navy
The Navy said a nuclear-powered submarine leaked minimally radioactive water while traveling to Japan, Guam and Hawai’i over several months.
The total radioactivity released into the environment from the USS Houston at each stop was less than one half a microcurie, U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Scott Gureck said.
“That’s a negligible amount, equal to the radioactivity [...]
