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Richmond, Calif.—Green Drive Expo, the Bay Area’s first consumer eco-car event, will bring test drives, expert panels and technology presentations to the Craneway Pavilion on Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees will learn how to cut emissions and transportation costs through breakthrough solutions ranging from the latest alternative fuel vehicles by major [...]

The federal Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it intended to ban all dumping of sewage by large cargo and cruise ships in California waters out to the three-mile limit. The state has been requesting the ban for five years. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/keeping-ship-sewage-from-the-california-coast/?src=mv

California has set ambitious goals for a transition to clean, renewable energy: 33% by 2020. Some are skeptical that the goal is within reach. In a special series unfolding over several months, KQED’s environmental and science initiatives, Quest and Climate Watch, explore the promise and pitfalls of this historic transformation to “33 by 20.” http://www.kqed.org/news/science/climatewatch/33by20/index.jsp

Hello Green Drinkers of Gainesville!

We had a good meeting at Warehouse on August 4 – great food and drinks and wonderful space – THANK YOU Richard and Ryan! The only drawback was that it was a bit difficult to hear those who needed to share information with us, and I apologize for that to Robert [...]

The definitive story from environmental journalism icon and Pulitzer Award-winner Mark Schliefstein:
“A massive, 22-mile-long underwater plume of oil droplets flowed to the southwest of the BP’s failed Macondo well at the end of June, and the threat it poses to natural resources of the Gulf of Mexico remains uncertain, scientists who mapped the plume said [...]

Denise Robinette, owner of Healthy Living Interiors, designed this room and is helping me with the green renovation of my little cottage! Kudos, Denise!
“Merkiyah Jones can now breathe easier thanks to a Healthy-N-Green Bedroom Makeover.Jones, a fourth-grader at Watkins Elementary School in West Park, was treated to the makeover after she won the Asthma Awareness [...]

Experts hope to use sonar images of a sunken ship off California’s coast to determine whether the vessel is at risk of leaking oil. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) sent a robotic submersible down to the wreck of the SS Montebello last week in an effort to assess the condition of the ship. [...]

EPA – Cleanup Not Coverup Koppers Superfund Site!

Thursday, August 26th, 7PM – 8:15PM,  Have-Some-Fun-and-Get-It-Done Speed-Commenting Party!

More productive than speed dating!  More fun than a meeting!  More important than anything!  Dramatic surprises and refreshments!

Parkview Baptist Church, 3403 NW 13th St, Gainesville 32609

Monday, August 30th, 5PM on, Joint City/County Commission Meeting on Koppers

City [...]

A new study that measures levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in homes in two cities  found similar levels of the chemicals in both settings. These results indicate that exposure to the compounds is widespread.
The health impacts of endocrine disruptors, which mimic naturally occurring human hormones, are still being studied. But concern is mounting that these chemicals [...]

CIO — We are entering an era where corporate social responsibility (CSR) is of central concern to executives of almost every enterprise. With the publication of ISO 26000, a standard for CSR based on the UN Global Compact, executives now [...]

Here, in one of the last Tuscan valleys to have remained entirely unspoilt since medieval times, the local comune has received an application to build a “well-being centre” 500 metres from a national monument, the Castello di Potentino, along with other residential structures, [...]

Our friends Seth Keller and Mark van Soestbergen have developed a great greenhouse gas accounting course here in Gainesville and they’re taking it to Atlanta next week. Please pass the word to anyone you think might be interested in learning about this:

Carbon Footprint and Greenhouse Strategies Seminar: August 26

Participants will learn how [...]

A decade-old Cal Poly program that provides organic produce to about 170 households will end at the end of this month, according to a letter sent this week by the university’s Horticulture and Crop Science Department.
The letter to subscribers — who pay between $20 and $26.50 per week for boxes of produce, depending on size [...]

Twenty-five years after the worst known outbreak of pesticide poisoning in U.S. history, an agreement is announced that phases out all uses of aldicarb. Manufacturer Bayer CropScience agreed to stop producing the highly toxic insecticide, used to kill pests on cotton and several food crops, by 2015 in all world markets. Use on citrus and [...]

Pittsburgh City Councilman Doug Shields today plans to unveil legislation to ban natural gas drilling in the city, saying he’s wants to test a municipality’s right to self-government, even if that means inviting a legal challenge from the drilling industry.
“Why can’t we say no? Why is it that local authorities, the local government, can’t make [...]