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Green Reads

Local Social Networks:
Citizens for a Sustainable
Local Economy (CSLE)
promotes local food production,
renewable energy, and
other sustainable activities

Attleboro Area
Community Gardens
A joint project of the
Attleboro Land Trust and
the City of Attleboro

Local Food (pdf file)

Local Websites:
Attleboro Land Trust
(A non-profit organization
that is dedicated to
keeping Attleboro green)

Attleboro Recycle

North Attleboro Recycle

Local Reuse Group:
Attleboro Freecycle

Local Articles:
Cardboard Recycling
Center in Attleboro

Amphibians are
on the Move!

Veterans State Case
For Clean Energy

Green Works:
Mansfield High Grad
Dedicated to Environment

A Vow to Go Green

Climate Action Urged

City declares success in its
newest recycling program

Sun Helps Patriot Place
Take Care of Its Trash

NA Schools Go Green
to Save Green

Greening of Attleboro

Worship, Work and Wind

Mansfield Recycling
Proving A Hit

Green Love

Local Reuse Guide
(15 pages pdf)

Go Green
Global Recycling
(Brockton, MA)

Local Video:
DoubleACS Video of
CSA Meeting
(very informative)

More Helpful Articles:
How To Throw
A Green Party

It Pays to Go Green
In a Down Economy

10 Reasons to
Eat Local Food
(1 page pdf)

Green Newsfeeds:
Union of
Concerned Scientists
(& Citizens)

Videos
Fox News Go Green

PDF DOWNLOADS:
Garden Guide
(56 pages)

Waterplant
Garden Guide
(20 pages)

GREEN LINKS:
Climatarians Website

KeepMercuryFromRising.org

Union of Concerned Scientists/Citizens

Union of Concerned Scientists

NRC Releases Draft Report on Simulated Accident... Edwin S. Lyman of the Union of Concerned Scientists comments on a draft report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission analyzing the potential consequences of a serious accident at the Surry nuclear plant in Virginia and the Peach Bottom nuclear plant in Pennsylvania.

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Contrarians Push Global Cooling Again Climate contrarians are again pushing “global cooling” claims, despite the fact that 2011 was the 35th year in a row in which global temperatures were above the historical average.

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California Adopts Robust Plan for Cleaner Cars The California Air Resources Board (ARB) today approved a historic package of vehicle polices that will reduce air pollution and the adverse public health impacts of cars and trucks while accelerating the market for electric car technology.

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Delays, special interests hinder rules against... An extraordinary delay in the development of federal protections against exposure to crystalline silica is harming American workers, more than 300 public health scientists, doctors and occupational safety experts told President Obama today.

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Monsanto Corn Unlikely To Help Drought-Stricken... Yesterday, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it would allow unlimited planting of a genetically modified variety of corn designed by Monsanto Co. to be resistant to certain kinds of droughts. The company and the USDA have both admitted the crop will fare only modestly better than current conventional varieties under low- and moderate-level drought conditions. This means that this corn will be useful only for a fraction of corn acres – just 15 percent by USDA estimates.

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EPA regulations will not result in blackouts Final EPA rules regulating emissions of toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants pose no threat to electricity reliability.

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Majority of Departments, Agencies Struggling on... One year after the White House instructed federal agencies and departments to create and implement protections for their scientific work, and in the wake of two high-profile examples of political interference in federal government science, the majority of these authorities in question have failed to publicly release draft or final scientific integrity policies.

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NRC Commissioners' Spat Obscures... The public dispute between four members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the agency’s chairman is a sideshow obscuring the longstanding problem with the NRC, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

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Outcome at Durban Climate Negotiations Offers... Despite these achievements, the outcome of the Durban, South Africa, conference will do little to accelerate near-term emissions reductions, according to UCS.

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UCS Expert Offers Immediate Reaction on the... Negotiators at the climate summit in Durban agreed to preserve the Kyoto Protocol; launched a process for building a more comprehensive and ambitious treaty regime; and advanced the building blocks of the Cancun Agreements by adopting decisions on adaptation, finance, mitigation, technology and transparency.

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UCS Questions Whether Plan B Decision Was Based... “Secretary Sebelius, a non-scientist, overruled the conclusions of an independent scientific panel that arrived at its decision after careful analysis and consideration of the data. Plan B is considered safe for over-the-counter use not only by FDA scientists and advisors but also by countless esteemed medical associations, from the American Academy of Pediatrics to the American Medical Association."

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NOAA Boosts Scientific Integrity with New Policy The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today released a new scientific integrity policy that accomplishes as much as it can to ensure the agency’s actions are fully informed by the best available science, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The group cautioned, however, that the Department of Commerce, the White House, and Congress must act to remove additional barriers for agency scientists.

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CA Releases New Clean Cars Plan The California Air Resources Board (ARB) today released detailed proposals for a new suite of vehicle and fuel policies that will cut vehicle pollution, guarantee consumer access to clean fuels, and foster the development of zero-emission car technology.

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New Deforestation Data From Brazil Shows... Today the Brazilian space agency, INPE, released the annual estimate of Amazon deforestation from August 2010 through July 2011, showing an 11% reduction in the forest area cleared last year, marking continued progress in reducing deforestation.

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UCS Urges Congress to Oppose Bills that Block... The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is urging members of Congress to oppose a trio of seemingly innocuous bills that could threaten federal agencies’ ability to create rules based on the best-available science.

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Annual U.N. Climate Meeting is a Fork in the Road Annual U.N. climate treaty talks taking place in Durban, South Africa, represent “a crucial fork in the road” for negotiators, according to UCS.

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Hackers Release Batch of Old Stolen Emails from... Hackers posted stolen emails from leading climate scientists online today, just days ahead of a United Nations climate meeting.

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OSTP Cuts Could Be Crippling Congress is expected to take up a spending bill later this week that would gut the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and undermine its ability to ensure the integrity of federal scientific information, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

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White House Proposes Strong Auto Standards The Obama administration today proposed new fuel efficiency and global warming pollution standards for model year 2017 through 2025 cars and light trucks.

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Significant Progress on California ZEV Program The California Air Resources Board (ARB) today announced the outlines of a Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) program that represents the state’s strongest push for advanced vehicles in the program’s 20-year history, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

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Power plants stressing water bodies Power plants are stressing freshwater resources around the country, according to a new report by the Energy and Water in a Warming World Initiative, a three-year research collaboration between the Union of Concerned Scientists and a team of more than a dozen scientists.

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2011 Breaks Records for Extreme Weather Damage On Monday, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) hosted a telephone press conference to discuss links between climate change and extreme weather and consequences for businesses and local communities.

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Judge Prevents Scientists' Emails from... No description available

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Obama Administration Calls For Final Scientific... White House Science Advisor John Holdren told federal departments and agencies yesterday that they must submit “final draft [scientific integrity] policies” to the White House by Dec. 17, 2011. The request comes one year after he issued his initial call for these policies. Below is a statement from Dr. Francesca Grifo, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Scientific Integrity program:

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Celebrate the First Annual Food Day by... One of the most important things Americans can do on Food Day is tell their representatives in Congress to support job-creating local foods initiatives in the Food and Farm Bill.

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Scientists Warn European Commission Over... Letter from More Than 150 Scientists and Economists Shows Broad Scientific Consensus on the Importance of Land Use Impacts in Carbon Calculations for Biofuels Production

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Florida, Georgia Don't Need New Nuclear... A new report finds that Florida and Georgia ratepayers would be better served by energy efficiency and renewables.

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NRC Staff Asks Commission to Address... Today the NRC broadened its post-Fukushima recommendations for U.S. nuclear power plants to include a number of additional safety measures that had been proposed by the Union of Concerned Scientists in their own recommendations, released in July.

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EPA Endangerment Finding Followed the Rules,... The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general today released a report that examined how the agency handled the peer review of the science underpinning its December 2009 finding that heat-trapping emissions endanger public health and welfare.

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TRAIN Act Colossal Waste of Money, Attempt to... The House is expected to take up a bill today, called the TRAIN Act, which would waste $2 million of taxpayer money by mandating redundant cost-benefit analyses of environmental and health regulations.

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EPA Climate Rule Delay Part of Dangerous Trend The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it will delay climate change rules, just weeks after the White House postponed important ground-level ozone standards.

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GAO Report Confirms Lax Federal Action on... GAO released a report yesterday on the overuse of non-therapeutic antibiotics in livestock that concluded federal agencies have not taken necessary actions to combat antibiotic resistance.

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USDA Bans E. coli in Meat; Victory for Public... USDA) announced today that six types of E. coli will be banned from U.S. meat.

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Obama Undercuts Science with Smog Standard Delay President Obama today asked the Environmental Protection Agency to ignore its obligation under the Clean Air Act to update ground-level ozone pollution standards for the United States based on the best available science.

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Irene Demonstrates Coastal Vulnerability to... No description available

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EPA Science Advisory Board Recommends Curbing... UCS scientists, Noel Gurwick, reponds to new EPA report on nitrogen pollution.

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Adrienne Alvord Named Director of Union of... Adrienne Alvord joined the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) earlier this week as the organization’s California and Western states director. She left her post as environmental policy director for State Sen. Fran Pavley to take the job. She will work out of UCS’s Berkeley office.

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New Truck Rules Win for Economy, Environment The Obama administration has finalized the first-ever global warming pollution and fuel-efficiency standards for new medium- and heavy-duty trucks. These standards—for trucks sold between 2014 and 2018—will cut fuel consumption across the nation’s trucking fleet, provide important clean air benefits, and create almost 80,000 new jobs, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

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Farmers Markets Could Generate Tens of... The Union of Concerned Scientists released a new report on the economics of local food markets just a few days before the 12th annual USDA National Farmers Market Week.

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Heat, Humidity Put High School Football Players... The combination of more frequent heat waves and overweight players is increasing the risk of heat-related illness and death for high school football players, according to scientists participating in a telephone press conference held today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

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Subsidies for Renewables and Energy Efficiency... The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest report on federal energy subsidies, released on Monday, underreported direct and indirect federal subsidies to the nuclear and fossil fuel industries, creating an inflated view of the subsidies that benefit renewable energy and efficiency programs, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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UCS Applauds Obama Administration Agreement on... The Obama administration today unveiled an agreement with major automakers and the state of California on a framework to strengthen the nation’s fuel efficiency and auto pollution standards for new cars and light trucks.

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White House Should Let EPA Do Its Job The Obama administration’s foot-dragging on establishing a new, science-based standard for exposure to ground-level ozone pollution—the main component of smog—is unacceptable, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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House to vote on amendments that could worsen... The Union of Concerned Scientists blasts House plan to vote on amendments that could prevent the EPA from setting limits on global warming emissions.

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Clean energy would boost Midwest economy New analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (A Bright Future for the Heartland) shows that clean energy investment in the Midwest would create jobs and save consumers money.

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Nuclear Expert Dispels Myths about Small... No description available

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NRC Must Strengthen Reactor Safety, Security,... The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a list of 23 recommendations for actions that will make nuclear power plants in the U.S. safer and more secure.

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UCS Names Angela L. Anderson Director of... Angela Ledford Anderson joined the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today as the organization’s Climate and Energy Program director

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Hybrid Scorecard for 2011 Shows Automakers Not... The current crop of hybrid vehicles demonstrate automakers know how to provide dramatic fuel savings and pollution reductions, but have yet to fully deliver those benefits, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) announced today.

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New interactive map tracks impacts of climate... The Union of Concerned Scientists has launched the Climate Hot Map, which will track the impacts of climate change around the world.

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