March 21, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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New York Times’ David Pogue: Start buying LED bulbs!

LED light-bulbs are on the cusp of going entirely mainstream. With every passing year, their energy-efficiency, light quality, and total lumens output is going up, while their cost keeps falling. Continue reading

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September 10, 2012
by Reduce
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Patient safety project reduces bloodstream infections by 40 percent

A unique nationwide patient safety project reduced by 40 percent the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units. The project used the CUSP toolkit. Continue reading

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April 27, 2011
by Henry Henderson
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Homage: Remembering Chernobyl

Henry Henderson, Director, Midwest Program NRDC, Chicago, Illinois Today is the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. To commemorate the disaster, and draw attention to the fact that the disaster continues to unfold for those living … Continue reading

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March 16, 2011
by Valerie Jaffee
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Increasing age of farmers puts our food system at risk

As 78 million baby boomers draw closer to their 60s and 70s around the country, it won’t be only social security or the U.S. health system feeling the strain. This increasingly mature generation will also put at risk another fundamental of Americ… Continue reading

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September 2, 2010
by David Goldstein
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How to Encourage New Home Construction–and How Not To

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle today shows that the idea of federal tax credits to pay buyers to purchase new homes still has some traction, even though most experts quoted in the article agree that this would be ineffective.
But no one seem… Continue reading

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