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Greenbuild NEXT International Conference and Expo

Greenbuild NEXT, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, will be the first time the U.S. Green Building Council is hosting Greenbuild outside the United States. The conference and expo will celebrate what's NEXT for green building.

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"NRC Allows Closure of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump"

"A divided Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday allowed the Obama administration to continue plans to close the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada."

Environmental Politics

Nuclear Power & Radiation

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National (U.S.)

Source: AP, 09/12/2011

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11th Annual BioCycle Renewable Energy Conference

Organized by BioCycle magazine — the leading authority on anaerobic digestion and composting of organic waste streams into high value products. North America's largest conference and trade show on recycling of organic waste streams into Renewable Power, Fuels, Thermal Energy and Soil Products brings you over 70 sessions on technologies, feedstocks, facility management, biogas markets and financing.

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)

The Plastic Bag Wars"

"The world consumes 1 million plastic shopping bags every minute - and the industry is fighting hard to keep it that way."

Waste

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National (U.S.)

Source: Rolling Stone, 07/27/2011

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Enviro Justice Advocates Hail Tighter EPA Haz-Waste Recyclying Rule

"Green groups are cheering a proposed rule released by U.S. EPA this week that they hope will close a dangerous hazardous waste recycling loophole created in the waning days of the George W. Bush administration."

Source: Greenwire, 07/08/2011

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International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation (ICEPR 2011)

ICEPR is a series of international conferences held yearly to address environmental pollution and new advances in remediation. These conferences focus on all aspects of Environmental Science, Engineering, and Technology. International ASET and the University of Ottawa will be hosting this conference.

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"House Panel Rejects Move To Regulate Coal Ash"

"In a win for the coal industry, a House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would prevent federal regulation of coal ash as hazardous waste."

Source: Gannett, 06/22/2011

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"Ohio Taking in Flood of Pennsylvania Brine for Disposal"

"Millions of barrels of salty, toxic wastewater from natural-gas wells in Pennsylvania are coming into Ohio despite efforts to keep it at bay."

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National (U.S.)

Source: Columbus Dispatch, 06/21/2011

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"In a War of Words, Makers of Plastic Bags Go to Court"

"The plastic bag industry, increasingly on the defensive as municipal bag bans proliferate, has gone on the attack against ChicoBag, a competitor that bills itself as an eco-friendly alternative. A federal lawsuit in South Carolina accuses ChicoBag of illegal trash-talking about plastic bag waste."

Source: NY Times, 06/13/2011