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<title>A cure is coming for health-care ills</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186651467</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 13:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of saving money and doing good makes the business community a natural, powerful ally. Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont are works in progress with variations on the themes of health-care reform and universal  ...
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<title>Barnstable County Commissioner (Democratic Party-Narrow to 2)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186633973</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 07:12 GMT</pubDate>
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...  he joined the plume containment committee addressing pollution from the Massachusetts Military Reservation, and then was named to  ...  sidewalks and other amenities. &amp;ldquo;I understand the environmental aspects of it,&amp;rdquo; he said, &amp;ldquo;but you&amp;rsquo;re  ...
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<title>My Turn &gt; Earmarks critical to progress in science</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186625085</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 04:53 GMT</pubDate>
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... The University of New Hampshire recently opened a new atmospheric observatory to  ...  makeup of the air - and the pollutants - over our heads. This includes the  ...  the AIRMAP facility will be an important environmental legacy and continue to contribute to the  ...
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<title>Young Children in U.S. Among World&apos;s Most Polluted With Fire Retardants</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186623139</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  fire retardants in parents and their children, Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that toddlers and  ...  in the study were from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington state and  ...
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<title>Oakland Trib: Toddlers absorb more toxic chemicals than mothers</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186623136</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 04:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bodies to a disproportionate amount of toxic pollutants. That&apos;s the conclusion of a study released  ...  of a study released today by the Environmental Working Group in Oakland, which monitored 20  ...  in one study. Two states, Washington and Maine, now ban the use of Deca, and  ...
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<title>Cities have second thoughts about ID cards for undocumented</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186601193</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 01:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  them a ticket for operating without a Connecticut license, but at least we know who  ...  the city failed to account for the environmental impacts of the ID cards, which &quot;will  ...  to traffic congestion, increase water and air pollution, and increase the demand of consumption of  ...
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<title>New rights for people who live near contaminated sites</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186593569</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 00:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a database on the state Department of Environmental Protection Web site or requesting information from  ...  site&amp;rsquo;s location and a description of the pollution. Signs must be at least two by  ...  private companies. A similar outsourcing plan in Massachusetts drastically reduced that state&amp;rsquo;s backlog. The overhaul  ...
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<title>Getting smart about rivers</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186588333</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 23:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  river. They&apos;re learning the facts about trickle-down ecologics, especially how to improve the ill part.  ...  and Northeast Tennessee by the Southwest Virginia Environmental Education Team through a program called RiverSmart.  ...  is the report card for its watershed, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection&apos;s Alan Levere once  ...
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<title>UW researcher contributes to study linking warmer seas to stronger hurricanes</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186587452</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  new study that bolsters the theory that global warming might be contributing to stronger hurricanes in  ...  it, Elsner said. Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology first suggested the possible  ...  represents the storm&apos;s maximum potential under ideal environmental conditions, for instance, without wind shear that  ...
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<title>Magistrate&apos;s ruling knocks regulator for inconsistent application of New Source Review</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186583290</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 22:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  magistrate in could make it tougher for pollution control agencies to prosecute utilities for violating  ...  case brought by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the states of Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and New York against  ...
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<title>Environment group endorses Donato</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186581242</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 22:28 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters (MLEV), the non-partisan political voice for  ...  Hill this session, helping to pass groundbreaking global warming legislation. In his MLEV questionnaire, Rep. Donato  ...
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<title>Electronics recycling event planned at Gillette</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186579968</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 22:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  13, Sony Electronics Inc. and Waste Management Recycle America are planning some interceptions of their  ...  unreadable. Doug Smith, director of corporate and environmental affairs for Sony Electronics, said the company  ...  established nationwide, with seven of them in Massachusetts, and the number of centers is continually  ...
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<title>Filtered water bottle has Providence, R.I., roots</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186578384</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 22:03 GMT</pubDate>
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...  States, where only about 10 percent are recycled. Shoppers are invited to buy the brightly  ...  designers that include a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Great model makers work  ...  incredible waste involving bottled water,&quot; said Miga. Environmental groups across the country are sounding alarms  ...
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<title>PSNH backs increasingly expensive SO2 scrubber for Merrimack</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186565463</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  &quot;Scrubber Law&quot; is a key component of New Hampshire &apos;s first-in-the-nation, four-pollutant Clean Power Act, which was passed in  ...  &quot;The Legislature and the NH Department of Environmental Services have found that the scrubber is  ...
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<title>Dam&apos;s removal opens up waters</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=186558739</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 19:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Removal and River Restoration Program of the New Hampshire Department of environmental Services: Removing unused dams is rare but  ...  River, released a huge pulse of accumulated pollutants and did great damage downstream.  David  ...
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