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Hitachi Develops Instant Dioxin Meter

Japan's Hitachi Ltd. has developed the world's first device capable of instantly measuring dioxin levels in waste gases from incinerators, the company announced last Tuesday. Read More

Priority List Warns of Possible Endocrine Disruptors

The European Commission has alerted its member states to 66 potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals that have been associated in at least one study with cancers and reproductive abnormalities. The list will form the basis of consultation with industry and NGOs before a final priority set of substances is adopted. Read More

People of Color Environmental Groups Directory

Profiles environmental, civil rights, and legal groups that are working on environmental and economic justice issues. Read More

Kodak Eyes Progress in Five-Year Enviro Plan

Good news is developing at Eastman Kodak Company, as the firm wraps its first year of a five-year plan to reduce emissions, preserve natural resources, and strengthen its environmental management system. Read More

Survey Says Most Americans Trust, Misunderstand Science

A recently released survey on the public's understanding of science shows that while Americans' confidence and interest in science and technology is very high, their understanding of basic science facts and principles remains quite low. Read More

VinyLoop Hailed as Breakthrough in PVC Recycling

A Belgian chemical firm is so confident of its new method of recycling polyvinyl chloride that it has told the European Union to revise its estimates for PVC recycling. Read More

Green Power Network

The Green Power Network has published "top ten" lists of utility programs that offer green power. Read More

World Business Council Measures Eco-Efficiency

So you say your business is eco-efficient. By what factor? Can you prove it? Maybe so: Twenty-three companies have finished testing a method for determining the eco-efficiency of a business, large or small. Read More

Liquid Natural Gas Operation Impresses Trash Haulers

The verdict is in: A study of natural gas fueling and fleet operations finds trash haulers prefer fueling with natural gas instead of diesel. Read More

Activists Try to Shake Up Coke Over Olympic Refrigeration

Environmental watchdogs are crying foul over a major Olympic sponsor’s plans to install ozone-depleting refrigeration stands at the world’s first “Green Games.” Read More