Environmental E-Resources
March 2011:
- Solar Powering Your Community: A Guide for Local Governments
- No-till gardening is easy and eco-friendly
- How to compost indoors
- Walk Score introduces better way to measure walkability
- Lose three pounds instantly by getting rid of the Yellow Pages
- How to not buy anything ever again
- Sustainable Apparel Coalition delivers the eco-skinny on your skinny jeans
- Local Government Environmental Assistance Network provides environmental information for local governments
February 2011:
- EPA seeks applicants for $1.2 million in environmental justice grants, proposals due March 31
- Tiny hybrid device harvests both solar and thermal energy
- EPA Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) grant RFP posted, proposals due March 22 (pdf)
- Eco-friendly fly deterrent
- EPA releases new guidelines on CFL clean up in homes
- 10 natural, organic oils with huge health benefits
- EPA releases municipal solid waste report
December 2010:
- Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
- EPA children's environmental health listserv: To subscribe, send an email coopwood.theodore@epa.gov
- Skin Deep cosmetic safety database
- How air-conditioning is baking our world
- DOE and EPA release 2011 Annual Fuel Economy Guide
- EPA announces new tool to promote safer chemicals and products
- MDNR provides scrap tire material grants
- KDHE announces waste reduction grants
August 2010:
- Peter Harnik talks about innovative parks for built-out cities
- Missouri Waste Organization, a unique listing service for your waste or byproduct materials
- Call2Recycle starts rechargeable battery recycling plan
- How to keep cool without air conditioning
- Keeping your new cell phone charged – use solar power from Greenhome.com
- Paper lifecycle tool enables better choices for users & producers