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EnvironmentFor the past four decades the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, Australia, and other developed nations have adopted sweeping environmental protection regulations to address the state of their air, water, soil and other natural resources, to protect human life and to protect and preserve the natural environment. The imposition of environmental regulations on business, while having a steep price, has had the beneficial effect of reversing two centuries of the harmful effects of the Industrial Revolution. And yet, despite all the progress, the work of protecting and preserving the Earth is never ending. As the Industrial Revolution spreads to developed nations, there is ever more “environment work” to be addressed. The original movement to protect the Earth and its inhabitants in more recent times was the Conservation Movement, stretching back to the 1800s; then more recently came the Environmental Movement; and now we see the emerging global Sustainability Movement. This section of Accountability Central is devoted to topics environmental, including news, research and insights, commentary and opinion, and more.
News & UpdatesJanuary 6, 2009 Striving for Green Affordable HousingSource: Globe Street.com Improving sustainability and energy efficiency is one of the primary goals of the incoming Administration. There is a place within this effort to revamp the nation’s inventory of affordable housing, maintains David M. Abromowitz,... January 5, 2009 Can America Clean Up from Its Worst Environmental Disaster?Source: Alternet,org With the breaking of a coal waste dam in Tennessee, environmental and human health is threatened by millions of pounds of toxic chemicals. January 4, 2009 Conservation Group Plans to Sue to Force Better Cleanup in BaySource: Washington Post A conservation group plans to file a federal lawsuit in Washington tomorrow to force stronger action to clean up pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. The lawsuit, expected to be filed in U.S. District Court by the Chesapeake Bay... Click here for more Environment News & Updates
Research & InsightsDecember 31, 2008 Abrupt Climate Change - ReportSource: U.S. Climate Change Science Program Abrupt Climate Change. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [Clark, P.U., A.J. Weaver (coordinating lead authors), E. Brook, E.R. Cook, T.L. Delworth, and K. Steffen... December 29, 2008 Satellite data shows Earth's climate is changing unevenlySource: USA Today John Christy of the University of Alabama-Huntsville reported earlier this month that the Earth's climate change over the past 30 years has been rather uneven: It's gotten much warmer in the Arctic and, at the same time, cooler... December 18, 2008 Coca Cola, Anheuser Busch, Pepsi and Nestle Waters Receive Highest Grades in New Beverage Container Recycling ReportSource: U.S. Beverage Container 23 U.S. Beverage Companies Evaluated for Reducing Use of Virgin vs. Recycled Packaging Materials; Supporting Recycling Policies; and Transparency Click here for more Environment Research & Insights
Commentary & OpinionJanuary 5, 2009 Coal ash -- a Tennessee wake-up call - editorial  Source: Los Angeles Times Coal burning is to the environment what cigarette smoking is to the body, a point brought home with startling clarity last month when an earthen dam holding back a vast reservoir of coal ash at a Tennessee power plant ruptured,... January 5, 2009 Sustainability also sustains profitsSource: Miami Herald Undeniably, consumers are increasingly concerned about global warming. A 2008 study by the Pew Research Center noted that ''more than three-quarters of Americans believe there's solid evidence that the earth is warming.'' That's... January 5, 2009 Climate change gains head of steamSource: Austin Statesman - TX Change is coming, and maybe more quickly than expected, according to a new U.S. government report.
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