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Published Friday, January 15, 2010
Huffington Post Impact has put together a comprehensive list of
links to donate and get involved in relief efforts for victims of
Tuesday's devastating earthquake. You can also go to The Goods: Help Send Relief To Haiti,
an online store by Causecast and HuffPost Impact, where you can
purchase products for organizations that will be directly used on the
ground in Haiti.
The U.S. State Department Operations Center has set up the following
number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti:
1-888-407-4747
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Published Sunday, January 10, 2010
A
strong earthquake (magnitude 6.5) hit Northern California today,
breaking windows and taking out power lines in some areas. The quake
hit at 4:27 pm PT, with the epicenter around 25 miles from Eureka.
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Published Monday, January 4, 2010
Dear EarthTalk: I am very concerned about the amount of
chlorine in my tap water. I called my water company and they said it is
safe, just let the tap run for awhile to rid the smell of chlorine. But
that just gets rid of the smell, perhaps, not the chlorine? -- Anita Frigo, Milford, CT
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Published Friday, January 1, 2010
While the articles that drove the most clicks this year were a combo of lists and FAQs,
we know our loyal readers came back on a daily basis to check out our
solid reporting, our trend-spotting, our startup profiles and our
scoops. We worked hard in 2009 to cover the entrepreneurs and
innovators of green technology and we’ll work even harder in 2010.
Happy New Year’s!
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Published Tuesday, December 29, 2009
President Barack Obama came into office with climate change and the environment on his list of top priorities.
Nearly a year later, one of the top environmental groups in the United States says that Obama has made the grade so far.
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Published Monday, December 28, 2009
The
United States became the No. 1 wind power market in the world in 2008.
But under the credit crisis in 2009, the building of new wind farms
slackened and the United States ceded its top global spot to China.
With the demand for renewable energy still growing, the American Wind Energy Association is eyeing 2010 as a critical year. Here are some of their top trends to watch for...
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Published Monday, December 28, 2009

On Dec. 9, an op-ed by Sarah Palin on climate change ran in the Washington Post. Al Gore responded
to Palin’s piece and made some fresh claims of his own later that day
in an interview with MSNBC. The original Inconvenient Truther and the
oil pipeline proponent actually had some common ground — both agreed
that global warming was real. However, they differed on almost every
other point, starting with whether that warming has anything to do with
human activity. We find that both engaged in some distortions and have
been rightly called out by experts in the field.
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Published Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The non-legally binding “deal” agreed at the U.N. Climate Change
Conference in Copenhagen among the U.S., China, Brazil, South Africa
and India, has brought to a conclusion what has proved an
extraordinarily complex set of negotiations.
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