Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Center Only Environmental Group Supporting Nuclear Power

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 Indian Point nuclear plant circa 2001  The Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy is the only environmental organization curren...

Asthma

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SINGULAIR (montelukast sodium) is a prescription medicine (usually 10 mg tablets) that controls asthma in adults and children as young as 1...

Clean Diesel Rule (Engines and Fuel)

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One June 1, 2006 EPA began requiring refiners and fuel importers to cut the sulfur content of highway diesel fuel 97 percent, from 500 parts...
Monday, August 28, 2006

Lead : (Pb) (Latin: plumbum) Atomic # 82 Atomic Wt 207

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Lead, the heaviest and softest of common metals, is a bluish-white, silvery, gray metal that is very soft, malleable easily melted, cast, re...

Clean Air Mercury Rule : 1st Time Mercury Regulated

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The Clean Air Mercury Rule is the first-ever rule to regulate mercury emissions from power plants. Finalized in March 2005 and reaffirmed in...

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) " Reggie "

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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative , or RGGI, is a cooperative effort by Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states to reduce carbon dioxide e...

Ethanol Replaces MTBE as Oxygenate...........But

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The 1990 Clean Air Act amendments required the use of reformulated gasoline (RFG) in metropolitan areas in noncompliance of the law. One req...

MTBE Being Replaced with Ethanol All Over U.S.

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Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ( MTBE ) is a gasoline additive used to boost octane and clean the air. It was introduced in 1979 as a replaceme...

Global Climate Change Is the # 1 Environmental Issue

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Global warming is a very complex scientific issue. We use global warming and global climate change interchangeably because the basic issue i...

Squirrels and Tomatoes

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We had no idea that squirrels were so fond of tomatoes. The Center's two tomato plants are providing nourishment for two local squirrels...
Saturday, August 26, 2006

Producing Electricity & Producing Bombs Different

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Ali Akbar Dareini's description of the role of heavy water in relation to uranium enrichment in his Washington Post article is a little...
Friday, August 25, 2006

1985 - 2006 : Twenty One Years of Green Service

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The Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy (CECE) has 8 goals: 1. Protect the environment. 2. Promote the efficient use of natural re...