Who is Aware, Talking, & Testing Receipts for Bisphenol-A, not just Food & Beverages?

Paper receipts also seen as source of BPA exposure July 27, 2010 By LYNDSEY LAYTON. The Washington Post WASHINGTON – As lawmakers and health experts wrestle over whether a controversial chemical, bisphenol-A, should be banned from food and beverage containers, a new analysis by an environmental group suggests Americans are being exposed to BPA through …

EVENT REPORT: State of the Planet 2010, Columbia Univ, New York City

Panels and keynotes program schedule I was told via email from someone involved in the event that a video will be posted online.I will be posting this over a the Earth Institute blog (especially since it has zero comments for the March 25 event) as a challenge to improve the overall framework of the “State …

Review: 75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make A Difference

Phenomenal Overview, Reference, Exceeded Expectations October 18, 2009 Glenn Croston I bought and read this book along with Green Intelligence: Creating Environments That Protect Human Health and Careers in Renewable Energy: Get a Green Energy Job. This book is everything I could have wanted and more–it exceeded expecations. For each of 75 “opportunities” sorted within …

Review: Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines

Excellent Primer, Narrowly Focused, Provokes Reflection October 16, 2009 Richard Heinberg I was tempted to limit this book to four stars because it fails to properly recognize, among many others, Buckminster Fuller, e.g. his Critical Path and it provides only passing reference to such foundation works as Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update and Human …

Review: Green Intelligence: Creating Environments that Protect Human Health

Excellent Overview Book, Great Price, Nice Emphasis on Public Information Gaps October 9, 2009 John Wargo I like this book. It is not as detailed as any of the following but does a super job of blending together in a very easy to read manner coverage of five areas: nuclear testing, military contamination of training …