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&quot;It&apos;s pretty well known that if it gets into the landfill, it gets into the groundwater,&quot; he said. &quot;Its chemicals pollute.&quot;]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-30T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/p2news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1095">      <title>Funding: $500M in Labor Department grants available for Green Job Training Programs</title>      <link>http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/06/24/labor-depot-green-job-grants</link>      <description><![CDATA[OAKLAND, Calif. -- Grant competitions opened today for $500 million in Recovery Act funds for training programs that will help retool the U.S. workforce for a clean energy economy.

Speaking in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced the availability of grants in five broad program areas that will prepare people for jobs in energy efficiency or renewable energy industries.

About $150 million in grants are earmarked for green job training programs that provide &quot;pathways out of poverty,&quot; and a portion of some $290 million in grants will go toward efforts to retrain workers from the hard-hit auto industry.]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-29T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/p2news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1094">      <title>House passes bill to address threat of climate change</title>      <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/us/politics/27climate.html?_r=1&amp;hp</link>      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The House passed legislation on Friday intended to address global warming and transform the way the nation produces and uses energy.

The vote was the first time either house of Congress had approved a bill meant to curb the heat-trapping gases scientists have linked to climate change. The legislation, which passed despite deep divisions among Democrats, could lead to profound changes in many sectors of the economy, including electric power generation, agriculture, manufacturing and construction.]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-29T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/p2news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1093">      <title>Hotel industry adopts solar to save energy</title>      <link>http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/23/hotel-industry-adopts-solar-to-save-energy/</link>      <description><![CDATA[As consumers demand more eco-friendly vacation choices, the tourism industry is responding with energy-efficient and carbon friendly resorts and hotels.

In the U.S., as an example, the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick in New Jersey recently installed a SunPower solar power system, marking the hotel&apos;s initial step towards generating clean, renewable solar power. The hotel partnered with SunPower Corp. to design and install the 32,000-square-foot, 421-kilowatt system over the top floor of the hotel&apos;s garage.]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-23T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/p2news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1092">      <title>Iowa utilities fight proposed mercury rule</title>      <link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090621/NEWS/906210345/-1/NEWS04</link>      <description><![CDATA[Iowa&apos;s largest utility companies are ramping up their opposition to proposed state rules that would require them to monitor the mercury being emitted from their power plants, public records obtained by The Des Moines Register show.

The resistance comes as state environmental groups are pushing for stronger air monitoring requirements and have rekindled discussion about coal ash residue, which can leak highly toxic mercury and other substances into lakes, rivers and groundwater.]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-22T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/p2news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1091">      <title>Mercury emissions from power plants aren&apos;t tallied</title>      <link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090616/NEWS/906160376/-1/SPORTS09</link>      <description><![CDATA[The large, coal-fired power plants that emit the bulk of Iowa&apos;s air pollution are no longer required to measure emissions of mercury - one of the most toxic chemicals they produce - following the withdrawal of a federal rule last year.

Environmental groups say they are counting on state and federal regulators to put a new monitoring standard in place quickly, but state officials say it could take until at least August before a new standard is brought before the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission for discussion and approval.]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-16T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/p2news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1090">      <title>Green Lighting Campaign urges DOE to reduce mercury, adopt stronger lighting-efficiency standards</title>      <link>http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&amp;STORY=/www/story/06-15-2009/0005044003&amp;EDATE=</link>      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Green Lighting Campaign submitted comments in response to the US Department of Energy&apos;s (DOE&apos;s) proposed Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Fluorescent Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps. A group of environmental advocates, lighting consultants and local governments expressed concern that the proposed rule would hurt consumers and the environment by allowing continued sales of outdated lighting equipment although more energy-efficient, cost-effective replacements are readily available. 


The group called on DOE to rewrite its lighting-efficiency standards to be at least as stringent and broad in scope as those adopted by the European Union under its Eco-Design Standards for Energy Using Products Directive. &quot;Failure to adopt lighting-efficiency standards as strict as those recently agreed to in Europe will place the US further behind in demonstrating leadership on climate change and related environmental policy issues,&quot; said Alicia Culver, director of the Green Purchasing Institute. 


The group noted that the latest European lighting-efficiency standards cover a much broader range of lighting categories than the DOE rule, including compact and circular fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps (commonly used for street lighting), ballasts and luminaires. &quot;While the US is regulating a handful of lamp categories, the EU is excluding only a handful of products,&quot; Culver added. The group also explained that European standards go farther in eliminating older lighting technology from the marketplace - phasing out nearly all T12, &quot;preheat&quot; and &quot;first generation&quot; T8 fluorescent lamps by 2012.]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-15T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/p2news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1089">      <title>EPA bans pesticide&apos;s use on food crops, citing risks to health</title>      <link>http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/05/12/epa_bans_pesticides_use_on_food_crops_citing_risks_to_health/</link>      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule yesterday to ban use of the pesticide carbofuran on food crops because it poses an unacceptable health risk, especially to children.

The insecticide, sold under the brand name Furadan, has been under EPA review for years. Its granular form, blamed for killing millions of migratory birds, was banned in the mid-1990s. The agency began its effort to remove the pesticide from the market in 2006.]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-09T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/p2news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=1088">      <title>MA: &apos;Green&apos; light</title>      <link>http://www.heraldnews.com/business/x313680023/Green-light</link>      <description><![CDATA[Fall River -- Companies typically get more attention for violating state laws regarding interaction with the environment than when helping the planet, but the opposite will be true this  Wednesday when longtime industrial park company Lightolier will be recognized at a State House ceremony for reducing use of toxic chemicals.

Only three businesses in the state received the recognition from the University of Massachusetts Lowell Toxics Use Reduction Institute. Lightolier, Skyworks Solutions Inc. of Woburn and Silver Hanger Cleaners of Bellingham will receive the designation of &quot;Industry Toxic Use Reductions Champions.&quot;

Jack Luskin, senior associate director of the institute, said the recognition does not have a set of criteria, but is given more as &quot;a matter of people, companies and organizations that are clearly outstanding in their work to reduce the use of toxic chemicals and other substances. &quot;(Lightolier&apos;s Fall River Facility Manager Ron) Westgate has also been a toxic use reduction planner for nearly two decades. He provided early information on the now famous &apos;Lampworks&apos; case study that has been used in TURI&apos;s classes to train other companies how to reduce toxics,&quot; said Luskin.]]></description>     <dc:date>2009-06-09T07:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item></rdf:RDF>