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Elementary school under highway: Where is the environmental justice?
Sun, Nov 21 2010 at 2:32 AM EST
Student and faculty health problems are reason enough for this Massachusetts school to be immediately relocated.
Ethanol over 15% good for renewable energy use, bad for cars
Tue, Aug 10 2010 at 10:49 AM EST
Gasoline containing more than 15 percent ethanol will increase renewable energy use, but may hurt consumer cars and vehicles.
Sunshine in Litigation Act will improve access to public health information
Fri, Jun 25 2010 at 10:45 AM EST
Consumer advocacy organizations have been working to pass the legislation that will outlaw court-ordered secrecy on cases that concern public health.
Pesticides may contribute to ADHD in children and teenagers
Fri, Jun 11 2010 at 3:38 PM EST
You can lower your child's susceptibility to ADHD exposure levels by eating fruits and vegetables which require fewer pesticides for growth.
Wesleyan students camp out to promote clean energy bill
Sun, May 02 2010 at 11:55 AM EST
A group of college students camped out in tents on Foss Hill, the center of the Wesleyan University campus, for one week to promote the 350 energy bill they're hoping will pass in CT.
Obama drilling for oil
Mon, Apr 12 2010 at 4:15 PM EST
Pres. Barack Obama is drilling for U.S. oil. This may take terrible tolls on the environment and will likely have no effect on the price of gas for consumers.
Gary Yohe discusses Climategate at Wesleyan
Mon, Mar 29 2010 at 10:30 PM EST
After several e-mail hacks, several typos in an IPCC document were used to accuse the authors of trying to exaggerate the effects of climate change.
Shining Hope for Communities fundraiser
Wed, Mar 17 2010 at 8:11 PM EST
Wesleyan University group commits to increasing education, empowering women and decreasing poverty levels in the slums of Kibera, Kenya.
Wesleyan student at Copenhagen Summit
Wed, Feb 10 2010 at 12:07 PM EST
Josh Levine attended December's U.N. Climate Change Conference with the Sierra Student Coalition and gives an inside look.
Fewer seats, more recycling in Germany
Thu, Jan 14 2010 at 5:21 PM EST
New German trains have removed three seats in the normal "four-seater" area to build containers which allow passengers to recycle products on the trains. Why aren't there more recycling bins available in public areas?
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Lots of Volunteers!
Sat, Jul 11 2009 at 09:35 AM EST

We had 80 volunteers sign up and a great turn out in the end. Probably about 25-30 people came daily. Posting items online is a great idea! Posting items online after collection would be really helpful too. That way people can know what they...

Make the End of the School Year Greener
Wed, Apr 01 2009 at 10:04 PM EST
At Wesleyan University, a program called Waste Not!, organized by several Committees of the University community, is committed to making our end of the...
 
 

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U.S. creates first 'National Blueway'
Fri, May 25 2012 at 01:36 PM EST

Unlike the current patchwork of river protections, the National Blueway System will cover entire rivers 'from source to sea,' including their watersheds.

Holy smokes, Batman, it's the Batmobile
Fri, Apr 20 2012 at 03:02 PM EST

Our blogger drives one of America's great automotive icons, which is scheduled to be auctioned next month. You can bet this car turns heads!

Where Kennedy sat: Driving the JFK Lincolns
Thu, Mar 08 2012 at 04:26 PM EST

Next year, the 50th anniversary of that day in Dallas, Kennedy collector and dealer John Reznikoff plans to sell these two cars — one of which the president rode in on Nov. 21, 1963.

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Amy Blume
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Amy Blume is a rising senior at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where she is majoring in government and receiving certificates in international relations and environmental studies.  She is originally from Natick, Massachusetts, but spent last Fall in Moscow, Russia studying Russian language and culture.  At Wesleyan, Amy volunteers with Shining Hope for Communities, a non-profit organization dedicated to lowering poverty levels in Kibera, Kenya, one of the largest slums in the world.  She is President of the Roosevelt Institute Chapter at her school and writes blogs for Roosevelt’s political dialogue in the campus’s online newspaper.  Amy is interning with the National Consumers League for the summer 2010 where she is working to improve supervision of food and drug before market sale and working to improve access to information on medications which may help consumers make more informed decisions.  In the future, she hopes to work in the fields of environmental policy and public health to protect the environment and keep communities safe.

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