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How to Build a Better Rubber Duckie
Manmade chemicals known as phthalates may be lurking in your children's toys
Comments (0) | December 1, 2008
It's Too Darn Hot
In July 2006, California endured one of the worst heat waves in the state's history
Comments (0) | December 1, 2008
Launching Capitalism 2.0
Longtime NRDC trustee Shelly Malkin is a conservationist who feels at home painting wildlife in Africa and scaling the red rock walls of Zion National Park in Utah
Comments (0) | December 1, 2008
Swim Safe
Recent research has shown that ocean and Great Lakes beaches tainted with sewage or animal waste harbor bacteria and other pathogens
Comments (0) | December 1, 2008
California's Big Ranch Gets Rescued
About 60 miles north of Los Angeles lies a 269,000-acre working ranch, the largest contiguous private landholding in California.
Comments (2) | August 28, 2008
China Opens
In an effort to assuage public discontent over environmental problems and to meet new targets for limiting pollution, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection has put into effect national regulations allowing ordinary citizens access to national and local government environmental records.
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008
Cleaning the Ports of L.A.
Imagine waking up and throwing open your bedroom window for a breath of fresh air, only to find black soot blanketing the sill and a yellow-brown haze hanging in the sky.
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008
Fishy Rules
While global fish stocks plummet from overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution, demand for seafood is on the rise.
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008
Human/Nature
Renowned biologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. O. Wilson spoke before an audience in New York City on April 24
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008
Latin Super Model
Since fall 2006, NRDC has been pressing Chile to develop a progressive energy policy based on renewable, efficient energy.
Comments (0) | August 28, 2008