Posts Tagged ‘pollution’

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Obama Oks Smog And Thousands Of Asthma And Heart Attacks Per Year

by Madam Toussaint on September 7th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, POLITRICKS

Photo Credit: Smog over Skyline from São Paulo city in Brazil by Gaf.arq Ever so quietly this Labor Day Weekend President Obama announced he is directing the EPA to withdraw smog standards that would have cut smog pollution from power plants, refineries and even cars. The smog limits would have prevented 2,200 heart attacks and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Check Out The Air Over There

by Madam Toussaint on April 17th, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

The EPA recommends before you go out for a run or any other exercise your doctor recommends you should check the local air quality forecast for your area.

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Study Shows Air Pollution Worse Than Cocaine

by Madam Toussaint on March 29th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: GREEN

A study shows air pollution is a bigger environmental trigger for heart attacks than cocaine, physical exertion and alcohol. As far as individuals are concerned the study says cocaine increases the risk of a

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What Is The Clean Air Act And What Does It Do?

by Madam Toussaint on February 15th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: GREEN, CLIMATE CHANGE-GLOBAL WARMING

Photo Credit: NGerda, Clean Air buttons On Wednesday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In her testimony she defended the Clean Air act which is currently under attack from the Republicans.

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This Is How You Clean An Oil Covered Bird

by Madam Toussaint on May 15th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Posted In: GREEN, NATURE

Dawn soap works best for cleaning birds–who knew?” ~ Brian Merchant, treehugger.com Obama’s oil slick is spreading while BP execs come up with ridiculous ideas and oil gushes at a rate now being estimated by some scientists as 70,000 barrels of oil a day. The cleanup is going to be extensive though a lot of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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BP’s Looney Tunes Oil Spill Containment Failures

by Madam Toussaint on May 14th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Posted In: GREEN, NATURE

I wouldn’t say it has failed yet. What I would say is what we attempted to do last night didn’t work.~Doug Suttles the operating officer for exploration and production for BP in reference to the containment dome I’ve been busy lately and even temporarily derailed by a fallen tree on my electricity and internet wires […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Sarah Palin Pitching A Nature Reality Show Is So Backwards

by Madam Toussaint on March 23rd, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Posted In: GREEN, NATURE

Palin waves at NASCAR in Feb, 2010. She could teach Jay-Z and Cassidy about being a hustler homie. Sarah Palin is at it again, this time she’s looking to get an “Planet Earth-type look” in a docudrama in Palin’s home state Alaska according to the good folks at ecorazzi.com. Sadly once it finds a network […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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CAPTAIN PLANET TAKES ON HITLER

by Madam Toussaint on October 14th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Posted In: GREEN

For those who don’t know Captain Planet was a cartoon about young people, called planeteers, with rings and superpowers and a green superhero that appeared when they combined their powers. Yeah, it was the 90s and stuff like this made it to TV. Also the show showcased 1990s American style diversity, which means there are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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