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Earth Saving News > July 21, 2009
EarthShare workplace giving partner Walmart aims to green its product line.
Walmart recently announced an ambitious initiative to develop a worldwide sustainability index rating for all products it carries in its stores. EarthShare member group Environmental Defense Fund will work with Walmart to help develop the index rating. This is one to watch: Walmart’s size and footprint mean it can create ripple effects throughout corporate America whenever it adopts new business practices, so the project could have huge implications for the retail industry and beyond.
In addition to this and other green initiatives, Walmart employees help support environmental charities through their nationwide EarthShare workplace giving charitable campaigns. Learn more about how EarthShare members have worked with Walmart to make their trucking fleet more fuel efficient and to cut plastic bag use, and check out EDF’s site for news about the latest initiative.
Bad air is bad for us before we’re born.
We already know that air pollution can have a serious impact on kids’ health and development. It’s been confirmed that air pollution is linked to slowed lung function growth in children. Now there’s another really good reason to reduce causes of urban air pollution like car emissions.
For the first time, researchers have found a direct link between prenatal exposure to air pollution and lower IQ scores in children. Researchers studied pollutants scientifically known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which include vehicle exhaust and factory emissions. Mothers of children in the high exposure group were likely to have lived close to heavily congested streets, bus depots and other typical sources of city air pollution. Published in the August edition of Pediatrics, the study suggests that exposure to air pollution before birth could have the same harmful effects on the developing brain as exposure to lead.
EarthShare member organizations have long recognized the impact that toxins in our environment can have on the most vulnerable members of our society. Learn more, and find out how you can help protect yourself and your family. Are you a health care provider or parent? Check out EarthShare member Physicians for Social Responsibility’s online Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit.
And now a breath of fresh air.
Earlier this month, a Bush administration waiver allowing major power plants to emit unregulated amounts of pollution was rejected in a federal appeals court. The policy would have allowed plants and factories to expel excessive emissions in cities that already have poor air quality, including Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia. Two EarthShare member organizations played an important part in the decision, which will affect millions of Americans living in cities that are already plagued with unhealthy air. Learn what you can do to help clear the air in your own community!
Gear up for your new solar career.
The environmental community and the Obama administration have been pointing to green jobs as a possible way to address historic levels of unemployment while investing in a cleaner, more sustainable future for our country. According to a recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts, ‘green-collar’ workers constitute a tiny but fast-growing segment of the U.S. economy. These kinds of jobs can include everything from energy-efficiency consultants to wastewater plant operators.
Interested, but don’t know how to get started? The American Solar Energy Society wants to help you get prepared to take advantage of a burgeoning clean energy job market, so you can be ready when the right job comes along. Check out their insider tips and resources so you can start toward a career in the solar industry today.
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yes, you can improve the nature and potect it if you use solar .this reduces the tampering of rivers fo hydro power and wood is saved if peaple use solar stoves.
jobs can be created as peaple engage in solar making.
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Posted by: mutebi tonny | July 23, 2009 at 02:41 AM