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  EPA Releases the Draft of 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights of National Trends | Newsroom | US EPA 

  http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/85E6910065BFA21E8525732C0055630E

  EPA Releases the Draft of 2007 Report on the Environment: Highlights of National Trends Release date: 08/03/2007 Contact Information: Suzanne Ackerman, (202) 564-4355 / ackerman.suzanne@epa.gov (8/3/07) ... The draft 2007 Report on the Environment (ROE): Highlights of National Trends (2007 ROE HD) was released today for public comment and independent review. First issued in 2003, the ROE is a plain, easy-to-understand guide that provides the average citizen a resource to follow national trends in the condition of the air, water, and land in the United States. The ROE is also part of EPA's commitment to be transparent to citizens, and to encourage citizen participation. Through the ROE, the public will have a complete picture of where the most environmental progress has been made, and where America needs to do better. Written for a general audience, the ROE HD features a subset of the findings from the more comprehensive report, EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Science Report which wa   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 13 September 2007, by: Ling Zhen  [Report as spam]

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  GreenBiz | News Center | Columns 

  http://www.greenbiz.com/news/columns_third.cfm?NewsID=36247

  The Expansion of Materiality in CSR Operations These days, there are all sorts of pressures on organizations to "go green," contribute to their communities and get involved in a whole range of activities ... that would once have been frowned upon. Even quite recently, the dominant view was that companies existed to make profits for shareholders, not to do good deeds. Companies are increasingly taking a more enlightened stance. Businesses are part of our communities and have responsibilities, just like everyone else. They are expected to care for the environment, for example, and behave responsibly in their relationships with others. Additionally, it makes good economic sense to do these things. You save money if you save energy, and any hint of mistreatment of employees -- even those working for your suppliers -- can inflict huge damage on your company's brand. The big question, though, is just how far should you go? What exactly should your company be working to achieve, and why? And how   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 14 November 2007, by: Jutta Schrimpf  [Report as spam]

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  NRDC: Nanotechnology: Small Science, Big Consequences (pdf) [pdf]

  http://www.nrdc.org/health/science/nano/nano.pdf

  NRDC ISSUE PAPER May 2007 Nanotechnology’s Invisible Threat Small Science, Big Consequences Author Jennifer Sass, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council Natural Resources Defense Council ... About NRDC The Natural Resources Defense Council is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 1.2 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world’s natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org. Acknowledgments The author would like to thank the following contributing authors for helping to write and review sections of this report: Ramya Chari, Elizabeth J. Dederick, Sarah Faulkner, Michael Helbing, Kristin Kulinowski, Georgia Miller, Elliott Negin, Rye Senjen, and Patrice Simms. NRDC President: Frances Beinecke NRDC Director of Co   [More...] [Less...]

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