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Environment Department offers free radon testing (New Mexico Business Weekly)

The New Mexico Environment Department will offer free radon test kits for residents throughout January. It’s part of an effort to raise awareness of naturally occurring radioactive gas, which is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S.
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Canadians feeling bubbly about 2008 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Canadians are bubbling over with optimism for 2008, although they are somewhat sobered by prospects for the rest of the world and the environment, according to a new poll.
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Environment Council sets priorities for 2008 (Providence Business News)

THE STATE “needs to protect and manage our natural resources,” including our waters and the drinking water supply, “to ensure wise use and to accommodate future growth.”
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Environment top of mind for holiday shoppers (BizJournals)

Holiday shoppers were thinking green with more than their wallets this season, according to the 2007 Annual National Shopping Behavior Survey by audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP.
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Paper or plastic grocery bags - which are better for the environment? Well, um, neither (Albuquerque Tribune)

Paper or plastic grocery bags - which are better for the environment? You probably think you know the answer. And you’re probably wrong. Paper bags are not necessarily better for the environment than plastic,experts say.
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Power Corrupts: Royal Family Warned On Global Warming - Anorak.co.uk (satire)

Power Corrupts: Royal Family Warned On Global WarmingAnorak.co.uk (satire), UK -3 hours ago… of that event (blink and you miss it), and encouraging party goers to nod in appreciation (breathing, whooping, and cheering only add to global warming).

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Expert: Global warming fueling 'mega-fires' - Raw Story

Expert: Global warming fueling 'mega-fires'Raw Story, MA -1 hour agoGlobal warming is partly to blame for the increasing intensity and frequency of massive wildfires in the American West, according to one expert, …

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“Will it be nuclear annihilation or our destruction of the environment that will bring us down?” (Seattle Times)

A sampling of readers’ letters, faxes and e-mail.
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Global Warming Issue Solved - The Spoof (satire)

Global Warming Issue SolvedThe Spoof (satire), UK -1 hour agoCleveland, Ohio (IPP) - Scientists at the Cleveland Institute of Technology (CIT) have announced a solution to the problem of global warming. …

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Lester Feder: Huckabee Campaign Divided on Environment and Evangelicalism (HuffingtonPost)

There is no question there is substantial change in the evangelical political climate, and Huckabee is caught in the crosswinds.
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