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Undead Toxic Televisions

The switch to Digital TV will send tens of millions of old TVs to an early grave. Watch what happens when the undead TV zombies come back from the landfill to get their revenge!

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  • environmental health
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2008 Endorsed Winning Candidates

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Clean Water Action endorsed 234 candidates for federal and state offices in 2008, with 84 percent of them winning their elections. Below are the winning candidates plus one still too call. 

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East Coast States Lead The Way On Global Warming

For too long, American power plants have been freely polluting our atmosphere with climate-changing carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. This is about to change. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a coalition of 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states who are working together to put a price on pollution.

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  • energy
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2007 Victories for the Environment

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Passed the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (H5574, S566)

The Diesel Emission Reduction Act starts to tackle the problem of diesel pollution by requiring the cleanup of school buses. The bill also requires DEM to report to the General Assembly and Governor by January 2008 on opportunities to clean up diesel waste haulers and state vehicles.

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