A recycling program in the Oriskany Central School District is helping students become more environmentally conscientious and saving taxpayers’ money in the process, district officials said.
While the first hints of the district's recycling program — Go Green — began about five years ago, in the past month the district secured a new waste management contract with recycling programs in mind that will save about $2,700 a year, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Brett LaSalle said.
"Maybe it doesn't sound like that much, but right now everyone's trying to find ways to reduce costs," LaSalle said. "If we save money and can spend it somewhere else, it goes back to the kids."
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Environment Critical to Peace
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Civil wars are likely to escalate without a stronger focus on the environment during the peacebuilding process, says a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP: undefined, undefined, undefined%), From Conflict to Peacebuilding: The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment. http://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/pcdmb_policy_01.pdf
On Tuesday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m., UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner will discuss the report's implications for conflict prevention and peacekeeping operations:
On Tuesday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m., UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner will discuss the report's implications for conflict prevention and peacekeeping operations:
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Toxic Emissions Fell in 2007, E.P.A. Says
WASHINGTON — The volume of toxic chemicals that were released into the environment or sent for disposal in 2007 dropped 5 percent compared with 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. But concealed within the overall numbers was good and bad news.
For example, the volume of released or disposed “persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals,” substances like lead, dioxin, mercury and PCBs, was up slightly, the agency said. Most of those releases were not to air or water, the agency said, meaning that the material was mostly buried in landfills, injected into deep wells or held in impoundments.
The number given for PCBs was up by 40 percent, but “it’s good news,” said Michael P. Flynn, acting deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Information.
For example, the volume of released or disposed “persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals,” substances like lead, dioxin, mercury and PCBs, was up slightly, the agency said. Most of those releases were not to air or water, the agency said, meaning that the material was mostly buried in landfills, injected into deep wells or held in impoundments.
The number given for PCBs was up by 40 percent, but “it’s good news,” said Michael P. Flynn, acting deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Information.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Stanford environmental program gets $10 million gift
A graduate environmental program at Stanford University has received a $10 million gift and been renamed after the donors, the university announced this week.
Stanford alum Dan Emmett and his wife, Rae, donated the money to the newly christened Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. The program allows graduate students to pick and choose from traditional disciplines to create their own specialized fields of study with an eye toward solving environmental problems.
There are about 30 doctoral students in the program and a "growing number" of students pursuing master's degrees, according to the university.
Stanford alum Dan Emmett and his wife, Rae, donated the money to the newly christened Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. The program allows graduate students to pick and choose from traditional disciplines to create their own specialized fields of study with an eye toward solving environmental problems.
There are about 30 doctoral students in the program and a "growing number" of students pursuing master's degrees, according to the university.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Climate change tops most Canadians' list of environmental concerns
Climate change tops most Canadians' list of environmental concerns except in Manitoba and Saskatchewan where survey respondents placed it fifth, according to an Environics Research Group poll released today.
"Climate change is seen as something that is affecting the Prairies less so than other parts of the country where we go through extremes of heat and drought that we're not accustomed to," said David MacDonald, Environics' group vice-president of consumer research.
Prairie folk are simply more used to extreme weather, he said. "Winters are still pretty harsh in the prairies. They're still very, very cold whereas last December in Toronto, I was waxing my car in the driveway, which was unusual. In Central Canada we're seeing climate change in a much greater capacity."
"Climate change is seen as something that is affecting the Prairies less so than other parts of the country where we go through extremes of heat and drought that we're not accustomed to," said David MacDonald, Environics' group vice-president of consumer research.
Prairie folk are simply more used to extreme weather, he said. "Winters are still pretty harsh in the prairies. They're still very, very cold whereas last December in Toronto, I was waxing my car in the driveway, which was unusual. In Central Canada we're seeing climate change in a much greater capacity."
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