Air/Climate
Three Climate Polls: Do You ‘Believe In’ Warming
WASHINGTON, DC, December 24, 2009 (ENS) – More than 80 percent of Americans surveyed in a new public opinion poll support action to limit the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide [...]
Year: 2009
At Risk
Philippine Volcano Shoots Ash, Lava; Thousands Evacuated
MANILA, Philippines, December 24, 2009 (ENS) – Mount Mayon, the Philippines’ most active volcano, is shooting columns of ash more than a kilometer above the summit and red hot [...]
Air/Climate
Duke Energy Will Spend $93 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, December 23, 2009 (ENS) – A $93 million court settlement requiring Duke Energy, one of the America’s largest electric power companies, to eliminate sulfur dioxide emissions [...]
Water
Federal Agencies Plan to Ease Water Crisis in California Bay-Delta
WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – To address the water crisis in California, the Obama administration today released a coordinated interim action plan that involves six federal [...]
Air/Climate
Large U.S. Ships Must Meet Strict New Emissions Standards
WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a rule setting stricter exhaust emission standards and cleaner fuel standards for large marine [...]
Air/Climate
Winter Blast Brings a White Christmas to the Great Plains
PIERRE, South Dakota, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – Just after the East Coast dug out from heavy snowfall on Saturday and the weather is forecast to be fine for [...]
Wildlife
New Photos Show Marine Animals of Warming West Antarctica
CAMBRIDGE, UK, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – Sea pigs, giant sea spiders, ice fish, octopus, rare rays and basket stars that live in the seas of Antarctica’s continental shelf [...]
Water
Stormwater Success Stories Featured on New EPA Website
WASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – A collection of stormwater success stories on a new U.S. EPA website are intended to inform and educate stakeholders about the benefits [...]
Toxics
Chemical Cocktails Undermine Europeans’ Reproductive Health
BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – EU Environment ministers meeting in Brussels today expressed concerns that the health of Europeans and the environment may not be well [...]
Wildlife
Michigan Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Bar Carp From Great Lakes
DETROIT, Michigan, December 21, 2009 (ENS) – The State of Michigan filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court today to close canals near Chicago to prevent invasive Asian [...]
Toxics
Jury Awards BP Workers $100 Million in Toxic Exposure Case
GALVESTON, Texas, December 21, 2009 (ENS) – A federal jury in Galveston Friday awarded more than $100 million to 10 plaintiffs who claimed that they were exposed or injured [...]
Energy
Yasuni Park Trust Fund Will Keep Ecuador’s Oil Underground
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 21, 2009 (ENS) – Ecuador’s initiative to protect the climate and the rainforest of Yasuni National Park by leaving its largest oil reserve in the ground [...]
Air/Climate
Time Runs Out But Climate Talks Continue, Draft Deal Tabled
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 19, 2009 (ENS) – Just before 01.00 on Saturday morning, a number of heads of state and government agreed on a draft climate agreement at the [...]
Air/Climate
A Copenhagen Climate Accord, Not Nothing, But Not Enough
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 19, 2009 (ENS) – After a marathon all night session at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, talks aimed at reaching a deal to limit [...]
Energy
California Approves New Wind Power Transmission Lines, Solar Roofs
SACRAMENTO, California, December 18, 2009 (ENS) – California energy regulators have approved Southern California Edison’s request to construct a 173 mile long electricity transmission line to bring wind [...]
Air/Climate
U.S. Offers $5 Million to Help Cut Arctic Soot Pollution
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 18, 2009 (ENS) – The Obama administration will commit $5 million towards international cooperation to reduce black carbon emissions in and around the Arctic. Nancy [...]
Water
Nearly Half U.S. Lakes in Fair to Poor Condition
WASHINGTON, DC, December 18, 2009 (ENS) – The condition of 56 percent of the lakes in the United States is rated as good and the remaining 44 percent [...]
Air/Climate
World Leaders Close to Clinching Climate Deal at Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 18, 2009 (ENS) – In an atmosphere of urgency to reach a global agreement that will limit climate change, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked [...]
Toxics
Toxic Flame Retardant Will Be Phased Out by 2014
CHICAGO, Illinois, December 17, 2009 (ENS) – The two U.S. producers of the toxic flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), Albemarle Corporation and Chemtura Corporation, and the largest U.S. [...]
Air/Climate
U.S. Supports $100 Billion Climate Fund for Poor Nations
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 17, 2009 (ENS) – The United States made a move to save the contentious UN climate talks in Copenhagen from failure today. Secretary of State [...]