Air/Climate
North Carolina Enjoys Cleanest Air in 30 Years
RALEIGH, North Carolina, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – North Carolinas smog levels this year are the lowest since the state began monitoring air quality in the 1970s, due [...]
Year: 2009
Gov/Politics
‘Show Me’ State Governor Showcases State Parks
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has a new project in the works – to restart the state’s declining tourism industry by [...]
Air/Climate
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Cost Fertilizer Giant $32.4 Million
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Mosaic Fertilizer will spend $30 million on air pollution controls to eliminate harmful emissions from sulfuric acid production plants in [...]
Oceans
EPA Will Spend $50 Million to Cap Toxic California Seabed
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – A $50 million plan to protect the public from contaminated sediment off the coast of Los Angeles was detailed today [...]
Wildlife
Icelandic Whaling Condemned by 26 Countries
BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Twenty-six countries Friday issued a joint statement putting diplomatic pressure on Iceland to abandon whaling. Icelandic whalers have killed more than [...]
Air/Climate
Governors’ Global Climate Summit Backs Treaty With Teeth
LOS ANGELES, California, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – At the Governors’ Global Climate Summit today, 30 governors, premiers, mayors and senior officials from around the world and the [...]
Water
Salazar Signs Decision on Navajo-Gallup Water Supply
WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined New Mexico’s congressional delegation to advance a vital water supply project that will [...]
Land Use/Forests
U.S. Forest Service Plans for California National Forests Ruled Illegal
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – U.S. Forest Service management plans for four Southern California national forests do not adequately protect those forests’ wildest landscapes, a [...]
Toxics
Obama Administration Backs Overhaul of Toxic Chemicals Law
WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – Principles to guide Congress in writing a new chemical risk management law that will fix weaknesses in the current law, were [...]
At Risk
‘Super Typhoon’ Nears Philippines, Calamity Declared
MANILA, Philippines, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – President Gloria Arroyo today declared a nationwide calamity and ordered local governments, police and military to forcibly evacuate residents in the [...]
Air/Climate
U.S. National Parks Vulnerable as Planet Heats Up
DENVER, Colorado, October 2, 2009 (ENS) – “Climate disruption is the greatest threat ever to America’s national parks,” warns Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization [...]
Water
Dallas-Fort Worth Builders Make Stormwater Control a Priority
DALLAS, Texas, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – The Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the construction association representing commercial contractors in North and East Texas today signed a voluntary stormwater [...]
Energy
California Launches Largest Energy-Efficiency Effort in U.S. History
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – The California Public Utilities Commission says it wants to make energy efficiency a way of life in California, and on [...]
Air/Climate
Poor Nations’ Climate Adaptation Could Cost $100 Billion a Year
BANGKOK, Thailand, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – Helping developing countries adapt to climate change will cost the world between US$75 and $100 billion per year for the period [...]
At Risk
Killer Indonesian Earthquake Shatters West Sumatra City
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 1, 2009 (ENS) – At least 1,000 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a severe earthquake that struck the Indonesian island [...]