
Month: October 2010


Halliburton May Have Pumped Unstable Cement Down BP Well
Halliburton May Have Pumped Unstable Cement Down BP Oil Well
WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2010 (ENS) – The cement mixture used by Halliburton to close off BP’s Deepwater Horizon [...]

Biodiversity Pacts Signed on Genetic Resources, Global Conservation
Biodiversity Pacts Signed on Genetic Resources, Global Conservation
NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan, October 29, 2010 (ENS) – Governments today agreed to a new treaty on how nations cooperate in commercializing [...]

Landowners in Eight States Shelter Migrating Birds From Oil-Tainted Gulf
WASHINGTON, DC, October 28, 2010 (ENS) – A coordinated effort between landowners and the U.S. Agriculture Department to protect and feed birds migrating toward the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil [...]

U. North Carolina Dormitory Wins Biggest Energy Loser Title
U. North Carolina Dormitory Wins Biggest Energy Loser Title
WASHINGTON, DC, October 28, 2010 (ENS) – The Morrison Residence Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [...]

Local Iraqi Governments Oppose Baghdad Gas Deals
Local Iraqi Governments Oppose Baghdad Gas Deals
By Abeer Mohammed and Uthman al-Mukhtar
BAGHDAD, Iraq, October 28, 2010 (ENS) – The oil ministry’s auctions of three natural gas fields [...]

Repurposed Spacecraft to Orbit Dark Side of the Moon
Repurposed Spacecraft to Orbit Dark Side of the Moon
LOS ANGELES, California, October 28, 2010 (ENS) – A pair of NASA spacecraft that were supposed to be dead a [...]

Conservation With Teeth Needed to Save Nature’s Backbone
Conservation With Teeth Needed to Save Nature’s Backbone
NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan, October 28, 2010 (ENS) – As environment ministers and other delegates from 193 countries wrangle over treaty language [...]

General Motors Estate Will Spend $773 Million to Clean Polluted Sites
WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2010 (ENS) – After months of negotiation, the United States, along with 14 states and a tribal government, have reached an agreement with the [...]

Judge: U.S. Army Must Rectify Flawed Studies of Oahu’s Makua Valley
Judge: U.S. Army Must Rectify Flawed Studies of Oahu’s Makua Valley
HONOLULU, Hawaii, October 27, 2010 (ENS) – In a long-running legal battle between a Hawaiian community and the [...]

Giant Solar Projects Shape U.S. Clean Energy Frontier
Giant Solar Projects Shape U.S. Clean Energy Frontier
WASHINGTON, DC, October 27, 2010 (ENS) – The Obama administration is moving quickly to develop solar power on public lands, particularly [...]

Amazon Conservation Cost Pegged at $150 Million a Year
Amazon Conservation Cost Pegged at $150 Million a Year
NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan, October 27, 2010 (ENS) – The cost of conserving the Amazon ecosystem has been estimated at US$150 [...]

Brazil Set to Meet Low-Carbon Targets Four Years Early
Brazil Set to Meet Low-Carbon Targets Four Years Early
BRASILIA, Brazil, October 27, 2010 (ENS) – Brazil is on track to meet carbon dioxide emissions reduction targets four years [...]

Indonesia Copes With Undersea Quake, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption
Indonesia Copes With Undersea Quake, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption
JAKARTA, Indonesia, October 26, 2010 (ENS) – Indonesia has been hit with two simultaneous natural disasters – a powerful earthquake which [...]

Boeing Uses NASA Software to Route Aircraft for Fuel-Efficiency
Boeing Uses NASA Software to Route Aircraft for Fuel-Efficiency
SEATTLE, Washington, October 26, 2010 (ENS) – Software developed by NASA and adopted by Boeing will soon enable fuel savings [...]

1,200 New Amazon Species Discovered: Mammals, Birds, Fish, Plants
1,200 New Amazon Species Discovered: Mammals, Birds, Fish, Plants
NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan, October 26, 2010 (ENS) – At least 1,200 new species have been discovered in the Amazon ecosystem, [...]

New Ant Bait Eradicates Invasive Little Fire Ants on Maui
New Ant Bait Eradicates Invasive Little Fire Ants on Maui
HONOLULU, Hawaii, October 25, 2010 (ENS) – The first invasion of little fire ants, Wasmannia auropunctata, on Maui [...]

Fracking Shown to Mobilize Uranium in Marcellus Shale
Fracking Shown to Mobilize Uranium in Marcellus Shale
BUFFALO, New York, October 25, 2010 (ENS) – Fracking – pumping millions of gallons of water and chemicals deep underground to [...]

Palau Declares South Pacific Sanctuary for Whales, Dolphins
Palau Declares South Pacific Sanctuary for Whales, Dolphins
NAGOYA, Aichi, Japan, October 25, 2010 (ENS) – The South Pacific island nation of Palau has declared all the waters within [...]

Greenhouse Gas, Fuel Efficiency Standards Set for U.S. Heavy Trucks, Buses
Greenhouse Gas, Fuel Efficiency Standards Set for U.S. Heavy Trucks, Buses
WASHINGTON, DC, October 25, 2010 (ENS) – The first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve [...]