Environment News Service News Index
January 2011
- Blizzard Threatens 100 Million Americans
- WWF and Corporations Promote Tiger-Safe Procurement Policies
- Senate Republican Bill Forbids EPA Limits on Greenhouse Gases
- Federal Agencies Convene Summit to Beat Back Bed Bugs
- San Diego Gets EV-Ready With New ‘Smart City’ Collaboration
- Australia Cuts Green Programs, Imposes Tax to Fund Flood Recovery
- World Economic Forum: UN Chief Calls for ‘Clean Energy Revolution’
- Japanese Officials Apologize for Taking Whale Meat Gifts, Greenpeace Demands Probe
- Chronic Wasting Disease Found in Minnesota Wild Deer
- USDA Approves Unregulated Planting of Transgenic Alfalfae
- Feds Steady Renewable Energy Industry By Forecasting the Variables
- Big Virgin Islands Refinery Forced to Clean Up Air Pollution
- Asia on Alert for Spread of South Korea’s Livestock Disease
- Boxer-Feinstein Bill Would Force EPA to Limit Chromium-6 in Tap Water
- Appeals Court Upholds Environmentalists’ Right to a Preliminary Injunction
- Rise in Childhood Cancers Parallels Toxic Chemical Proliferation
- Chemical Dispersants Used by BP Linger in Deep Sea Plume
- New Mexico Governor Loses Bid to Overturn Greenhouse Gas Cap
- INSIGHTS: Mira’s Story: My Amazing Daughter’s Fight Against Cancer
- Russian State Duma Ratifies New START Nuclear Weapons Treaty
- World Economic Forum: Water, Food, Energy Scarcity Multiplies Global Risk
- State of the Union: Obama Urges America to ‘Win the Future’ with Clean Energy
- 100 Year First: Dam Removal Opens New Jersey’s Raritan River to Fish
- EPA Orders Cleanup of Contaminated Stormwater on Oahu Beaches
- Extinction Cascades Can Be Prevented, Scientists Find
- Disaster Risk Reduction Critical After Deadliest Year in Decades
- Eight Killed in Virunga National Park Ambush
- Afghanistan’s Overcrowded Capital Submerged in Rubbish
- Dow Chemical Partners With The Nature Conservancy to Improve Sustainablity
- Obama’s Advisor for Energy and Climate Change to Leave White House
- Judge Upholds Forest Service Off-road Vehicle Ban in Wild Montana
- U.S., California Synchronize Timing for Next Clean Car Standards
- Canada Limits Toxic Softeners in Plastic Baby Toys
- Chambers Reinstated as Chief of the U.S. Park Police
- Court Gives EPA 30 Days to Revise Boiler Emissions Rules
- Clean Air Groups Sue U.S. Government Over Haze in Parks
- House Republicans Would Slash Ten Environmental Programsg
- Hackers Force Halt to Most European Carbon Emissions Trading
- Endangered Chinese Pandas Remain at National Zoo for Breeding
- New Earth-observing Satellite to Address Climate Uncertainties
- Federal Agencies Restructured to Handle Offshore Oil Safety, Enforcement
- Flood Crisis Hits Three Australian States, 30 Dead
- World’s First EV Racing Circuit Green Flagged for Summer 2011
- Obama, Hu Agree to Combat Climate Change, Urged to Do More
- Judge Sides With Coal Industry Against EPA Clean Water Standards
- Thunderstorms Emit Beams of Antimatter, NASA Discovers
- Vestas Wind Energy Wins $1.5 Million Zayed Prize, Gives It Away
- Western Watersheds Project Sues to Stop Solar Power Towers
- Tehran Breathes a Sigh of Relief
- Thunderstorms Emit Beams of Antimatter, NASA Discovers
- Environmental Justice: Carrying Forward Dr. King’s Dream
- Mudslides Kill More Than 525 People in Brazil
- Malaria Experts Plan to Battle Drug-Resistant Parasites
- Appeals Court Opens Access for Intervenors in Environmental Lawsuits
- Toxic Chemicals Found in Nearly All Pregnant U.S. Women
- New Mobile App EarthObserver Puts Planet at Your Fingertips
- U.S. Biomass Energy Facilities Escape Greenhouse Gas Rule
- EPA Yanks Permit for West Virginia’s Largest Mountaintop Removal Mine
- Clean Air Violations Will Cost Indiana Electric Utility $613 Million
- Frightening Floods Overwhelm Australia’s Third Largest City
- 2010 Tied For Earth’s Warmest Year On Record
- Texas Loses Third Try at Blocking EPA Greenhouse Gas Controls
- House Republicans Try to Undo EPA Air Pollution Rules
- Oil Spill Commission: ‘Complacency’ Led to Deepwater Horizon Disaster
- Whale Wars Heat Up: ‘Flash Bang’ Grenade Accusation Denied
- New Species of Ancient Flying Reptile Found on B.C. Coast
- Environmental Champion Congresswoman Giffords Fights for Her Life
- Chevy Volt Named 2011 North American Car of the Year
- Presidential Panel Blames Companies for ‘Avoidable’ Gulf Oil Spill
- Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge Planned
- Florida Manatee Death Toll Doubles Due to Cold December
- Recycling Haiti’s Earthquake Rubble Into Safe, Strong Concrete
- Globally, 2010 Was a Good Year for Sharks
- Evansville, Indiana Will Spend $500 Million to Upgrade Sewers
- California Ports First to Scrub Ship’s Emissions With Seawater
- Three Million Chemicals Are Candidates for First EU Inventory of Hazards
- California Sued to Block Strawberry Fumigant Methyl Iodide
- Oceanic Plastic Trash Troubling Enough Without Exaggeration
- Land of 10,000 Lakes Gets Serious About Water Protection
- Record Australian Floods Force Thousands to Evacuate
- Obama Signs Bipartisan ‘Get the Lead Out’ Bill Into Law
- Blackbirds That Fell on Arkansas Died of Trauma
- California’s Klamath River Water Quality Plan Approved
- Natural Disasters Claimed 295,000 Lives Last Year
- Firms Linked to Conflict Minerals May Face Prosecution
- Oil Companies Can Resume Deepwater Drilling If Safety Rules Met
