Food
Sorghum Master Gebisa Ejeta Wins 2009 World Food Prize
DES MOINES, Iowa, October 16, 2009 (ENS) – The 2009 World Food Prize has been awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and […]
Articles by Jim Crabtree
Energy
Team Germany Takes Home Solar Decathlon Top Honors
WASHINGTON, DC, October 16, 2009 (ENS) – Team Germany, the student team from Darmstadt, Germany, won first place in the 2009 Solar Decathlon today by designing, building, and operating the […]
Air/Climate
Global Aviation Industry Vows to Halve CO2 Emissions By 2050
NEW YORK, New York, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – To help limit climate change, the international air transport industry has made a commitment to cut its carbon emissions in […]
Food
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Saves 10% of World’s Wild Plants
LONDON, UK, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew celebrated a milestone in plant conservation today, the collection and banking of 10 percent of the world’s […]
Water
Maryland to Regulate Animal Feeding Ops Despite Active Appeal
BALTIMORE, Maryland, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Maryland Department of Environment will issue a general discharge permit, effective December 1, 2009, for Maryland Animal Feeding Operations (MAFOs) and […]
Wildlife
Giant Invasive Snakes, Giant Problem for U.S. Ecosystems
GAINESVILLE, Florida, October 15, 2009 (ENS – Five giant exotic snake species already in the United States would pose high risks to the health of U.S. ecosystems if they […]
Water
Water Polluters Beware: EPA Plans to Enforce Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON, DC, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – At a Congressional hearing today held to mark the 37th year since passage of the Clean Water Act, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa […]
Transport
Toyota Prius Tops 2010 Vehicle Fuel Economy Guide
WASHINGTON, DC, October 15, 2009 (ENS) – The Toyota Prius hybrid leads the 2010 model cars in fuel efficiency with 51 miles per gallon on the highway and 48 […]
Toxics
China’s Lead Smelters Poison Hundreds of Children
BEIJING, China, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – Blood tests on 968 children in China’s largest lead smelting area have shown “excessive lead levels,” the official Chinese news agency Xinhua […]
Wildlife
Genetics Reveal Breeding Secrets of Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks
NEW YORK, New York, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – Each year, a few reproductively active humpback whales swim between breeding grounds in the South Atlantic and Indian oceans, an […]
Toxics
Utah Man Jailed 20 Years for Environmental, Firearms Crimes
WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – A criminal case that began in 2004 when a man dumped toxic chemicals down the drain in West Bountiful, Utah ended today […]
Land Use/Forests
Conservationists Campaign to Save Alaska’s Bristol Bay From Giant Mine
LOS ANGELES, California, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – The Natural Resources Defense Council is mounting a new campaign to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the world’s most productive salmon fishery, […]
Wildlife
Biodiversity Loss Accelerating, UN Target Will Be Missed
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – The world will not achieve its agreed target to stem biodiversity loss by next year, the International Year of Biodiversity, […]
Water
Louisiana Urban Stormwater Coalition First of Its Kind in USA
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – Concern about the rate of development of Urban Stormwater Programs by municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit holders in Louisiana […]
Energy
Small Iowa City Gets $1M for Geothermal Project
DES MOINES, Iowa, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – Iowa Governor Chet Culver today awarded $1 million to the City of West Union to establish an innovative geothermal district-wide heating […]
Air/Climate
Secretary Chu’s ‘Game-Changing’ Push to Capture Carbon
WASHINGTON, DC, October 13, 2009 (ENS) – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that $55 million will be made available to develop advanced technologies that can capture carbon […]
Air/Climate
UK Greenpeace Climate Campaigners Roost on Parliament’s Roof
LONDON, UK, October 12, 2009 (ENS) – Fifty-five Greenpeace volunteers Sunday scaled the walls of the Houses of Parliament and occupied the roof to call for a new style […]
Air/Climate
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Climate, Nuclear Disarmament
OSLO, Norway, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama “for […]
At Risk
Typhoon Parma Rains Drown Philippines’ Luzon Island
MANILA, Philippines, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – A week of torrential rain on the Philippines main island of Luzon brought by ‘super typhoon’ Parma has claimed more than 100 […]
Air/Climate
Bangkok Climate Talks Fail to Resolve Core Issues
BANGKOK, Thailand, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – The latest round of United Nations climate negotiations concluded in Bangkok today with mixed results. UN climate chief Yvo de Boer spoke […]