Environment News Service News Index
October 2010
- Biodiversity Pacts Signed on Genetic Resources, Global Conservation
- Halliburton May Have Pumped Unstable Cement Down BP Well
- Conservation With Teeth Needed to Save Nature’s Backbone
- Repurposed Spacecraft to Orbit Dark Side of the Moon
- Local Iraqi Governments Oppose Baghdad Gas Deals
- U. North Carolina Dormitory Wins Biggest Energy Loser Title
- Landowners in Eight States Shelter Migrating Birds From Oil-Tainted Gulf
- Brazil Set to Meet Low-Carbon Targets Four Years Early
- Amazon Conservation Cost Pegged at $150 Million a Year
- Giant Solar Projects Shape U.S. Clean Energy Frontier
- Judge: U.S. Army Must Rectify Flawed Studies of Oahu’s Makua Valley
- Greenhouse Gas, Fuel Efficiency Standards Set for U.S. Heavy Trucks, Buses
- Indonesia Copes With Undersea Quake, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption
- Boeing Uses NASA Software to Route Aircraft for Fuel-Efficiency
- Greenhouse Gas, Fuel Efficiency Standards Set for U.S. Heavy Trucks, Buses
- Palau Declares South Pacific Sanctuary for Whales, Dolphins
- Fracking Shown to Mobilize Uranium in Marcellus Shale
- New Ant Bait Eradicates Invasive Little Fire Ants on Maui
- Deadly Cholera Strikes Haiti, But Not in Earthquake Area
- EU, Democratic Republic of Congo Jointly Fight Illegal Logging
- India Gives Elephants ‘National Heritage Animal’ Status
- Justice OIG: Prison E-Waste Recycling Endangered Inmates, Staff
- Toledo Will Spend $315 Million to Eliminate Sewage Overflows
- Black Market Feeds on Bodies of America’s Backyard Tigers
- Severe Drought Predicted to Grip the Globe By 2040
- Canadian Treasure Hunt in Tibet Triggers Protest
- La Nina Forecast to Bring a Winter of Weather Extremes
- EPA Salutes 18 Green Power Partners: Banks, Cities, Corporations and a Zoo
- General Motors Estate Will Spend $773 Million to Clean Polluted Sites
- Pricing the Value of Nature
- Solar Power, Game-Changing Key to the Energy Future
- Mirrored Solar Dishes to March Across California Desert
- Conservationists Sue BP on Behalf of Gulf of Mexico Wildlife
- Fate of Earth’s Living Beings Nears ‘Tipping Point’
- United Against Hunger Campaign Offers Hope for the Hungry
- Super Typhoon Blasts Philippines
- New York Firm Guilty of Falsifying Asbestos Test Reports
- Hungary Probes for Causes of Red Sludge Disaster
- Pair of Owls Used to Challenge Oregon Timber Sale
- Athos I Oil Spill Damage Award Funds Delaware Bay Restoration
- WWF’s Living Planet Report Shows Humans Consuming 1.5 Earths
- Link between Two Canals Could Ease California’s Water Crisis
- Hawaii Permits Residents to Generate Clean Energy, Feed It to the Grid
- INSIGHTS: Sochi National Park to Be Sliced Up for 2014 Olympic Games
- Solar Projects on Public Lands Highlighted at Solar Power International 2010
- Civil Aviation Pact Cuts Climate Emissions from Aircraft
- Police in Six Countries Nab 25 Suspected Tiger Traders
- EPA Allows 15 Percent Ethanol Blend, Igniting Air Pollution Battle
- China Seeks Funds for Tree Planting at Three Gorges Dam
- Obama Administration Lifts Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
- U.S. and China Sign Environmental Protection Agreement
- Lead Giant to Shut Missouri Smelter Early, Pay $72 Million for Violations
- Eight Dead in Hungarian Sludge Spill, Company Boss Arrested
- Traffic-Related Air Pollution Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
- San Francisco Nail Salons Encouraged to Use Non-Toxic Polish
- Unmoved by Heating Planet, Climate Talks in China Stumble
- 10/10/10: World’s Biggest Climate Work Party Gathers Force
- West Virginia Sues U.S. EPA Over Mountaintop Mining Permits
- Iranian Oilmen Reflect on Gulf of Mexico Spill
- Sludge Spill in Hungary Flows Toward Danube River
- Cape Wind, Government Sign Nation’s First Offshore Wind Farm Lease
- North Atlantic Right Whales to Get Expanded Critical Habitat
- Federal Trade Commission Advises: Define What Green Really Means
- Red Aluminum Sludge Flood Kills Four in Hungary
- Diversity, Beauty of Marine Life Charted in First Global Census
- First Potentially Habitable Earth-like Planet Found
- Volkswagen Passat Sets World Distance Record for One Tank of Fuel
- Tennessee Governor Petitions to Block Mountaintop Mining
- Congress Authorizes Oil Spill Prevention, Fishing Vessel Safety Upgrades
- Obama’s New Climate Strategy Aims to Help Wildlife Adapt
- Obama Administration Plans for 60 MPG Vehicles in 2025
- Admiral Allen Steps Down as Gulf Oil Spill Response Commander
- BP’s Texas Refinery Fires, Leak Draw $15 Million Fine
- Second Lawsuit Filed to Safeguard California Old-Growth Redwoods