Sci/Tech
NASA Spacecraft Crashes the Moon in Search of Water Ice
MOFFETT FIELD, California, October 9, 2009 (ENS) – A NASA satellite created twin impacts on the moon’s surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Over the [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wildlife
Alaska Sea Otters Granted Critical Habitat Protection
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – It took a court order to accomplish, but threatened sea otters in southwest Alaska now will have some respite from the [...]
Energy
Solar Decathlon Opens, Chu Offers $87M for Solar Technologies
WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2009 – Twenty unique high-tech, solar-powered houses took center stage on the National Mall today at the opening of the U.S. Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon. [...]
Air/Climate
Oregon Dead Zone Blamed on Climate Change
CORVALLIS, Oregon, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – Climate change is likely responsible for the formation of a large dead zone that has formed off the coast of Oregon [...]
Water
Port of Los Angeles Tenants Caught Dumping Polluted Stormwater
LOS ANGELES, California, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – Four firms that are tenants of the Port of Los Angeles have been cited by the U.S. EPA for discharging [...]
Toxics
U.S. EPA Probes Herbicide Atrazine for Human Health Threats
WASHINGTON, DC, October 8, 2009 (ENS) – The commonly used weed killer atrazine will undergo a new comprehensive evaluation to determine its effects – first on humans and [...]
Air/Climate
Obama Orders All Federal Agencies to Cut Greenhouse Gases
WASHINGTON, DC, October 7, 2009 (ENS) – President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order Monday that requires federal agencies to set a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for [...]
Air/Climate
Economic Crisis Has Slowed Global Climate Change
BANGKOK, Thailand, October 7, 2009 (ENS) – Emissions of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas mainly responsible for global warming, could fall three percent worldwide in 2009 due to [...]
Air/Climate
Climate Talks Stall on Developed Countries’ Weak Commitments
BANGKOK, Thailand, October 7, 2009 (ENS) – The total of commitments made by developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions falls short of stabilizing global temperatures at a [...]
Wildlife
Guides Face Prison, Big Fine After Client Shot Protected Alligator
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – Two Louisiana hunting guides each faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine for allowing [...]
Water
Aircraft Drinking Water Rule Requires Testing Every 5 Years
WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today published a final rule to ensure that safe and reliable drinking water is provided to [...]
Air/Climate
Adirondack Council Rates Officials on Treatment of Largest U.S. Park
ELIZABETHTOWN, New York, October 6, 2009 (ENS) – New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo earned a perfect rating from the nonprofit Adirondack Council’s State of the Park Report [...]
Land Use/Forests
Uganda Trees First in Africa to Count as CO2 Emissions Reductions
KAMPALA, Uganda, October 6, 2009 (ENS) Pines and a mix of native African trees will soon cover what is now grassland within Uganda’s Rwoho Central Forest Reserve, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]