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 […]
Latest News
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 next […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 pressure […]
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 and […]
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 polluted […]
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 later […]
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 2020 […]
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 the […]
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 level […]