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AES Corp., which operates several coal-fired power plants in the U.S., has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures.
Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online Tuesday.
Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says.
An American-owned rubber company is disputing claims by the Liberian government that the company's waste products are polluting creeks.
Congressional negotiators reached formal agreement Tuesday on a deal that would effectively exempt 13 Great Lakes steamships from a proposed federal rule meant to reduce air pollution.
Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 ships that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes from a proposed federal rule meant to reduce air pollution.
In a move praised by activists as a way to save lives but criticized by industry as potentially driving up electricity costs, the Obama administration has agreed to adopt rules reducing toxic emissions of mercury, soot and other chemicals from all coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
As U.S. Air Force officials marked the 50th anniversary of the deployment of nuclear missiles to sites in the rural United States this past week, residents in some of these communities are still grappling with another legacy — groundwater pollution from chemicals used to clean and maintain the weapons.
A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty in a New Orleans court to violating federal anti-pollution laws and agreed to pay a $2.7 million fine.
Strike Matsepe used his life savings to buy a small plot of land near the country's biggest steel mill, hoping it would become a thriving farm in his old age. Now, weathered and sick, the 80 year old has had to abandon his dream — the land and ground water are so polluted his cattle have died and crops failed.
Many urban streams have become salty enough to harm aquatic life, largely because of salt used for deicing roads in the winter, according to a new government study released Wednesday.
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to limit the quantity of toxic metals that coal-fired power plants release into waterways.
Auto dealers and business leaders on Thursday appealed a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency that allowed California to establish the nation's first greenhouse gas standards for cars and trucks, setting the stage for a potential attempt to block the global warming rules.
"Cash for clunkers" could have the same effect on global warming pollution as shutting down the entire country — every automobile, every factory, every power plant — for an hour per year. That could rise to three hours if the program is extended by Congress and remains as popular as it is now.
More than 500 villagers in central China have been found to have high concentrations of a dangerous metal in their bodies after a series of leaks from a chemical plant, state media reported Monday.
Authorities in central China suspended two environment officials and detained a chemical plant boss after hundreds of residents protested, claiming the factory polluted a river and caused at least two deaths in the area, an official said Sunday.
Britain's High Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a group of young people, born with deformed hands and feet, who say pollution from a former steelworks contributed to their disabilities.
What's the water like where you swim — not the temperature, but the quality? An annual report released Wednesday concluded that beach water quality is not improving across the country.
Contaminated drinking water has sickened more than 2,600 people in northern China, including 59 who were hospitalized with fevers, diarrhea, stomach aches and vomiting, state media reported Wednesday.
A pollutant that can slowly trigger changes in the lives of plants and animals is increasingly being found in 16 National Park Service sites, mostly in the Western United States.
Researchers for the first time have linked air pollution exposure before birth with lower IQ scores in childhood, bolstering evidence that smog may harm the developing brain.
The United Nations says an international accord requiring governments to publicly identify sites of environmental pollution will come into force on Oct. 8.
John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing tougher rules to reduce air pollution from large oceangoing ships, including oil tankers and cargo vessels.
The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step toward tougher reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks Tuesday by giving California the green light to impose new requirements that could become the national model for combatting tailpipe pollution linked to global warming.
A glut of mercury from chlorine plants raises fearsOver the past decade, environmental groups have pressured U.S. chlorine plants to stop spewing mercury, the toxic heavy metal that settles in water and makes its way into the food chain by contaminating fish and shellfish.
Don't bet on a hydrogen car anytime soon? Think again. Far from being a tailpipe dream, hydrogen may prove to be our savior from greenhouse gases, air pollution and dependence of foreign oil. Indeed, decades from now George W. Bush may be remembered primarily for his unflinching support for hydrogen.
Golf Balls Take 1000 Years to DecomposeGolf is a popular leisure sport in the United States and Europe among the middle and upper class. Golf courses are often criticized by environmentalists for their use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides.
Coal's Friends, Foes Took a First Step: Talking TogetherCoal was discussed from a variety of viewpoints at a public forum on November 5, 2009 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, especially as it pertains to the state of Kentucky. This opinion piece discusses that forum and coal's future.
Study: Bio-Based Plastics Could Viably Replace Nearly All PlasticsBut bio-based plastics are currently experiencing a renaissance of sorts due to renewed interest in weaning ourselves off of crude oil—so much so that now a group of researchers Utrecht University in the Netherlands suggest that almost all of the world's plastics could be rep …
The hard glare of a far worse timeFoul sheen of bunker fuel on the bay in October and into another November, without any reason and with hardly more order than the last time it happened, which wasn't nearly long enough ago. And so there are shoreline closures and fishing closures.
As oceans fall ill, Washington bureaucrats squabbleOff the coast of Washington state, mysterious algae mixed with sea foam have killed more than 8,000 seabirds, puzzling scientists.
South Korean Electric Car to Create 400 Jobs with New OperationsPITTSBURGH, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today that one of the world's leading companies in electric vehicle technologies, CT&T Co.
Walmart's nuclear blunder: Retailer mishandled radioactive exit signsOn Oct. 28, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cited Walmart (WMT) for improperly disposing of nuclear material. The items in question were exit signs that contained tritium, a hydrogen isotope, and Walmart had apparently been lax in its removal of 2,979 of them.
America's Most Toxic CitiesTo determine which cities are most toxic, Forbes looked at the country's 40 largest metropolitan statistical areas--geographic entities that the U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines and uses in collecting statistics--based on data provided by the U.S.
Oil spill royal commission callThe discovery of an oil-like substance coating mangroves in the Northern Territory, less than 100km from the WA border, has intensified calls for the inquiry into the West Atlas oil rig disaster to have the powers of a royal commission.
These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll......a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young.
Worsening Australian Timor Sea oil spill disaster - fire breaks out on leaking Oz oil rigFire broke out yesterday on the oil rig, which has been leaking oil into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks (100x100 km) . Oil field operator PTTEP Australasia said the West Atlas rig and Montara well-head platform were on fire.
Search on for source of herbicides in Coal RiverThe Department of Environment is trying to find the source of triazine herbicides detected in the Coal River in southern Tasmania. The Greens' Tim Morris says it is the sixth time in a year that a pesticide has been found in the Coal River.
How Do You Make the Green Movement a Little More Brown? Ask Colorful Questions and Stop Recycling…Dialogue.Commentary expressing the need for diversity in the energy and environment dialogue. The commentary expresses that for far too long the policy impacting all Americans has been driven by a group that is not representative of America as a whole.
Portland harbor contamination poses risk to humans, environment, study showsDecades of industrial pollution in the Portland Harbor Superfund site have left high levels of contaminants in river sediment, an exhaustive survey concludes, posing risks to wildlife, fish and humans who eat fish from the nine-mile stretch of the Willamette River.
Dead-zone microbe thriving off B.C. coastThere is life in the planet's expanding dead zones, say researchers, who have uncovered a remarkable microbe thriving in toxic waters off the B.C.
Algae bloom proves deadly to hundreds of shorebirdsA suspected algae bloom left thousands of shorebirds dead or dying on Oregon and Washington beaches Tuesday. Local residents and members of the Discovery Coast Chapter of the Audubon Society mounted an impromptu rescue in an attempt to save as many birds as possible.
Hood Canal Oxygen Levels Decline as Scientists Warn of Another Fish KillAs oxygen levels decline in southern Hood Canal, sea creatures are showing signs of stress, according to scuba divers visiting the area. Wolf eels are sluggish and seem to be panting; sea cucumbers are reaching out with filamentous tentacles; and dead octopuses are being reporte …
Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People's Republic of China won the $30,000 W.
Toxic legacy seeps from melting Alpine glaciers Swiss researchers have found that Alpine glaciers melting under the impact of climate change are releasing highly toxic pollutants that had been absorbed by the ice for decades.
The cost of doing business in China is very low. Labor is cheap and regulatory controls are practically non-existent. The CEOs of American companies love China.
Some Coal Plants Cleanse the Air at the Expense of WaterwaysSo three years ago, when Allegheny Energy decided to install scrubbers to clean the plant's air emissions, environmentalists were overjoyed.
However, I'm not laughing. It leaves me in a daze trying to comprehend the absurdity of everyone trying to sell some 'climate change' agenda.
Take a deep breath -- more bad news on air pollutionIt's easy to see how air pollution would affect respiratory disease: You breathe in smog-filled miasma all day and the ozone, other noxious gases and small particulate matter therein can make you wheeze and cough.
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