pollution
Two-year-old Michigan oil spill still not completely cleaned up, yields large fine
Just months after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, another oil spill hit the United States, this one in Michigan. But the clean-up for this one has been long, involved and convoluted. The still ongoing effort led the EPA recently to levy one of its biggest fines relating to an oil spill, some $3.7 million.
At Rio+20 Summit, little actual disappointment over lack of progress
As the global economic crisis has consumed more and more time and attention, focus on the global warming crisis has waned. So it wasn't surprising when President Barack Obama chose not to attend the Rio+20 conference this week in Brazil, and it also was unsurprising when there was little progress reported there.
New study finds greater risk of wildfires in U.S. from climate change; others see decline
A new study out of Texas Tech University found that all corners of the world aren't in fact equal in terms of how climate change will alter the risk for wildfires. In fact, while the United States will see -- and is seeing -- an increase in wildfires, other parts of the world are in line to see their wildfires decrease.
As ocean gets more acidic, situation is exacerbated in Puget Sound
The carbon dioxide we release is absorbed by the Earth's oceans. But it doesn't just benignly vanish. It's eventually released into the water, making the water more acidic. That's feeding algae blooms and killing some animals. In the Puget Sound, the situation is even worse.
On eve of Rio environmental conference, Brazil pushes back forestry changes
Brazil's environmentalists have been pushing the nation's president to roll back the sweeping environmental changed the country's Congress passed. They got some of what they want, but another environmentalists is pushing for a radical change in how we think about climate change treaties.
Research suggests ocean garbage patches may be bigger than once believed
New science is pointing to the ocean garbage patches being larger than previously believed. That's because scientists think a lot of the plastic and other bits of trash in the ocean is actually swirling underwater, rather than collected along the surface.
Los Angeles neighborhoods stand up for new pollution regulations
Environmentalists in Los Angeles say they have a new approach to cleaning up some of the city's most polluted neighborhoods. The pilot project called Clean Up Green Up aligns environmental interests with those of local businesses.
Small drone used to catch polluting mafioso in the act
Environmental dumping is a major problem in Italy, and its source can often be tracked back to organized crime. A new, small unmanned aerial vehicle is being tested to help not only catch polluters in the act, but track pollution back to its source.
Costa Concordia set to be salvaged of the coast of Italy
An American company and an Italian company are set to begin salvage operations off the coast of Italy later this month, to recover the shipwrecked Costa Concordia. The effort is intended to remove the vessel intact, to prevent fluids from leaking out and polluting the surrounding environment.
In Kabul, civilian death toll from polluted air rivals that of war violence
Kabul has a problem with pollution. Not only is it making life unpleasant, and obscuring the city's famous views of the mountains, it's actually killing people. In fact, last year, the number of people killed from dirty air was nearly as high as the number killed by war violence.
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Womfol (17 June, 2013 04:09:14)Sorry, but everyone knows that Steven Donziger and Amazon Defense Front faked the names of "Ecuadorians" and that Petroecuador has been responsible for over 200 ... -
Fina Robinson (15 June, 2013 08:05:11)Loved the fact of the biracial family on the cherrios commercial, it's 2013, & we definitely NEED to see more of this!!! Love, love, love!!
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becky (15 June, 2013 07:53:57)Whooping cough cases are majority reported in the vaccinated community.. So much for your effective vaccine.
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John-Michael (15 June, 2013 11:50:33)Ok one thing that just bugs me is you are miss representing the “Can’t innovate anymore? My ass!,” quote from Phil Schiller. He was in ...
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sinned34 (14 June, 2013 02:33:42)Hayden, And when a spill happens, the local and provincial governments will be the ones to suffer the consequences and foot the bill to clean it ...