Environment
New research points to big changes, not necessarily disappearance, for coral reefs
Scientists who study climate change and ocean environments have made several recent discoveries. Their findings have challenged the conventional wisdom that climate change could eliminate coral reefs. What they've found is that they probably won't disappear, but they will see major changes.
Gold mining leads to massive lead contamination, deaths in rural Nigeria
Nigeria's seen a boom in gold mining in recent years, with the sky-high price of gold globally. But in Nigeria, unlike most places, gold runs with lead. As villagers mine the gold, they're also mining lead, leading to massive contamination of their villages and even deaths....
Timely warnings likely saved lives in weekend's spate of Midwest tornadoes
More than 100 tornadoes were reported in just 24 hours in the Midwest over the weekend, destroying homes and taking the lives of at least six people -- all in Woodward, Okla. However, new, stronger and more advanced warnings from the National Weather Service may have limited the death toll....
Scientists turn to natural world for clues of shifting seasons
Across the world, scientists are trying to determine where seasons are shifting. Spring arriving earlier, winter arriving later — it's happening in many countries. Now, the question is, what will be the consequences of that change....
VIDEO: U.S. Coast Guard uses cannon to sink wayward Japanese ship off Alaskan coast
A Japanese fishing boat that was swept out to sea during the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 has been sent to the bottom of the Gulf of Alaska by a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The vessel was sunk to prevent it from endangering other ships as well as keep it off North American shores....
Canada moves to regulate antibacterial chemical triclosan while FDA continues lengthy review
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is in the middle of a lengthy review of the chemical triclosan -- a product that's in countless consumer products like toothpaste and soap. There's a movement to try and get the product more stringently regulated in the United States -- or banned outright. And they might have just gotten a boost from Canada....
Proposed EPA regulation will make it difficult for new coal power plants to be approved
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a regulation that will require new coal power plants to have dramatically lower carbon dioxide emissions. The standards are so tough that the plants would so expensive that we may not see many new coal plants in the country. But there are a lot of exceptions....
New study fuels hydraulic fracking debate
New research on the air quality around natural gas wells provides additional evidence and controversy about the possible health effects from hydraulic fracturing or "fracking." In Colorado, scientists found that fracking wells emit potentially toxic hydrocarbons into the air....
Controversy swirls over Canadian plan to build vast new hydroelectric plant in Labrador
As Canada confronts its need for electricity and a desire to reduce the amount of carbon it pumps into the atmosphere, it's turning to two, large hydroelectric dams in Labrador. But there's potential for other environmental damage that has many in the area saying "no thanks."...
Canada emerging as a nearby energy giant
Canada is emerging as the largest supplier of energy to the United States. It's electricity, natural gas and oil are all being shipped to America, but environmentalists there and here say it's coming with a hefty price tag....
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