Tag: environment
TransCanada seizing private land in Texas for pipeline, claims eminent domain
Despite not having an approved permit to construct its proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, TransCanada is moving forward in development along the southern leg. The company is seizing private property for pipeline development, claiming eminent domain, and are drawing controversy from landowners in Texas as well as environmentalists....
Local, seasonal foods making waves at restaurants, cooking schools
The movement for restaurants to feature more ingredients grown a virtual stone's throw from the kitchen is gaining in popularity. It has culinary schools teaching new skills and chefs learning new ways of planning menus and sourcing ingredients....
Environmental, indigenous groups accuse Navy of damaging marine mammals
Environmental and indigenous groups have banded together to sue the Navy and the National Marine Fisheries Services for harming marine mammals with sonar. According to the plaintiffs, the Navy's military exercises have fatally impacted federally protected species. Now they are calling for limits on the Navy's access to this biologically rich area....
California officials introduce initiative to bring down vehicle emissions
The California Air Resources Board announced an initiative that seeks to bring down vehicle emissions by 15 percent by 2025. The Zero Emission Vehicle initiative should cause car companies to develop new technology for alternative fuel sources....
Biologist tries to save endangered butterfly species by capturing invasive iguanas
At a state park in Florida, a biologist is the only thing standing between the loss of a species of butterflies once prevalent all throughout south Florida. But even though he's working hard to save the Miami Blue butterfly, his efforts may be too late....
Obama's proposed budget cuts funding for rescuing animals, like dolphins beaching on Cape Cod
In the past five weeks, 178 dolphins have beached themselves on Cape Cod. This unprecedented behavior has strained the resources of local rescue teams responding to the situation. The rescue teams working around the clock to save the struggling mammals rely heavily on government funds to support their efforts....
Germany's solar market facing reduction in government subsidies
Most new solar panels around the world went up in Germany last year. That's due in part to generous government subsidies that made them more affordable. But now, the government is reducing those subsidies in hopes the solar industry there will stand on its own two feet....
Palawan's Underground River welcomes evokes wonder and awe in tourists
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park was recently named one of the Seven Wonders of Nature in a less-than-scientific online poll. Still, tourists flock to the site and it often evokes amazing reactions from those who visit....
Thieves try to steal thousands of dollars in glacial ice
Climate change has glaciers retreating at the fastest pace science has seen but some enterprising criminals are trying to give it a shove. A group of thieves in Chile tried to steal 11 tons of glacial ice from a national monument. They were caught, but they're just the latest practitioners of an older-than-you-might-think industry....
Obama administration tries to advance off-shore wind farm proposals
A desire to build a massive windfarm off the Atlantic Coast of the United States has the Obama administration moving to lighten the regulatory hurdles, seeking to get the project moving forward more quickly....
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