EPA Proposes New Standards for Large Ships
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency today announced the next steps in a coordinated strategy to reduce emissions from ocean-going vessels. EPA is proposing a rule under the Clean Air Act that sets tough engine and fuel standards for U.S. flagged ships that would harmonize with international stand.. .. read more..

Sea Ice At Lowest Level In 800 Years Near Greenland
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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New Measures to Aid Solar on Public Lands
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced measures on Monday to hasten the development of solar energy on public lands in six western states. Salazar expects to have 13 commercial-scale projects with solar power arrays under construction by the end of 2010. .. read more..

Increasing Dust Accelerates Mountain Snowmelt
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the mountains. Throughout memory the warmth of spring has begun the mountain snowmelt, bringing life-giving water to greening plants so they can blossom and renew their species. But now, scientists say, the timing is being thrown off by desert dust .. .. read more..

Obama against penalties on those not accepting pollution limits
Monday, June 29, 2009

US President Barack Obama on Sunday expressed his opposition to a provision in the clean energy bill that would impose trade penalties on countries that do not accept limits on global warming pollution, The New York Times reported late Sunday. .. read more..

Dams Are Thwarting Louisiana Marsh Restoration, Study Says
Monday, June 29, 2009

Desperate to halt the erosion of Louisiana’s coast, officials there are talking about breaking Mississippi River levees south of New Orleans to restore the nourishing flow of muddy water into the state’s marshes. But in a new analysis, scientists at Louisiana State University say inland dams trap so.. .. read more..

EERC Research Finds Mercury Levels in Freshwater and Ocean Fish Not as Harmful a..
Sunday, June 28, 2009

GRAND FORKS - The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota announced today that after years of extensive research, results of environmental, laboratory, and human studies show that mercury levels in freshwater and ocean fish are not as harmful as previously tho.. .. read more..

A Canadian First for Sustainable Community Design
Sunday, June 28, 2009

GLOBE-Net (June 18, 2009) - From an industrial beginning to a greener future, one Vancouver inner-city area is being transformed using state-of-the art concepts and technologies that will establish a number of Canadian firsts in sustainable design and urban planning. Millennium Water, tagged as "Van.. .. read more..

The Oil Intensity of Food
Sunday, June 28, 2009

"Today we are an oil-based civilization, one that is totally dependent on a resource whose production will soon be falling," says Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, in a recent release. .. read more..

Blommer Produces Line of Rainforest Alliance Certifie™ Cocoa North Amer..
Sunday, June 28, 2009

New York - Blommer Chocolate Company, the largest cocoa processor in North America, has announced it will offer a line of Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa and ingredient chocolate products starting in 2010. Blommer processes nearly half of all cocoa in North America, distributing cocoa ingredient.. .. read more..

Suit Filed Against Bush-era Removal of Protections for Preble's Meadow Jumping M..
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Denver- Five conservation groups Tuesday challenged a Bush administration decision to strip protections from endangered species. Under Bush's leadership, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was ordered to stop protecting endangered plants and wildlife throughout their ranges, and instead only protect.. .. read more..

EMBASSY OF DENMARK TO SPONSOR 2ND ANNUAL CLIMATE RIDE Government of Denmark S..
Sunday, June 28, 2009

WASHINGTON D.C. -June 9, 2009: The Climate Ride organization has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Embassy of Denmark to increase support among the American public for the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference scheduled for December 7 to 18, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. As part of the.. .. read more..

Early Action on HFCs Needed for Win on Climate
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Washington, D.C., June 23, 2009 - One of the biggest and most effective climate mitigation strategies was confirmed yesterday by an international team of scientists. .. read more..

Healthy Child Healthy World Joins With Activeion Cleaning Solutions Partners..
Sunday, June 28, 2009

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 23, 2009 - Healthy Child Healthy World, the nation's nonprofit leader in educating the public about preventing children's exposure to harmful chemicals, is proud to announce a new long-term partnership with Activeion Cleaning Solutions, a company revolutionizing the cleaning i.. .. read more..

Healthy Child Healthy World Joins With Activeion Cleaning Solutions Partnership..
Sunday, June 28, 2009

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 23, 2009 - Healthy Child Healthy World, the nation's nonprofit leader in educating the public about preventing children's exposure to harmful chemicals, is proud to announce a new long-term partnership with Activeion Cleaning Solutions, a company revolutionizing the cleaning i.. .. read more..

Four Finalists Chosen for $75,000 2009 Grantham Prize for Environmental Journali..
Sunday, June 28, 2009

NARRAGANSETT, R.I., June 22, 2009 – Four finalists have been chosen for the fourth annual Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. .. read more..

Thoughts on the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill
Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Waxman-Markey climate bill (HR 2454), passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today, is hailed by many as the most important piece of climate change legislation ever. Yet it's still receiving a surprising amount of opposition from environmentalists, mostly for it's plentiful polluter permits.. .. read more..

Deserts crossing Mediterranean
Saturday, June 27, 2009

The Sahara Desert is crossing the Mediterranean, according to Italian environmental protection group Legambiente which warns that the livelihoods of 6.5 million people living along its shores could be at risk. "Desertification isn't limited to Africa," said Legambiente Vice President Sebastiano Venn.. .. read more..

House passes landmark climate change bill
Saturday, June 27, 2009

President Barack Obama scored a major victory on Friday when the House of Representatives passed legislation to slash industrial pollution that is blamed for global warming. The Democratic-controlled House passed the climate change bill, a top priority for Obama, by a vote of 219-212. .. read more..

U.S. Swine Flu Cases Hit 1 Million
Friday, June 26, 2009

Swine flu has infected as many as 1 million Americans, U.S. health officials said Thursday, adding that 6 percent or more of some urban populations are infected. .. read more..

Methane controls before risky geoengineering, please
Friday, June 26, 2009

When the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change came into force in 1994, climate change's impacts seemed distant. Not any more. With daily reports of changes to glaciers, ice sheets, oceans and ecological systems, climate change seems upon us. .. read more..

Combined Heat and Power for the Home Now a Reality
Friday, June 26, 2009

Imagine taking an already efficient gas furnace and generating a home's electricity directly from it, while it heats? That's the reality that Marathon Engine has in store for the North American market today. .. read more..