Wind Turbine Concept Inspired by Jet EnginesAccording to a recent article from Greentech Media, a Massachusetts aerospace company called FloDesign is working on a wind turbine concept that could potentially be at least twice as efficient as traditional rotor blade turbines, which force air around them instead of through them. It works by channeling wind […]
Antarctic ice shelf ‘hanging by thread’: European scientistsNew evidence has emerged that a large plate of floating ice shelf attached to Antarctica is breaking up, in a troubling sign of global warming, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday.
Press Release: Owens Corning Partners with Environmental Defense Fund and PHH Arval to Reduce Emissions of […]
Denvers Climate Plan In-Depth: Incentivize Energy ConservationOn May 17, the Mayors Greenprint Advisory Council announced the release of Denver’s draft climate action plan. It offers a set of solutions to bring the city toward a 10 percent reduction in per capita greenhouse gas emissions from the 1990 rate by the year 2012, in conformity with […]
Motorists brave Mexico border violence for fuelU.S. motorists are risking rampant drug violence in Mexico to drive over the border and fill their tanks with cheap Mexican fuel, some even coming to blows over gas shortages and long queues. The gap between Mexico’s subsidized gasoline and record U.S. prices has made it well worth making […]
PVC Packaging Under Fire in CaliforniaA bill phasing out polyvinyl chloride (PVC) packaging by 2015 is being circulated in the California Legislature, reports the Ventura County Star.
Press Release: Ferenbach to Become New Chair of Environmental Defense Fund
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Contact:
Stuart Ross, 202-572-3235, or 202-560-6610 (cell), sross@edf.org
Charles Miller, 202-572-3364, cmiller@edf.org
(New York, NY – June 25, 2008) Carl Ferenbach, […]
Bush Administration Approves Expanded Wyoming DrillingPINEDALE, WYO. — As reported by the L.A. Times, Federal land managers are recommending companies be allowed to drill almost 4,400 new natural gas wells in western Wyoming, where energy development already is blamed for a spike in air and water pollution. Shell, Ultra Resources and Questar want to relax […]
Press Release: Pacific Fisheries Management Council Meets Next Week
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJohanna Thomas, EDF director of Pacific fisheries projects, 415.293.6069 or 510.703.8484 Jennifer Witherspoon, EDF California communications director, 415.293.6067 or 415.378.1985
(San Francisco – June 6, 2008) The Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) will meet next week in Foster City, California to consider adopting an Individual Fishing Quota […]
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Incentives Pioneers: Early Success, Lasting LegacyConservationist Aldo Leopold once wrote, “The oldest task in human history is to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.” Perhaps no one better understands this challenge than the residents of Wisconsin’s Coon Creek Watershed, who have seen local landscapes go from untouched to unmanageable—and then be restored […]
Uganda faces prolonged droughts.Uganda is likely to face long periods of drought and a decrease in crop production, environment minister Maria Mutagamba has warned.
UK to give waterless washing machine a spinA washing machine using as little as a cup of water for each washing cycle could go on sale to environmentally conscious Britons next year.Xeros […]