Tar sands’ climate threat, security promise both exaggerated.Further development of Alberta’s famous oil sands will be neither the climate disaster that activists fear nor the energy security panacea that proponents suggest it is, the Council on Foreign Relations concludes in a new report.
Refiners blast proposed climate bill.U.S. refiners on Friday blasted landmark climate change legislation […]
Kansas governor signs renewable energy legislation.Gov. Mark Parkinson signed a renewable energy bill Friday that he had demanded from legislators as part of an agreement allowing a new coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas.
Food factories help viruses spread and evolveWhat makes us so susceptible to pandemics, asks Sunita Narain, editor of the Indian science magazine […]
Press Release: Historic Climate Vote Signals New Momentum to Pass Carbon Cap in 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Tony Kreindler, Environmental Defense Fund, (202) 445-8108, tkreindler@edf.org(Washington – May 21, 2009) The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved landmark climate change legislation with a mandatory cap on global warming pollution, successfully bridging regional differences among its diverse […]
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No end to the big dry.A new El Nino effect is developing in the Pacific Ocean, threatening to extend Australia’s crippling drought and bring destructive weather along the east coast.
The jelly cycle.In 2006, scientists were using a remotely operated deep-sea vehicle to study the sea floor near an oil pipeline off Côte dIvoire. What they […]
Asbestos Use Today: information from a readerAsbestos is still imported and used in the U.S. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. imported and used an estimated 1,820 tons of asbestos in 2007; see this PDF file from the USGS, please click only if you want to download the PDF. Also, the U.S. House […]
Sweeping climate-energy bill clears first big hurdle in Congress.New climate-energy legislation approved by a key congressional committee marks what some are calling the most significant tipping point in US energy policy in 30 years, thrusting the economy toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels.
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Press Release: Medical Doctor to EPA: Health Effects of Global Warming a Clear and Present DangerFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Tony Kreindler, National Media Director, Climate, 202-445-8108, tkreindler@edf.org
Dr. John Balbus, MD, MPH, 301-908-8186, jbalbus@edf.org
Vickie Patton, Deputy General Counsel, 720-837-6239, vpatton@edf.org
(Washington – May 18, 2009) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a public hearing in Arlington, […]
U.S. Commerce chief plans clean energy trip to China.U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Friday he will travel to China this year to promote sales of U.S. clean energy goods as part of the Obama administration’s effort to fight global warming.
Questionable Risk Decisions under ChAMP: The Fatty Nitrogen Derived Cationics CategoryCal Baier-Anderson, Ph.D., is […]
Province helps fund gas collection at landfill.The provincial government is giving Sault Ste. Marie $1.46 million to establish a methane gas collection system at the city’s landfill that could eventually generate electricity.
Using Radar to Protect Birds from Wind Farms The new Peñascal wind farm in Texas hopes to become a model for responsible development by […]