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Written by Mark Bluett in August, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Industry & Business, Pollution
All the US watersheds monitored by the EPA and 90% of drinking water sampled tested positive for the widely-used pesticide atrazine, which is a known endocrine disruptor that affects human and animal hormones. Though banned in Europe, atrazine is the most commonly detected pesticide in US waters, with contamination most ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in August, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Industry & Business, Transport, Water
Authorities in China have closed a second metal smelter, near Wugang in Hunan province, after more than 1,300 children fell sick with lead poisoning. It follows the closure of a smelter in northern Shaanxi province, where more than 600 children were found to have lead poisoning. In both cases ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in August, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Transport
Hurricanes in the Atlantic are more frequent than at any time in the last 1,000 years according to a study based on sedimentary trace deposits of wind-blown sand. Current storm activity is about the same as during the so-called medieval warm period, but whereas a prolonged El Nino weather ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in August, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
The Obama administration faces a stiff test of its environmental credentials in deciding whether to approve a pipeline carrying greenhouse gas-intensive oil sands fuel from Canada into the US. Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, has the job of deciding whether to approve a 1000-mile pipeline designed to carry up to ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in August, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Oops! US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has rapidly backtracked on his suggestion US consumers should pay for the cost of foreign carbon emissions in the goods they buy by claiming what he meant to say was that developing nations must help pay for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Is this a ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Genetic Modification, Politics & Government
Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is managing the latest soothing exercise for the US in India, which like China has now been told America will not try to impose conditions on economic growth. Of course there’s lots of positive hype, but the bottom line is that developing ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Computing, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Green energy, Industry & Business, Nuclear, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Transport
Oil companies wanting to exploit the soon-to-be-opened Greenland oil and gas fields may have to provide carbon capture and storage facilities in order to gain permits, Greenland’s director of the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum says, promising “very harsh” regulations for exploration companies wanting a share of the estimated ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Electric vehicles, Environment & Wildlife, Green energy, Smart Growth
The G8 nations have agreed to cut their emissions by 80% by 2050, but calls for a global reduction of 50% by that date have apparently fallen on deaf ears in the developing nations. At the same time, UN head Ban Ki-moon has criticised G8 leaders for not making deeper ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Deforestation, Emissions, Politics & Government
The G8 leaders have begun their annual meet with a working lunch in the earthquake-stricken Italian town of L’Aquila – an ironic and perhaps prophetic choice given the tremors and splits already emerging around the issue of cutting greenhouse emissions. The G8’s “vision” of halving greenhouse emissions by 2050 ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in July, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
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