| Environmental groups doubt safety of oysters from Gulf NEW ORLEANS -- Sampling by environmental groups has found oysters contaminated with oil along the Louisiana coast befouled by the BP PLC oil spill, a finding that casts doubt on statements by state... | |
| We need to understand the 'Environmentalist's Paradox' better deforestation , resource depletion and the like, but a popular riposte offered by those doubting such concerns is something commonly referred to as the "Environmentalist's Paradox".The argument goes... |
| Wooden Shutters: An Old Fashioned Solution to Modern Environmental Concerns Wooden shutters are as efficient as they are beautiful, and add a naturally warm charm to your home along with providing insulation to reduce heating and energy... |
| Oil platform explodes off Louisiana Gulf of Mexico and workers plucked from the sea. But Thursday's fire on an oil production facility 100 miles off the Louisiana coast appears to have ended without disaster. None of the 13 workers... |
| Marine mammal enthusiasts getting a show from blue whales Passengers aboard the sightseeing boat Christopher keep an eye out for blue whales off the Palos Verdes Peninsula. An unusually large number of the giant cetaceans have been spotted this summer. A... |
| Border activist's littering conviction is overturned A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the littering conviction of an Arizona activist who left gallon-size bottles of water for illegal immigrants crossing into the United States through a... |
| Servite looks impressive in opener Defending Pac-5 Division champion Anaheim Servite sent a message Thursday in its season opener against Oceanside that the toughness and intensity seen during its 2009 championship season are back. ... |
| In the wake of the BP oil spill disaster, news of another oil rig explosion three-month long research tour of the Gulf . Our science coordinator has been sorting out the last minute details with the scientists, our cook is restocking the kitchen, and the deck crew has been... |
| Green revolution comes to urban neighborhoods An East Los Angeles home gets some eco-friendly improvements from a team from the LA Conservation Corps, which trains young adults for green jobs such as installing solar... |
| Cape's dry winter sees dam levels falling It was a dry winter, with less than half the long-term average rainfall recorded in July and last month. The Cape Town weather office said the city received only 40.3mm of rain in July and only... |
| Mobile towers come under Environment Ministry scanner New Delhi, Sep 2 : The government has launched a study to find out impact of mobile phone towers on population of birds and bees in view of an expert's claim that their increase could wipe out honey... |
| Council fined over accepting contaminated waste The Horsham Rural City Council has been fined for accepting contaminated waste at the Dooen landfill earlier this year. Two tonnes of contaminated waste soil was delivered to the landfill in March... |
| WA man, 75, killed while helping cut trees THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMAS, Wash. -- A Whatcom County sheriff's spokesman says a 75-year-old man from the Everson, Wash., area was killed Thursday when he was hit by a falling tree. Sgt. Steve... |
| Thai Environment Group Likely To Appeal Map Ta Phut Court Ruling -(Dow Jones)- A Thai environment group said Thursday it will likely appeal a court decision allowing the bulk of projects at an industrial estate to resume... |
| Ants protect trees from elephants A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it. Researchers from the Universities of Wyoming and Florida, in the US,... |
| WasteStrategies Launches Turnkey Environmental Waste Management... WasteStrategies announces the launch of its turnkey environmental waste management services to help institutional and industrial customers manage multiple waste streams in order to reduce costs,... |
| Hurricane Help for Your Trees From SavATree BEDFORD HILLS, NY--(Marketwire - September 2, 2010) - The flurry of storm activity in the Atlantic is evidence that hurricane season is heating up -- and with hurricanes sometimes comes property... |
| Water entitlement boost is premature: farmer Concerns have been raised about a further increase in water entitlements for landholders in the Lachlan and Macquarie Valleys. The New South Wales Office of Water has announced all high security,... |
| OPG Safety message is clear in any language: Stay Clear! Stay Safe! /CNW/ - Labour Day weekend is the last long weekend of the summer - a time when many squeeze in the last boat ride or swim for the season. It's also time to remember that when near the water,... |
| Temporary cap that stopped oil leak removed NEW ORLEANS — Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the... |
| Penfund Announces US$15 Million Investment in Choice Environmental Services, Inc. (Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2010) - Penfund, an independent provider of junior capital to middle market companies, announced today a US$15 million investment in Choice Environmental Services Inc.... |
| Timberland Brings Environmental Heroism to Life With New Nature Needs Heroes Marketing Campaign Timberland's Nature Needs Heroes campaign featuring the Earthkeeper collection, designed with materials like recycled rubber and recycled... |
| Cove star stages protest over Japanese dolphin hunt Japan delivered a petition to the country's US embassy calling for an end to the practice.Ric O'Barry, 70 – who appeared in The Cove and trained dolphins for 1960s TV show Flipper – was flanked... |
| MEDIA ADVISORY - Announcement of two studies on the shipment and delivery of , President and CEO of FPInnovations, and a representative of the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) will announce two new studies on the shipment and delivery of merchandise by... |
| Greenpeace activists arrested on Greenland rig The Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from tents on ropes off the rig for more than 40 hours. They were arrested early Thursday morning and taken into police custody in... |
| Ant Bodyguards Protect Trees from Elephants Ants are not out of their weight class when defending trees from the appetite of nature's heavyweight, the African elephant, a new University of Florida study... |
| Study Finds Commercial Organic Farms Have Better Fruit And Soil, Lower Environmental Impact Side-by-side comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit found the organic farms produced more flavorful and nutritious berries while leaving the soil healthier and more... |
| Greenpeace Activists Held After Leaving Arctic Oil Rig A handout photo released by Greenpeace on Aug. 23 shows the organization's ship Esperanza in front of the Stena Don oil rig off the coast of... |
| Together Teens And Neutrogena Raise $200,000 To Benefit Disaster Relief, Education And Environmental Charities Neutrogena, the #1 dermatologist-recommended skin care brand, announced today that, with the help of teens across America, the Wave for Change campaign achieved its goal of raising $200,000 for... |
| Tibetan nomads struggle as grasslands disappear from the roof of the world Tibetan nomad Phuntsok Dorje outside his tent. The green prairie that used to surround it has become a brown desert. Photograph: Jonathan Watts for the... |
| Open letter to Chris Huhne on feed-in tariffs Dear secretary of state [for energy],A recent newspaper article based on an interview with Charles Hendry (Minister with the energy to bat for Britain, 23 August) suggested that funding "may be... |
| Greenpeace anti-whaling activists face sentencing Two Greenpeace activists will face possible jail terms in Japan on Monday for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country’s limits on political... |
| Environmental Stoneworks buys Utah company , a stone veneer maker and installer with a plant and regional headquarters in Denver, said Thursday it has acquired St. George, Utah-based Canyon Stone and Installation. Environmental Stoneworks... |
| How Buddhism could be a way out of the environmental mess we are in << Vietnamese Buddhist leader, Thich Nhat Hanh The Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has turned his attention to how Buddhism could help ecology. Photograph:... |
| Prime Minister Must Save Fish Lake, Say 12 Environmental Groups to save Fish Lake, home to 80,000 rainbow trout and sacred to the Tsilhqot'in First Nations. The groups are urging the federal government to heed the findings of its environmental assessment review... |
| The Tokyo Two: Whaling, Activism, and Human Rights This will be the first blog Toru and I have written together, as up until recently our heavy bail restrictions have meant that we could not be in the same room or even talk to each other without a... |
| Greenpeace Activists End Arctic Oil Rig Occupation Severe weather has forced activists to end their occupation of the Stena Don oil rig in the Arctic last night: after two days of hanging some 15 meters above the frigid Arctic waters and forcing the... |
| Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Engineers don't expect to see another gusher when they delicately remove a cap on the blown-out Gulf of Mexico well that spawned the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The... |
| Environmental Stoneworks Acquires Canyon Stone and Installation DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - September 2, 2010) - Environmental Stoneworks, the only national manufacturer and installer of stone veneer, announced today the acquisition of Canyon Stone and... |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change must keep its eye on the ball | Myles Allen Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn't exist, would we need to invent it? Many people find it helpful to have a single point of reference on the big, global questions that everyone is... |
| Win tickets to see No Impact Man Colin Beavan and his "retail-worshipping" wife Michelle's year-long experiment living a zero-waste lifestyle, during which they bought nothing, unplugged from the electrical grid, and created no... |
| Wind and solar developers and suppliers to discuss Ontario Feed-In Tariff /CNW Telbec/ - Wind and solar developers, manufacturers, suppliers and Ontario Feed-in Tariff administrators are looking forward to discussing the challenges and opportunities of building the... |
| Greenpeace wants Facebook center off coal fuel AMSTERDAM — Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world's largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new... |
| Genetically engineered potato? We have a bad peeling about this. When the German Minister of Economics and Technology recently endorsed a Genetically Engnineered (GE) potato, he said "no" to public opinion, "no" to the health and safety concerns of scientists,... |
| Facebook responds to Greenpeace demands Yesterday, Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Daidoo wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg about the social network's coal use. The full... |
| EU group says business environment worsening in China+ BEIJING, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)European businesses feel the operating environment for foreign enterprises in China has become less open, with regulatory policies favoring domestic businesses,... |
| Scientists find organic farms have higher quality fruit, better soil, lower environmental impact Side-by-side comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit found the organic farms produced more flavorful and nutritious berries while leaving the soil healthier and more... |
| Greenpeace Urges Facebook To Abandon Coal Power Posted on: Thursday, 2 September 2010, 06:15 CDT Greenpeace said Wednesday that half-a-million Facebook users have now joined their campaign calling for the online social network to cancel plans... |
