Current Environmental News

US Environment Agency Misses Dioxin Deadline (Nature.com - Feb 6, 2012)

Chevron Appeals Pollution Ruling to Ecuador National Court, Arbitration Panel (ENS - Feb 6, 2012)

Donna Resevoir and Canal (ENN - Feb 6, 2012)

Giant Crack in Antarctica About to Spawn New York-Size Iceberg (National Geographic - Feb 3, 2012)

Russia Allows Ski Resort in Caucasus World Heritage Site (ENS - Feb 3, 2012)

Electric Vehicle Market Forecast – 10 Year Horizon Looks Strong (Triple Pundit - Feb 3, 2012)

Ohio Tries to Escape Fate as a Dumping Ground for Fracking Fluid (Bloomberg - Feb 2, 2012)

Nano Improved Transformer Oil (ENN - Feb 2, 2012)

TEPCO: Fukushima Reactor Leaks, Radiation Tiny (Asahi.com - Feb 2, 2012)

Vaccine development: Man vs MRSA (Nature.com - Feb 1, 2012)

Eight Toxics Proposed for Elimination from European Waters (ENS - Feb 1, 2012)

New Silica Rules Languish In Regulatory Black Hole (NPR - Feb 1, 2012)

UN Panel: Only Sustainable Development Can Create a 'Resilient Planet' (ENS - Jan 31, 2012)

Kick-Starting the Bio-Based Economy (Matter Network - Jan 31, 2012)

Chicago Water Sampling Shows High Levels of Lead (Chicago Tribune - Jan 31, 2012)

U.S. Joins Effort to Clean Up Space Environment (ENS - Jan 30, 2012)

The Solar Balance (ENN - Jan 30, 2012)

Dam About to Bust on Clean Hydrokinetic Energy (TriplePundit - Jan 30, 2012)

NASA Discovers Our Galaxy 'Loaded' With Exoplanets (ENS - Jan 27, 2012)

The World is Still Consuming Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals (ENN - Jan 27, 2012)

Road map released for Fukushima Decontamination (Asahi.com - Jan 27, 2012)

Fructose Effects (ENN - Jan 26, 2012)

Protecting original wetlands far preferable to restoration (Mongabay.com- Jan 26, 2012)

Ocean Acidity (ENN - Jan 26, 2012)

Mold plagues First Nations reserves: UVic study (CTVBC.CA - Jan 25, 2012)

The Amazing Tumor-Fighting Walnut (ENN - Jan 25, 2012)

Obama Pushes Natural-Gas Fracking to Create 600,000 U.S. Jobs (Bloomberg - Jan 25, 2012)

Energy Race to 2035: Renewables, Efficiency, Domestic Oil and Gas Win (ENS - Jan 24, 2012)

Finding Nature's Speed Limit (ENN - Jan 24, 2012)

Metals found in Water at Coal Plants (Charolette Observer - Jan 24, 2012)

25,000 unsafe toys seized at Port of Houston (Houston Chronicle - Jan 23, 2012)

Italian Shipwreck Salvors Bring in Oil Spill Response Vessel, Double Booms (ENS - Jan 23, 2012)

GE Courts Turbine Customers for Solar Panels Before Wind ‘Crash’ (Bloomberg - Jan 23, 2012)

Europe Expands Electronic Waste Collection, Recycling Law (ENS - Jan 20, 2012)

Acid Rain Change (ENN - Jan 20, 2012)

First photos from inside Fukushima reactor released (Asahi.com - Jan 20, 2012)

French Senate OKs Return of Nuclear Test Atolls to French Polynesia (ENS - Jan 19, 2012)

Court reverses $2.6M lead paint judgments against city housing authority (The Baltimore Sun - Jan 19, 2012)

Nuke opponents warn of more Fukushimas (The Japan Times - Jan 19, 2012)

Cruise Ship Environmental Issues (ENN - Jan 18, 2012)

Obama Rejects TransCanada's Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline (ENS - Jan 18, 2012)

China Sets Historic Limits on GHG Emissions from Select Regions (ENN - Jan 18, 2012)

Elephant Poachers in Kenya Kill Rukinga Ranch Ranger (ENS - Jan 17, 2012)

Selling Whales to Save Them? (Discovery News - Jan 17, 2012)

Ministry to Track Shipments of Contaminated Stone (Asahi.com - Jan 17, 2012)

Scientists Probe Mystery Molecule that Reduces Greenhouse Gases (Climate Wire - Jan 16, 2012)

What Really Are the Best Ways to Cut Gasoline Use? (ENN - Jan 16, 2012)

Fukushima Radiation: In With the Bricks (The AP- Jan 16, 2012)

Panel Challenges Japan’s Account of Nuclear Disaster (Bloomberg - Jan 15, 2012)

Ohio City Questions Future Fracking Wells (ENN - Jan 14, 2012)

Increase Gas Mileage by Preventing Friction Loss (ENN - Jan 13, 2012)

No Fracking in Home Counties, Village Residents tell Oil Company (Guardian UK - Jan 12, 2012)

British Government Clears Track for High Speed Rail Network (ENS - Jan 12, 2012)

Florida Counties Band Together To Ready for Warming’s Effects (Yale 360 - Jan 12, 2012)

Nevada's Water Fight -- Slow-Motion War over a Thirsty Future (Climate Wire - Jan 11, 2012)

List of Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather makes 2011 the Worst on Record (Green Click - Jan 11, 2012)

TEPCO to Deposit 120 billion Yen for Future Claims (Asahi.com - Jan 11, 2012)

Doomsday Clock Moved One Minute Closer to Midnight (ENS - Jan 10, 2012)

Half Wrecked Cargo Ship Sinks Off New Zealand Reef (ENS - Jan 10, 2012)

New CO2 Sucker Could Help Clear the Air (Science Mag - Jan 10, 2012)

Oil Sands Pipeline Battle Turns Ugly (Guardian UK - Jan 9, 2012)

Grand Canyon Protected From New Uranium Mines (ENS - Jan 9, 2012)

As Fukushima Cleanup Begins, Long-term Impacts are Weighed (Yale 360 - Jan 9, 2012)

Grounded Cargo Ship Breaks Up on New Zealand Reef (ENS - Jan 8, 2012)

The Great Extinction (ENN - Jan 6, 2012)

Jefferson County Plant Disposes most Toxic Ash in US (The Birmingham News - Jan 6, 2012)

GM Says Fix in Works for Chevrolet Volt after Fires During Tests (LA Times - Jan 5, 2012)

China's Largest Freshwater Lake Shrinks in Record Drought (ENS - Jan 5, 2012)

Canada’s Asbestos Industry on its Last Legs (Globe and Mail - Jan 5, 2012)

As Radiation Fears Persist, ties Unravel in Society (Asahi.com - Jan 4, 2012)

Breakthrough Facility to Trap Solar Energy in Molten Salt (ENN - Jan 4, 2012)

Mothers First to Shed Food-Safety Complacency (The Japan Times - Jan 4, 2012)

Environmental Priorities to Dominate UN Chief's Second Term (ENS - Jan 3, 2012)

Mercury in the Atmosphere (ENN- Jan 3, 2012)

Different Radiation Standards add to Confusion (Asahi.com - Jan 3, 2012)

Shell Oil Spill Hits Nigerian Shores, Fishing Suspended (ENS - Jan 2, 2012)

Sea Shepherd Whale Defense Ship Damaged in Heavy Seas (ENS - Jan 1, 2012)

Oil from 2007 Spill surprisingly Toxic to Fish, Scientists Report (LA Times - Dec 27, 2011)

Tidal Energy Turbine set up in the Sea (The Independent - Dec 26, 2011)

EU Court Rules U.S. Airlines Must Pay for Carbon Emissions (ENS - Dec 22, 2011)

Are Electric Cars Losing their Spark? (USA Today - Dec 22, 2011)

First Mercury, Air Toxics Standards Imposed on U.S. Power Plants (ENS - Dec 21, 2011)

Further Dioxin Delays Sought (C&EN - Dec 21, 2011)

Tobacco Firms 'Misled' Public about Additives (The Independent - Dec 21, 2011)

Deadly Philippine Floods Trigger 'State of Calamity' Declaration (ENS - Dec 20, 2011)

Wine Mortality (ENN - Dec 20, 2011)

Fingerprinting Mercury Emissions (Environmental Report - Dec 20, 2011)

ATC bids to build 950-mile project (The Journal Sentinel - Dec 19, 2011)

Europe Limits Phosphates in Consumer Detergents (ENS - Dec 19, 2011)

Martian Landslide and Meteorite Strike (ENN - Dec 19, 2011)

Cold Shutdown Declared at Japan's Crippled Nuclear Plant (ENS - Dec 16, 2011)

Higgs Boson (ENN - Dec 16, 2011)

Coke Tabs Virent for 'Green' Bottles (The Journal Sentinel - Dec 16, 2011)

There's No Hiding From Tar Sands Oil (Mother Jones- Dec 15, 2011)

Facebook Friends Clean Energy Pact With Greenpeace (ENS - Dec 15, 2011)

Chinese Drywall Manufacturer Reaches Settlement (The Times Picayune- Dec 15, 2011)

Melting Glaciers Reveal Future Alpine World (Science Daily - Dec 14, 2011)

Solar Cells From A Paintbrush (C&EN - Dec 14, 2011)

Himark signs $15-million Biogas Deal (The Edmonton Journal - Dec 14, 2011)

Debate after TVA Coal Ash Spill (Politico - Dec 13, 2011)


Shock as Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice Releases Deadly Greenhouse Gas (The Independent - Dec 13, 2011)

Australia Defends Canada's Kyoto Exit (Syndney Morning Herald - Dec 12, 2011)

Pollution from China Alters Weather in U.S. West (CBS News - Dec 12, 2011)

Landowners Left out of the Loop on 'Fracking' Risks (LA Times - Dec 12, 2011)

Acidic Oceans Threaten Fish (Nature.com - Dec 11, 2011)

ExxonMobil Energy Use Predictions (ENN - Dec 9, 2011)

Half of Fukushima examinees exposed to radiation above annual limit (Asahi.com - Dec 9, 2011)

Deforestation Is Undercutting Africa's Climate Resilience (ENS - Dec 8, 2011)

More Shrubbery in a Warming World (ScienceDaily - Dec 8, 2011)

Fisheries demand TEPCO drop water-release plan (Asahi.com - Dec 8, 2011)

China Air Pollution Disrupts Transportation (LA Times - Dec 7, 2011)

Global Nuclear Generation Capacity Falls (WorldWatch.org - Dec 7, 2011)

Electricity plants much worse than oilsands in emissions: report (PostMedia News - Dec 7, 2011)

Fukushima sets 'no cesium' goal for farm products (Asahi.com - Dec 6, 2011)

Australia, New Zealand Join Forces for Marine Observation (ENS - Dec 5, 2011)

Low Cost Solar Cells (ENN - Dec 5, 2011)

Cesium-137 Deposits 50 Times more than Previous Record (Asahi.com - Dec 2, 2011)

Oil Spills Harm Marine Life Long After Cleanup (ENS - Dec 1, 2011)

Electirc Car Battery Safety (ENN - Dec 1, 2011)

Melted Fuel Eroded Containment Vessel Floor at Fukushima Reactor (Asahi.com - Dec 1, 2011)

Agent Orange Buried at Beach Strip? (The Japan Times - Nov 30, 2011)

UN Climate Forest Conservation Spawns 'Carbon Piracy' in Peru (ENS - Nov 30, 2011)

Consumer Reports Tests Juices for Arsenic and Lead (Consumer Reports - Nov 30, 2011)

Atrazine (ENN - Nov 29, 2011)

Is Thorium the Energy Panacea We Have Been Waiting For? (ENN - Nov 29, 2011)

Radioactive Rice Reaches Public; more Shipments Suspended (Asahi.com - Nov 29, 2011)

Canada Signals Withdrawal From Kyoto Protocol (ENS - Nov 28, 2011)

A Clean Energy Resource Too Large to be Ignored (TriplePundit - Nov 28, 2011)

America's Dirtiest Vehicles of 2012 (Forbes.com - Nov 28, 2011)

Mars Science Laboratory launches, on its way to Mars (ENN - Nov 27, 2011)

UNEP: Tools in Hand to Bridge the Climate Emissions Gap (ENS - Nov 23, 2011)

Sustainability Culture Saves Billions for DuPont (Triple Pundit - Nov 23, 2011)

Can Soup and BPA (ENN - Nov 22, 2011)

Europe, USA, Japan Will Harmonize Electric Vehicle Regulations (ENS - Nov 21, 2011)

Radioactive Water Reaches International Date Line (Asahi.com - Nov 22, 2011)

A Neighborhood in Peril: North Jersey Riddled with Failed Cleanups (NorthJersey.com - Nov 21, 2011)

Brazil Could Ban Chevron After Blowout and Oil Spill (ENS - Nov 21, 2011)

Iron Unlocks path to Hydrogen Fuel (EHS - Nov 21, 2011)

Mystery Deepens over Europe-Wide Radiation Alert (ClickGreen - Nov 18, 2011)

Global Climate Change Risk Rising: More Heat, Floods, Extreme Weather (ENS - Nov 18, 2011)

TEPCO: Fukushima Plant close to Cold Shutdown (Asahi.com - Nov 18, 2011)

Hyperwarming Climate could turn Earth's Poles Green (New Scientist - Nov 17, 2011)

Vancouver Environmentalists Launch Oil Tanker Tracking Alerts (ENS - Nov 17, 2011)

SDF to Decontaminate Fukushima No-Entry Zone (Asahi.com - Nov 17, 2011)

Clean Fracking: Moving to Replace Chemicals (CNNMoney - Nov 16, 2011)

Obama's New Fuel Economy Standards Require 49.6 mpg by 2025 (ENS - Nov 16, 2011)

Radiation-fearing Residents take Matters into Own Hands (Asahi.com - Nov 16, 2011)

Oil leak prompts Chevron to halt well-drilling off Brazil’s Coast (Washngton Post - Nov 15, 2011)

Nebraska Sandhills Spared: TransCanada Will Reroute Pipeline (ENS - Nov 15, 2011)

Weed Ray Guns (ENN - Nov 14, 2011)

8 Months into Nuclear Crisis, Progress and Uncertainties (Asahi.com - Nov 14, 2011)

Leaded Transport Fuel Fades Into History (ENS - Nov 11, 2011)

Fracking Firm Admits It Caused Earthquakes (TriplePundit - Nov10, 2011)

States Ban Lead Wheel Weights (The Environmental Report - Nov 10, 2011)

Oil Sands Face Biggest Challenge yet in Keystone Protest (The Globe and Mail - Nov 9, 2011)

The Environmental Benefits of Cloud Computing (ENN - Nov 9, 2011)

Coast Guard OKs Winding down BP Spill Cleanup (The AP - Nov 9, 2011)

State Dept. Inspector General Will Review Tar Sands Pipeline (ENS - Nov 8, 2011)

Scientists Flushed with Success after "Sprinkle-Power" Breakthrough (ClickGreen - Nov 8, 2011)

Massive New Russian Gas Pipeline to Europe Now in Operation (ENN - Nov 8, 2011)

Large Asteroid Passes Close to Earth (ENS - Nov 7, 2011)

Thorium Pushed as Uranium Alternative (Siydney Morning Herald - Nov 7, 2011)

Small Turbines Generate huge Sales Potential (The Globe and Mail - Nov 7, 2011)

Oklahoma Shaken Up after Earthquakes (LA Times - Nov 6, 2011)

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Future (ENN - Nov 4, 2011)

The Twilight Zone, Cleaning up Japan’s Nuclear Mess (The Economist - Nov 4, 2011)

Prince of Wales told to Reveal Duchy's Environmental Impact (UK Guarian - Nov 3, 2011)

South Africa Pursues Rhino Poachers as Killing Accelerates (ENS- Nov 3, 2011)

TEPCO Denies Criticality Generated Xenon at Fukushima Plant (Asahi.com - Nov 3, 2011)