By Alex Hanafi The IPCC's latest report includes a brief mention of geoengineering — a range of techniques for reducing global warming through intervention in the planet’s climate system. (Photo credit: NASA) Just a few weeks ago, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period for its proposed cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the Maywood Chemical Company Superfund site in Maywood and Rochelle Park, New Jersey. The Agency is extending the comment period, which was…
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period for its proposed cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the Maywood Chemical Company Superfund site in Maywood and Rochelle Park, New Jersey. The Agency is extending the comment period, which was…
Coral reefs may be able to adapt to moderate climate warming, improving their chance of surviving through the end of this century, if there are large reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, according to a study funded by NOAA and conducted by the agency’s scientists and its academic partners.…
(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up nine residential properties on Water Street in Lockport, New York, which are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other contaminants, including lead and chromium. The properties and the…
By Elena Craft, PhD Source: Webmd For years, scientists have explored the links between excess air pollution and health conditions, such as heart disease, asthma and even cancer. Recently, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) evaluated the…
By EDF Blogs Source: Iwan Baan By: Rory Christian, Director of New York Smart Power, and Mary Barber, Director of Smart Power Initiatives It was only a year ago that the most devastating storm the Northeast has ever seen slammed into the region. Hurricane Sandy pummeled the states of New York and…
By dbwalker This commentary originally appeared on EDF's California Dream 2.0 blog. With the stroke of a pen, North American efforts to combat climate change and promote clean energy reached a new level today. I was lucky enough to witness the historic event, as Governor Jerry Brown joined…
By Katie Ware Walmart is by far the world’s largest retailer. Its annual revenues exceed those of Kroger, Target, Costco, Home Depot and Walgreens combined . It is also the world’s largest customer, doing business with over 100,000 suppliers from across the globe. That’s why Environmental…
By Jessica Orquina Will you lend us your voice to protect children from pollutants? Children are more sensitive to pollutants: their bodies are still developing; they eat, drink, and breathe more in proportion to their body size; and their behavior can expose them more to chemicals and microbes. We…
Inside Report: Finding buried oil from BP disaster takes some ingenuity By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). Oct. 29, 2013. “The discovery of a large tar mat on Fourchon Beach after Tropical Storm Karen prompted a renewed effort to search for buried oil in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater…
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By Derek Walker With the stroke of a pen, North American efforts to combat climate change and promote clean energy reached a new level today. I was lucky enough to witness the historic event, as Governor Jerry Brown joined the leaders of Oregon, Washington State and the Canadian province of British…
PHILADELPHIA (October 28, 2013) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) has agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations at DuPont’s Washington Works Facility, located in Washington, Wood County, West Virginia. A…
(Seattle – October 28, 2013) BBA Winchester LLC, the owner of a former hotel located in Winchester, Idaho has settled with EPA and agreed to pay a $21,000 fine for asbestos safety and environmental violations from improper demolition of the hotel
(Boston, Mass. – Oct. 28, 2013) – North Reading Transportation, a Methuen company that operates school buses and provides student transportation services in several Massachusetts communities, will pay a penalty of $33,000 to settle EPA allegations that it violated federally-enforceable motor…
By John Finnigan In the 1983 thriller War Games, Matthew Broderick plays a teen-age computer geek who unknowingly signs onto a Pentagon computer while hacking into a toy company’s new computer game. Thinking that he’s simply playing a game called Global Thermonuclear Warfare, Broderick launches…
Each Monday we write about the New England environment and way of life seen through our local perspective. Previous posts By Amy Miller We ran the whole 200 miles of the Reach the Beach relay. Well, not each of us, but all of us together – 12 women from my town – ran the distance [...]
BP’s bill for Gulf of Mexico spill set to hit $43bn By Emily Gosden, The Telegraph. Oct. 28, 2013. “BP is expected to reveal this week that its total bill for the Gulf of Mexico disaster has increased to more than $43bn, as it reports that low refining margins have caused profits to slump as…
Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., Oct. 25, 2013) - County Edge Dairy Inc. has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its Inwood, Iowa, facility, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. County Edge Dairy…