 Los Angeles bans plastic bagging in stores July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The city of Los Angeles announced it will ban all plastic bags from retail stores as of July 1, 2010, following similar anti-pollution regulations already enforced in San Francisco. | |
Researchers find key to saving the world's lakes July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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After completing one of the longest running experiments ever done on a lake, researchers from the University of Alberta, University of Minnesota and the Freshwater Institute, contend that nitrogen control, in which the European ... | |
Cow power could generate electricity for millions July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse ... | |
 New uranium leak discovered at French nuclear site July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 5
French nuclear safety authorities said Friday that a broken pipe at a nuclear fuel plant in southeast France had caused a radioactive leak but no damage to the environment. | |
 Western governors offer greenhouse emissions plan 21 hours ago | User rating: 1.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a "cap and trade" system. | |
Why eating less can help the environment July 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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An estimated 19 percent of total energy used in the USA is taken up in the production and supply of food. Currently, this mostly comes from non-renewable energy sources which are in short supply. It is therefore of paramount ... | |
Costs of climate change, state-by-state: Billions, says UMD July 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Climate change will carry a price tag of billions of dollars for a number of U.S. states, says a new series of reports from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER). The researchers ... | |
Paying to save tropical forests could be a way to reduce global carbon emissions July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests. | |
Durham scientists to tackle CO2 storage in global warming challenge July 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists at Durham University (UK) are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming. | |
Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas-Louisiana coast this year is likely to be the biggest ever and last longer than ever before, with marine life affected for hundreds of miles, a scientist warned. | |
Judge: EPA must regulate ship water discharge July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- An appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the water discharged from ships as a way to protect local ecosystems from invasive species. | |
Landscape study may offer solutions for fire managers 14 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A fire is currently burning through a study area where projections were made about fire behavior about 2 years ago. Managers used data and analysis from the Gotchen Late-Successional Reserve (LSR) study in the planning, analysis, ... | |
 Category 2 Hurricane Dolly Crosses South Padre Island, Texas July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
At 12:00 p.m. CDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) Dolly's eye was located near latitude 26.2 north and longitude 97.0 west or about 35 miles northeast of Brownsville, Texas, and she was crossing South Padre Island.
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 Study sets high economic value on threatened Mexican mangroves July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The ecological value of coastal mangrove forests in Mexico has been apparent to marine scientists for years. Now, for the first time, researchers have used a wide-ranging compilation of fisheries landings, ... | |
 Drought threatens drinking water for a million Australians July 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Up to a million people in Australia could face a shortage of drinking water if the country's drought continues, a report on the state of the nation's largest river system revealed Sunday. | |
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