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- Striped cucumber beetle. Credit: University of Kentucky School of...
- The world’s largest underwater canyons under imminent threat from industrial fishingFor further information, contact Travis Nichols, 206.802.8498 tnichols@greenpeace.org To watch the video, CLICK HERE. April 3, 2013 Washington D.C...
- ShutterstockWe missing anything here? Last year was the hottest on record for the continental United States, and it wasn’t an outlier. The last 12 years have been the warmest years since 1880, the year the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
- Honza Soukup It’s a little after sundown, and Arun Kumar is hawking his wares in the neighborhood for the first time. He’s selling a light, just a small half-circle tied to a three-inch-wide solar panel. An older man tests it in his home...
- An environmental coalition on Monday charged that coal and coal dust is polluting the Columbia River Gorge, and pledged to sue mining companies and a railroad company if they do not halt the spills.
- The Bullitt Center, a new office building in Seattle, goes beyond energy conservation and recycled materials in an effort to be fully sustainable.
- The plant, at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State, has problems that could lead to chemical explosions, inadvertent nuclear reactions and mechanical breakdowns, a panel said.
- The E.P.A. has proposed new regulations that could prolong use of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine in cars, delaying the acceptance of alternatives.
- Amid intense opposition to its plan for a liquid-propane storage tank in Searsport, Me., DCP Midstream Partners abruptly pulled its application.
- A report from the Ministry of Environmental Protection put the figure at $230 billion in 2010, based on costs rising from pollution and damage to the ecosystem.
- President Obama has pressed senators from both parties in recent weeks to confirm a new federal judge for one of the country’s most powerful courts, using an aggressive strategy to campaign for a judicial nominee whom White House officials consider...
- Spills in Arkansas and Utah have raised more questions about whether the Keystone XL project and the nation’s labyrinth of pipelines are being adequately monitored.
- A pitcher plant's work seems simple: Their tube-shaped leaves catch and hold rainwater, which drowns the ants, beetles, and flies that stumble in. But the rainwater inside a pitcher plant is not just a malevolent dunking pool. It also hosts a...
- What effects will the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology have on the conservation of nature? The ecological and ethical challenges stemming from this question will require a new and continuing dialogue between members of the synthetic...
- A mining surge on the Tibetan plateau has provided valuable resources for China’s economy, but the environmental damage has stirred anger among people living there.
- About 1.2 million people die prematurely every year in China from exposure to outdoor air pollution. Smog has dogged the country as it grows at an explosive rate and burns huge quantities of fossil fuels. But there are signs that the government is...
- One often ignored consequence of global climate change is that the Northern Hemisphere is becoming warmer than the Southern Hemisphere, which could significantly alter tropical precipitation patterns, according to a new study by climatologists.
- Critics argue that wind turbine syndrome is a fictional malady perpetuated by people angered by the wind turbines in their communities. Now ear, nose and throat experts are finally weighing in on whether it could be real.» E-Mail This ...
- Before the American Revolution, a huge tree has been standing in central Missouri, growing to 90 feet tall. The beloved bur oak, which everybody calls "The Big Tree," has survived all kinds of punishments during 350 years on the prairie. But last...
- Beekeepers and researchers nationally are reporting growing evidence that a powerful new class of pesticides may be killing off bumblebees. Now, research points toward another potential cause: metal pollution from aluminum and nickel. A new study...
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