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- EPA officials unable to attend, answer residents' questionsA meeting to address residents' concerns over environmental hazards on the site of the proposed Harbor Point development has been delayed because of the federal government shutdown. ...
- FirstEnergyThe Hatfield’s Ferry power plant in Greene County. Goodbye and good riddance. The coal sector is in its death throes, thanks to cheaper alternatives and a growing distaste for what is the worst of the global-warming fuels. The...
- Of all the avoidable consequences of the government shutdown -- a ruined wedding, a stranded T-Rex, and so many more -- this one might be the most absurd. On Wednesday, as the government moved into its second day of shutdown, Republican...
- BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany found unexpected allies on Friday in its campaign to protect its premium automakers, convincing EU diplomats to delay a vote on new carbon emissions limits to take effect from 2020.
- Jack Snell There are a few select people who are really into watching trains. Most of us probably would rather watch plants grow. But Amtrak’s new “Track a Train” system is a) actually useful and b) ok-we-admit-it pretty cool. Here...
- Shutterstock New Yorkers can eat all the organics that they want — but that won’t be enough to protect them from the Big Apple’s stubborn pesticide problem. Despite living in a dense city with only tiny patches of agriculture (much...
- As a rule, we are 100 percent on board with technology inspired by nature. But this DARPA-backed robot that runs like a cheetah — it’s named WildCat — is a wee bit terrifying. Right now, it can run 16 mph, which is slower than...
- The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Rockaway Delivery Lateral Project and the Northeast Connector Project (Projects). The Projects are proposed by Transcontinental...
- The global population is projected to reach 10 billion by 2050. In his new book, Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?, author Alan Weisman asks how we got here, how many people the planet can support, and what we can do to stabilize...
- JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Platinum operations around the South African mining city of Rustenburg will face water use restrictions because of a drought, the Department of Water Affairs said on Friday.
- Stephen McGrath Oh, did you want that coffee to go? Here’s a Schwinn with your soy latte. That’s what happens when you run a bikeshare program out of a coffee shop instead of through a corporate sponsor like Citibank. Writes Feargus O’Sullivan...
- Last month, historic flooding slammed Colorado, and the effects and loss are still being felt. The unprecedented disaster has displaced thousands of families, and several people have been killed or remain missing. It has triggered over a dozen oil...
- Ben PowlessA 2012 protest at the White House. Life doesn’t stop just because the federal government has shut down. And sooner or later, President Obama will have to tell the world where he finally comes down on building or killing the Keystone...
- AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands launched legal proceedings against Russia on Friday, saying it had unlawfully detained Greenpeace activists on a Dutch-registered ship for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic.
- Is it just us, or is the universe getting weirder? (Last week: a whole lotta bad smells.) This 81-year-old bikes 30 miles a day: Tumblr Researchers charged a cell phone with lightning: Tumblr A whale stayed by her trapped friend until rescuers...
- Marine scientists warned Thursday that our oceans are declining more rapidly than previously thought – becoming ever warmer and more acidic and losing oxygen at an alarming rate.
- In a short televised interview on CTV’s daily political show, Power Play, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s environment minister Leona Aglukkaq suggested that scientific observations were not as important as the Harper government’s priorities in its...
- You may have heard last week that Earth in 2100 is likely to be between 0.3 and 4.8 °C warmer than it was in the late 20th century. This is one of the key messages of the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
- TransCanada Corp. said it expects to finish construction of the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline network by the end of October. TransCanada will begin filling its Gulf Coast pipeline with oil shortly after that, a process that’s forecast...
- Russia has pressed piracy charges against all 30 people arrested after the environmental group Greenpeace staged a protest at an offshore oil platform in the Arctic, investigators said on Thursday.
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