Newswires
The following online environmental newswires are updated hourly:
- A Turtle Success Story in the Philipines
In 2011, green sea turtles laid a staggering 1.44 million eggs on just one island in the Philippines thanks to conservation efforts, breaking all previous records. The graceful and enigmatic green turtle faces a variety of threats globally, and as a result is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Yet there is some good news for this marine reptile, as Conservation International (CI) announces that the species has laid a record number of e... - Chicago-Based Eco-Friendly Dentist Doubles Down on Green
Almost exactly five years ago, I took at look at Transcendentist, a Berkeley based green dentistry office that combined environmental responsibility with a very different approach to patient care. Rather than the typical clinical approach, the founders of Transcendentist created a spa-like atmosphere complete with foot massages. Even then, the idea was taking off: nothing like a little calm to take the edge off of that fear of the dentist thing.... - Arrested for Excessive Sweetness
Put your hands up and step away from the sugar! No, not really. But one day, sugar may be a regulated substance, on par with alcohol and tobacco. The notion seems draconian at first, but once you look at the reasoning behind it, it begins to make a lot of sense. Researchers from the University of California (UC) San Francisco stipulate that excessive consumption of sugar is behind the global obesity pandemic. Sugar contributes to over 35 million deaths per year from diabetes, heart disease,... - DuPont and Suntech Sign Strategic Agreement
To help increase the supply of photovoltaic materials and technologies for the growing global market for solar energy, the world's largest producer of solar panels has signed a strategic agreement with DuPont. The agreement focuses on technology advancements, supply chain optimization cost reduction initiatives, and DuPontâ„¢ Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride film supply.... - Electric Vehicle Market Forecast — 10 Year Horizon Looks Strong
IDTechEx has been tracking developments in the electric vehicle market for the last eleven years by touring the world's companies, research institutes and conferences to gain insights into key technology changes and business opportunities in the EV market. They have just published their new 2012 forecast with a 10 year horizon, and whether you like EVs or not — their take is that they are here to stay.... - Alaskan Yellow Cedar
Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 years. But no one could say why. "The cause of tree death, called yellow-cedar decline, is now known to be a form of root freezing that occurs during cold weather in late winter and early spring, but only when snow is not present on the ground," explains Pacific Northwest Research Station scientist Paul ...
- European chill moves west, 122 die in Ukraine5 February 2012, 12:54 am
KIEV (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time in three decades and disrupting air and rail traffic. ...
- Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens3 February 2012, 11:53 pm
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west. ... - House GOP seeks to tie Keystone to highway bill3 February 2012, 11:41 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers hope to move one step closer next week to linking a measure approving the controversial Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline to a highway funding bill. ... - Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics3 February 2012, 11:07 pm
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient. ... - U.S. to require disclosure of fracking fluids on public land3 February 2012, 10:59 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will require natural gas drillers to disclose which chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing on public lands, according to draft rules crafted by the Interior Department. ... - Grounded U.S. whooping cranes taking to the road3 February 2012, 10:44 pm
(Reuters) - A flock of young whooping cranes stuck in Alabama have lost interest in following an ultra-light plane leading them to a Florida winter habitat, so the rare birds' human coaches prepared on Friday to drive them to a nearby marsh. ...
- Chinese Feed Illegal Ivory Trade4 February 2012, 2:03 am
The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new study by the conservation group Traffic has found.... - ARGENTINA: Fair Trade Going Strong Amid Global Crisis3 February 2012, 4:55 pm
With a steady growth in production and exports, fair trade in Argentina is proving that socially and environmentally sustainable practices can be much more than a refuge from external crises.... - UNICEF Funding Falls Short Leaving Millions of Children at Risk3 February 2012, 4:04 pm
If the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) had 1.28 billion dollars it could help 97 million people around the world.... - Spate of Spills at Sea for Brazilian Oil Industry2 February 2012, 8:42 pm
An accident at an ultra-deepwater drilling platform spilled 160 barrels of crude off the coast of Brazil this week, deepening fears about safety in this new frontier of oil and gas production.... - WEST AFRICA: Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife2 February 2012, 12:31 pm
The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike.... - 2011 - A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come1 February 2012, 10:20 am
The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping, despite the cooling influence of the La Niña atmospheric and oceanic circulation pattern and relatively low solar irradiance....
- Should Utilities Be Cheering For Clean Air Rules?5 February 2012, 2:27 am
NEW YORK -- Instead of complaining about clean air rules, maybe utilities should cheer them. Sometimes, the rules lead to big gains....... - PHOTOS: Peruvian National Park Holds 365 Previously Undocumented Species5 February 2012, 1:19 am
By OurAmazingPlanet Staff: Hundreds of species never before seen in a Peruvian national park have been found during an inventory of the Amazonian forests there,...... - 5.7 Quake Hits Off Vancouver Island Coast4 February 2012, 9:38 pm
AP -- A 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. A National Earthquake...... - WATCH: 13 Puppy Stampedes4 February 2012, 9:26 pm
Puppy Bowl VIII will soon be here and we're getting ready by whiling away the hours watching adorable puppy videos. When we came across an...... - Protesters 'Standing Strong' Against Northern Gateway Pipeline4 February 2012, 8:58 pm
More than 600 protesters have taken to the streets of Prince Rupert, B.C., to oppose Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to...... - WATCH: Puppy Bowl Ref Explains The Rules Of The Game4 February 2012, 8:24 pm
Dan Schachner, the official Puppy Bowl referee, sat down to explain the rules of the 8th annual Animal Planet Puppy Bowl. According to him, "the......
- United Kingdom: At -37C, the big freeze tightens its icy grip5 February 2012, 6:00 am
Independent: The coldest night of winter so far left the majority of Britain blanketed in snow as temperatures dropped to -12C. Drivers were warned to take extra care and planes were grounded, including at London Heathrow where one-in-three flights scheduled for today are expected to be cancelled. A host of sporting fixtures were also postponed. The evening match at Manchester City had to pause temporarily so the pitch markings could be made clear. In Beeston, Nottinghamshire, there were m... - Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?5 February 2012, 3:17 am
Independent: The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest influence. A dramatic loss of sea ice covering the Barents and Kara Seas above northern Russia could explain why a chill Arctic wind has engulfed much of Europe and killed 221 people over the past week. The death toll from Arctic blast has been particularly severe in the Ukraine, where many of the dead... - Vegetarian diet would slash Britain's carbon footprint5 February 2012, 12:17 am
Independent: f everyone in the UK went vegetarian or vegan it would have the same environmental benefit as talking half of all cars off the road, according to new research. Scientists have calculated the impact of 61 foods, with fresh meat and cheese topping the carbon footprint league. They estimate that the combined greenhouse gas emissions from the foods we eat in the UK are the equivalent of 167 million tons of carbon dioxide, and switching to vegetarian diets could cut this by between 22 ... - World at risk without climate justice4 February 2012, 7:25 pm
Deccan Chronicle: The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future by Praful Bidwai Orient Blackswan, Rs 750 Praful Bidwai’s book The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future is written at a time of deep diplomatic despondency. It is brutally honest about what is at risk if no action is taken at the national and international level. It exposes the false solution offered by India in its National Action Plan on Climate Change, and i... - United Kingdom: Anti-fracking demo in Enniskillen4 February 2012, 6:10 pm
BBC: About 100 people have gathered in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh. Earlier this week an exploration company said there could be enough gas to guarantee natural gas supply for Northern Ireland over 50 years. However, the process has proved controversial elsewhere. In Lancashire, it has caused small earthquakes and in America, water has been polluted. The process used in capturing the gas from the shale rock is ... - 20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake4 February 2012, 2:25 pm
National Public Radio: DAVID GREENE, HOST: Imagine a place on earth where there's been no light, no wind for millions of years. Lake Vostok is one such place. The world's third largest lake, in terms of amount of water, has long been hidden, buried beneath two miles of ice until, perhaps, this coming week. Russian researchers are about to break through that ice. And to tell us what they might find and what dangers they may encounter, we've brought in John Priscu. He's a researcher at Montana...
- Remembering Earth Day21 April 2011, 12:00 am
On April 22nd we celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Earth Day created in 1970, a landmark for the environmental movement... - Renewed optimism following year of harsh environmental realities for Haiti21 April 2011, 12:00 am
The stark environmental challenges in Haiti during 2010 and opportunities for a more sustainable future are presented in a new UNEP publication.... - Abidjan Convention moves to protect Africa's coasts from oil spills20 April 2011, 12:00 am
To safeguard the environmental and economic value of Africa's Atlantic coastline, members of the Abidjan Convention have agreed on new steps to deal with oil pollution.... - Asian snake trade focus of discussions in China18 April 2011, 12:00 am
Better scientific information and closer supervision of captive breeding facilities are crucial for addressing the conservation and sustainability aspects of the Asian snake trade, according to participants at a major workshop in China.... - SEED Initiative celebrates entrepreneurs accelerating transition to a Green Economy15 April 2011, 12:00 am
Thirty winners of the UNEP-hosted Seed Awards are among participants in a Green Economy Symposium in South Africa. The event focuses on how community-level entrepreneurs can accelerate the transition to a Green Economy.... - Governments agree on members for new Green Climate Fund15 April 2011, 12:00 am
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have agreed the selection of the forty members who will be entrusted with the task of designing the Green Climate Fund...
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