Archive for August, 2008
America is not an environmental villain (Times Online)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
A gas guzzler, yes. But the US has some of the toughest green laws in the world
Read More..>>Despite record pollution, beauty of Mississippi River survives (The Pantagraph)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
BLOOMINGTON — Kristian Gustavson has a special connection to water. The 23-year-old, who spent his early days and summers in Bloomington, became a lifeguard and a swim instructor in high school. A frequent visitor on the West Coast, he learned how to surf. He later became an instructor in that sport when he attended to the University of California in San Diego.
Read More..>>Despite record pollution, beauty of Mississippi River survives (The Pantagraph)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
BLOOMINGTON — Kristian Gustavson has a special connection to water. The 23-year-old, who spent his early days and summers in Bloomington, became a lifeguard and a swim instructor in high school. A frequent visitor on the West Coast, he learned how to surf. He later became an instructor in that sport when he attended to the University of California in San Diego.
Read More..>>Residents seek study on pollution (Argus Observer)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
PORTLAND (AP) — Dozens of residents of northwest Oregon and southwestern Washington are asking for more study about the effect of industrial pollution on local children.
Read More..>>Residents seek study on pollution (Argus Observer)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
PORTLAND (AP) — Dozens of residents of northwest Oregon and southwestern Washington are asking for more study about the effect of industrial pollution on local children.
Read More..>>Scientists track increased pollution from Asia to U.S. (The Monterey County Herald)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
WASHINGTON — From 500 miles in space, satellites track brown clouds of dust, soot and other toxic pollutants from China and elsewhere in Asia as they stream across the Pacific and take dead aim at the western United States.
Read More..>>Residents seek study on pollution (Argus Observer)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
PORTLAND (AP) — Dozens of residents of northwest Oregon and southwestern Washington are asking for more study about the effect of industrial pollution on local children.
Read More..>>Pollution In U.S. From Asia Likely To Worsen (Hartford Courant)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
From 500 miles in space, satellites track brown clouds of dust, soot and other toxic pollutants from China and elsewhere in Asia as they stream across the Pacific and take dead aim at the western U.S.
Read More..>>Toxic levels of pollution threaten river (Blue Mountains Gazette)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
A year after it was warned that toxic pollution leaking from an old coal mine in the Blue Mountains world heritage area had wiped out life in a river, the NSW Department of Environment is yet to act.
Read More..>>Summit to tackle river pollution (The State)
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
The search for solutions to water quality problems with Midlands rivers will come to a head in late September at a summit put together by Columbia Mayor Bob Coble. Prompted by highly publicized pollution flareups on the Congaree River in June and the Saluda River in July, Coble decided to pull together river managers and environmental advocates. They will gather at 9 a.m. Sept. 26 at EdVenture …
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