Archive for July, 2010
Copters flights catch flak at hearing
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Anti-noise and air-traffic safety advocates joined elected officials at a Tues., Aug. 25, hearing by the City Councils transportation committee on how to improve air safety in the aftermath of the Aug. 8 helicopter crash with a private airplane over the Hudson River in which nine people were killed.
Read More..>>Green roofing through recycling
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
What would you like to do with all your old UHT milk cartons? Most of the answers would come down to one word - recycle. But in reality, most of these milk cartons end up in rubbish bins, as convenience and our conscience are often at odds with each other.
Read More..>>Former Pa. Gov. Ridge to aid gas drilling industry group
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
HARRISBURG — An industry group led by companies drilling for natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation said Friday that former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge has been hired as its strategic adviser.
Read More..>>Gaining value by gardening; long term benefits of plants, landscape
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
A volatile economy and rise-and-fall real estate market have flipped the switch for many homeowners to become avid Do-It-Yourselfers, especially when it comes to gardening. Part of this is due to the long-term benefits that planting and landscaping provide.
Read More..>>Sea turtle eggs found at Mie beach
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
TSU, Mie Pref. (Kyodo) Loggerhead turtle eggs have been found at a beach near a major industrial complex in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, for the first time since 2003, according to a local conservation group. The 100 or so eggs, which are expected to hatch in about two months, were confirmed at Yoshizaki beach on Tuesday by the sea turtle conservation group in Yokkaichi after it received a report …
Read More..>>Gennaro makes city cleaner and greener
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
City Councilman James Gennaro, left, speaks about his new legislation at the Metro Terminal Corporations diesel plant in Brooklyn. The bill would promote the use of alternative fuels.
Read More..>>Oil Spill Taints UC Berkeley’s BP-Funded Research
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
BP’s catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley’s research partnership with the British company, with activists and professors on the famously liberal campus calling for a severing of ties.
Read More..>>Thermax betting on solar expansion
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Thermax Ltd, the Rs 3,300 crore power infrastructure company, is betting on the National Solar Mission to emerge as a technology provider and engineering procurement contractor, while also expanding horizons as an energy and environment solution provider in the fossil fuel segment.
Read More..>>David Cameron runs the greenest government ever? Tell it to the birds
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Although the Coalition is likely to come good on its commitment to combat climate change, it is less clear that it cares about the rest of the environment, writes Geoffrey Lean.
Read More..>>Congress to probe Michigan oil spill
Posted on July 31, 2010 - Filed Under Air Pollution, Curbing Pollution, Environmental Pollution, General, Global Warming, Land Pollution, Ocean Pollution, Pollution News, Water Pollution
Reuters - A U.S. congressional committee will probe the spill of more than 800,000 gallons (3 million liters) of oil from an Enbridge Inc pipeline in southern Michigan this week, a Michigan congressman said on Saturday.
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